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Barionnettes de la Voie Verte

As a foretaste of the Festival, from September 11 to 13, throughout the Ardennes: Les Barionnettes de la Voie Verte. Three teams of puppeteers will travel the Voie Verte by bike and perform their show in bars, the week before the launch of the World Festival of Puppet Theaters.

The 14th class is back to school!

The 2nd year at ESNAM focuses on developing skills, opening up disciplines and international exchanges.

REVES 2025

Launch of the project “Relations between the transmission of fundamental techniques and initiation to creation in higher education in the puppetry arts” as part of the Ministry of Culture’s Research and Development in Higher Education Schools for the Performing Arts (REVES) programme.

PRÉAC marionnette 2025: registration closed

“Youth at Play: encouraging young people to get involved in festivals” of the next PRÉAC marionnette (from 24 to 26 Sept.)

Tickets go back on sale on September 4 at 9am

A performance by Plexus Polaire has been added to the program, and additional tickets are available for performances by Ombres Portées, Yaël Rasooly and Maahee Theatre Group.

Maxence Moulin in “Graduate recidency” from 16 to 20 June 2025

Maxence Moulin is in residence for the creation of “-196°C”, a human-sized puppet show dealing with the issues of mourning and cryonics.

Research residencies

This month, the Pôle’s Documentation Centre welcomes two PhD students in residence: Alice Jäger (France) and Charles Nomwendé Tiendrebéogo (Burkina Faso).

Barionnette

The Barionnettes are an opportunity to discover puppetry throughout the year in Charleville-Mézières. A regular event during which puppeteers perform in the city’s bars.

French apprenticeship tax/Call for payments 2025

The ESNAM can receive the French apprenticeship tax, known as the “taxe d’apprentissage”. This tax is paid by French companies.

“Auteurs en tandem marionnette & théâtre”: 1st edition!

This scheme invites an author who has been awarded the Aide nationale à la création de textes dramatiques and a puppet artist to meet, share their imaginations and work together on a cross-disciplinary writing project.
Applications until 16 June!