TIP-Fest 2026 is looking for volunteers
Turku International Puppetry Festival is held 12.–15.11.2026. This year’s festival is the first biennial edition of TIP-fest and the theme of the year is “communities”. The festival’s main venue is…
Puppetry and animation come together at Turku Animation Film Festival 2026
TAFF Pro 26 to 28 August 2026 brings together Finnish and international animation artists as well as professionals from related fields. The program consists of talks, presentations, and panel discussions,…
Ilme: Jussi Virkkumaa
TIP-Fest 2026 performance programme is now live!
The 16th Turku International Puppetry Festival will be held November 12–15, 2026. The performance program has now been released and consists of five new Finnish contemporary puppet theater productions, as…
Tanja Eloranta started as the new Executive director of Aura of Puppets
Tanja Eloranta has been chosen as the new executive director of the Aura of Puppets and started her new job over the summer. She holds a masters degree from dance…
Seminar: Ecoscenography & Sustainable practice in Puppetry and Performance 13 December 2024
IMPULSE! -project hosts a seminar on sustainable practices in puppetry and performance design. Time: Friday 13 December 2024 at 10:00–13:00 EETPlace: Online, Zoom This presentation and workshop will explore ecoscenography…
TIP-Fest becomes a biennale
The 15th Turku International Puppetry Festival, held 6 to 10 November 2024, brought a diverse and topical programme of contemporary puppet theatre to the city. The theme of "the future"…
Become a volunteer at TIP-Fest!
Turku International Puppet Theatre festival presented by Aura of Puppets, is happening November 6-10, 2024. Experience a captivating array of puppet theatre performances at venues including Manilla, Turku City Theater,…
TIP-Fest 2024 Programme is here!
Turku International Puppetry Festival celebrates its 15th anniversary on 6-10 November 2024. The theme of the festival is Tomorrow. TIP-Fest peers into the future through a puppetry lens. This year's…
Work and Play in Montreal
Experiences from an artist residency in CanadaText and photos: Outi Sippola I arrived in Montreal on the 3rd of March, a couple of days before the 19th Festival International de…
Experiences from exchange in Manipulate Scotland
Text: Valtteri Alanen In the beginning of February 2024 I had the joy of taking part in the artistic exchange “Dialogues of the In-Between” hosted by the Manipulate Scotland festival…
A Small interview with Sophie Deslauriers about the Finnish-Canadian cross-residency experience in Turku
With the goal of developing puppetry, bringing together and exchanging contemporary practices between puppeteers from various backgrounds, Casteliers, the Montreal Arts Council (Conseil des arts de Montréal-CAM) and Aura of…
Taking a Look at the First Year of the Project IMPULSE! – New Focus on Puppetry and Visual Theatre
This December marks almost a year of collaboration with the IMPULSE! Project, and during the first year, we have made progress forming and fostering networks, enabling touring for artists, and…
