The UNIMA North America Commission, in collaboration with UNIMA Canada and UNIMA USA, invites puppeteers, artists, and enthusiasts to join a special online gathering celebrating contemporary puppetry across North America.
Read MoreThe UNIMA Commission for Training and Research invites applications for a Practice as Research Residency in Abidjan in November 2026.
Read Morehe UNIMA Publications Commission is preparing the second issue of UNIMAgazine—the international puppetry magazine that brings together articles from around the world.
Read MoreUNIMA's Heritage Commission invites archivists, curators, museum practitioners, researchers, and other professionals to present in its webinar series on the conservation, archiving, and exhibition of puppets as tangible artefacts of intangible puppetry heritage worldwide.
Read MoreThe 8th International In-Person Training in Barcelona: Therapeutic Animated Form – Shame, Memory and Trauma (July 1–4, 2026), an intensive program focused on embodied cognition, trauma, and expressive work with animated objects.
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The International Online Course in Puppet Therapy, an academic program developed since 2017 that introduces and deepens the therapeutic dimensions of animated forms through the NeuroPuppetry Method™, with more than 500 students trained worldwide.
Read MoreAyhan Hulagu will appear as a Mainstage Guest Artist at The Puppet Co. throughout May with his internationally acclaimed solo production The Forest of the Witch, a contemporary interpretation of traditional Turkish shadow theatre. The production opens on May 2 and will run for 30 performances through May 24, bringing a rare 700-year-old theatrical tradition to audiences in the Washington, D.C. area.
Read MoreAN ARTIST RESPONDS TO WAR is a vibrant portrait of Peter Schumann, the visionary founder of the Bread & Puppet Theater, whose six decades of radical political performance have been forged from a single, searing childhood question: how do we as humans respond to the madness of war and violence?
Read MoreAutomataCon is the premier convention for automata enthusiasts, will return May 15th-17th, 2026 to the Morris Museum in Morristown, New Jersey!
Read MoreUNIMA Czech Centre announces a call for the Visitors Program for the Skupa’s Pilsen International Festival of Puppet and Alternative Theatre 2026, taking place from June 10 to 14, 2026.
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