Come to the (Wooden) Circus!

For the 16th year, students in our Circus Marionette Workshop are bringing their freshly carved puppets to the magical Letni Letna New Circus and Theatre Festival, one of Prague's most popular festivals. And we are taking the show on the road to the gorgeous Baroque Teatrum Kuks Festival. See our dress rehearsal in the Heroldovy sady park across from the Vzlet Theatre. NOT IN PRAGUE? JOIN OUR LIVESTREAM! Saturday 22 August, 4 pm on Instagram, @puppetsinprague WHEN AND WHERE

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