The European Days of Puppetry 2019

In the last two years celebrating 50 years of theater, 60 years of the first international puppet festival, 80 years of the International Museum of Puppetry, this fifth edition of the festival "European Days of Puppetry".

More than 25 European and Brussels puppet shows during the weekends of May, from 4 to 26 May 2019. 4 international shows played for the first time in Belgium, characters from the tradition such as "Dom Roberto", "Pulcinella" or "Karaghiozis" will cheer the audience. More experimental theaters such as Barbara Mélois' drama (Saturday 11th and Sunday, May 12th at 3pm) will present a version of Cinderella thanks to cellophane characters. "Budulinek", hero of the famous Czech fairytale, will also be present with the arrival of the prestigious troupe of the Czech Republic, the Naivni Divadlo of Liberec. Modern sheath theater, such as "Areste" by Italian company Is Mascareddas from Cagliari, will perform in all its forms, such as the famous "Mister Stark" by Finnish puppeteer Milla Riisku.

With the support of the Brussels-Capital Region and the Cabinet of Minister-President Rudi Vervoort, Image de Bruxelles, the Municipality of Ixelles, COCOF, the Ministry of Culture of the French Community and the Lottery national.