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The Pôle offers 4 residency programmes: Creation residencies, Graduate residencies, residencies in Nurseries and Research residencies, as well as a programme to support employment of young graduates.
The call for applications for the 2026/2027 residencies is open from 9 March to 3 May 2026.

The Pôle International de la Marionnette – Jacques Félix is changing the way it operates for the programming of the World Puppetry Festival in September 2027.
If you are an artist or company and would like to bring your work to our attention, we invite you to read the new programming guidelines.

The Pôle International de la Marionnette – Jacques Félix is joining UNIMA, the event coordinator, and cultural actors in Charleville-Mézières to celebrate World Puppetry Day.
A 2026 edition in the colours of Mali.

The Pôle International de la Marionnette and the TCM are joining forces to organize a puppet-themed aperitif based on the show Subjectif Lune.
Three short puppet shows will be performed by students from the 14th graduating class of ESNAM.

Do you want to apply?
Don’t miss the information session: on Friday, 3 April from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. (Paris time).

Actress, puppeteer, director and teacher, Alexandra Vuillet explores hybridization.
She will be in a Research residency at the Documentation center of the Pôle, from 16 to 27 March, to continue her work which questions the links between the training of the puppeteer and that of the actor.

If you are interested in the project implemented by the Pôle International de la Marionnette – Jacques Félix, please support us by becoming a member. You can also make a donation.

Don’t miss “Brexit baby,” a poetic and clownish fable, an absurd comedy performed by Phoebe Endfiled Lochore, an artist in partnership with Belgium’s Tof Theater.
Thursday, February 12, at Quai de la Maline and Bourbonade.

A glimpse into the “muppets” workshop led by the incomparable Neville Tranter with students from the 14th class of ESNAM (January 2026). Photos ©Hervé Dapremont

Saturday, 7 February at 10 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. at the ESNAM Theatre
A concert cobbled together in an art installation. For ages 3 and up.
Booking at the Charleville-Mézières Theatre.