Masks and marionettes
Colorful dolls, marionettes, masks and traditional figures from 13 different countries and three continents will come together in Kilkis and revive old myths and true stories at the 9th International Puppet Theater and Pantomime Festival. For 15 days, a total of 23 ensembles from Greece, Germany, Italy, Argentina, Hungary, Canada, Brazil, India, Syria and Kazakhstan will entertain their audience with 82 performances, four seminars, 10 workshops, an exhibition of puppets and other events that will be held in the city’s Public Library, streets and store windows. Each country represented at the festival will present aspects of its traditional local culture as well as contemporary tales through performances of pantomime, marionettes and puppets. There is a lot on the festival’s bill, from performances starring feet and legs, acrobatics, props created from trash, variety puppet shows, juggling and singing, shadow theater and plays using masks, shadows and videos. Among these are «The Princess of Pages and the Prince of Colors» (Greece), «The Stork Man» (Spain), «9 Short Plays» (Jogesh Pantomime Academy, India), «The Story of the Girl in Blue» (Hungary), «The King’s Journey» (Germany), «Sonnet With Four Feet» (Italy and Argentina), «The Belly Button» (Canada), «Upside-down Dreams» (France), «Garbage Tales» (Brazil), «Anxiety» (India), «Golfo 2.3Beta» (Greece) and many more improvised
