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…
Slow transitions: Exploring ways to connect while on tour or as an artist in residence 8 November 2023
Aura of Puppets hosts a seminar regarding social, ecological and psychological sustainability of working abroad or away from home as an artist. The event…
Have Demos Ready, the Puppeteers are Coming – a physicists’s point of view on a puppetry performance
It was a typical April day in Ithaca, New York: the calendar said “spring”, but the weather hadn’t quite caught on yet, with a chill lingering in the air and…
Become a volunteer at TIP-Fest
Turku International Puppetry Festival 8.-12.11.2023 This Moment The 14th edition of TIP-Fest will be the bright spot of November and a meeting place for people interested in puppetrye. The festival…
Puppeteer Timo Väntsi is the new managing director of Aura of Puppets
The puppetry network Aura of Puppets has elected Timo Väntsi, a long-time puppet theatre artist, as its Executive Director. The association's artist-led board explained the choice, among other things, by…
TIP-Fest 2023 programme is now live!
Turku International Puppetry Festival is held 8 to 12 November 2023.THIS MOMENT For the 14th time, the Puppetry Festival will serve as a November spotlight and a meeting place for…
Workshop Micro Cinema Theatre – Gavin Glover MICRO CINEMA THEATRE At Fimfa Festival
FIMFA Lx - International Festival of Puppetry and Animated Forms Directed by: Gavin Glover (UK) 1 to 4 June de 2023 Thursday to Sunday Teatro Taborda more info https://tarumba.pt/2023/en/fimfa/other-activities/workshop-impulse-gavin-glover/ International…
TIP-Fest artistic directors’ greetings
Dear friend of puppetry, During the darkest time of the year International Puppetry Festival 2022 edition invites us to celebrate the art of puppet theatre as well as Aura of Puppets’ ten…
Aura of Puppets & TIP-Fest 2022 are looking an intern
Aura of Puppets and TIP-Fest, Turku International Puppetry Festival, are looking for an event production intern for next autumn. The internship should last altogether 2 months full-time, but this can…
