Great Petrushka, International Puppet Festival will be held 16 to 20 Sep 2016 in Yekaterinburg, Russia. Great Petrushka, International Puppet Festival has become one of the most prestigious puppet theatre festivals in Russia, raising creative and entertainment level. Since 2002 every two years the theatre has been holding the International Puppet Theatre Festival «Petrushka the Great». The aim of the festival is search, support and propaganda of the most interesting creative projects of the puppet theatres, which promotes the development of Russian theatre, strengthens cooperation between Russian and foreign theatres. The festival is competitive and includes showings of the performances of theatres-participants, discussions of the shows, master-classes, creative meetings with stage masters. Great Petrushka, International Puppet Festival is an event and I like events...
Theme of the festival is «Puppet theatre: amor et mortis»
Festival's team are waiting for the shows for children and adults, with the high artistic quality and corresponding to the theme of the festival. The selection of the shows for Festival’s program is implemented by the Expert committee.
The festival is competitive. The festival program includes shows and their discussions, master classes, educational programs.
Yekaterinburg Puppet Theatre
1st of March 2016.