Latest news from Puppets in Prague
New fantastic puppets!
Another collection of puppets for animation is finished. See here more photos from workshop, from our visit in Aurel´s Klimt studio Lajka neer Kutna Hora and final puppets...
Special offer for Dragon and Acrobatic Workshops !
We are offering a 10% discount for students who take BOTH of our specialized marionette workshops: how to make DRAGON and ACROBATIC marionettes. Workshops run from March 14 - April 1, 2012. Apply now!
Animation workshop finished
A very hard-working group of young, talented students from all over the world attended our Fall workshop. Here are photos from the work in process.
New: Workshops in 2012!
Carve the marionette of your dreams, make an animated puppet film, perform in puppet festivals in Prague - all this possible in PIP workshops. Plus we are offering specialized workshops on making DRAGON marionettes and a NEW workshop on making a traditional ACROBAT marionette that can perform tricks! Apply now!
pip in singapore and new zealand
Film animation students at NYU Tisch-Asia in Singapore and the University in Auckland in New Zealand are learning all about Czech film puppets - and making their own! - with PIP director Mirek Trejtnar and instructor Zdar Sorm.
Manipulation Workshop Performances
Students in our manipulation/performance workshop celebrated great success with their charming, funny show that they performed at Prague's huge Letni Letna New Circus and Theatre Festival, the Teatrotoc Festival, and at romantic castles around the Czech Republic
2011 Teatrotoc Festival
Come to our annual outdoor puppet festival on Sept 1 on Kampa Island in the historic center of Prague. The festival will feature the newly-created puppet performance by students of PIP's manipulation workshop
PIP in the media
Click here to hear an interview with PIP founder/director Mirek Trejtnar on Czech radio.
PIP at PQ
Our students and their newly-carved puppets performed at the Prague Quadrennial, the world's largest scenography exhibtion that took place this past June.
click here to see the performance..
Lots and lots of puppets came to life in Prague this summer!
We just finished two workshops where students made beautiful puppets... and beautiful performances.
click here to follow the blog of one of our June students...
