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PIP Online New Year's Party
Celebrate 2026 by reuniting with puppet friends! Call for FINISHED PUPPETS, PUPPET RECIPES and AUTOMATA- wrap up 2025 by assembling old projects and then show them off at our party! WHEN: January 2, 3 pm EST / 9 pm Prague time WHERE: On Zoom Sign up now, it's free! More information about our presenters coming soon. Automata Workshop Students See the beautiful creations of Chesley Cannon, Cara Jane Hayman, Heidi Vanwachtendonck , Kathryn Rathke, Adriana Hollenbeck, Sabine Karn
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Czech Puppetry
Articles about Czech puppetry and traditions
All the Puppet Festivals! June in Prague
How many puppet festivals would you guess a country of 10 million people could support? According to the Czech Loukar ( Puppeteer )...
Jun 35 min read
2029 UNIMA Festival in Prague!
UNIMA was started in Prague in 1929. And the 100th anniversary will be celebrated by holding their 25th Congress here!
May 291 min read
The Magic and Mystery of two Czech Puppet Makers
František Vítek (born 1929) and Věra Říčařová Vítková (born 1936) It is impossible to over-estimate the significance of František Vítek...
Apr 84 min read
An Unlikely Hero on a Czech Stamp
Happy 250th Birthday to Matěj Kopecký, the patriarch of Czech puppetry! Matěj Kopecký, who performed throughout Bohemia in the early 19th...
Mar 35 min read
A Puppet Theatre for Every Family
What are you hoping to get for Christmas this year? If you were a Czech child a hundred years ago, there is a good chance you might have...
Dec 7, 20245 min read
The Magic of Mechanical Nativity Scenes
At Christmastime, it feels like Prague turns into into a puppet show. Sparkling lights, carols, decorated gingerbread, and a fairytale...
Nov 25, 20246 min read
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