CANCELLED. Canada at FIDENA Internationales Figurentheaterfestival 2020 (NRW)
May 19 - May 30
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Details
FIDENA is one of the most important festivals for contemporary puppet and object theatre. Canada is represented in this year’s edition with new plays by Toronto-based puppeteer Ronnie Burkett (Forget Me Not) and the Montreal-based company La Pire Espèce (Carbon Copy Kid). Louise Lapointe, artistic director of the Canadian puppetry art festival Casteliers, will also be present and give a workshop.
Venue
Various Locations in Bochum, Essen, Hattingen and Herne, Germany
Acknowledgements
The project is part of the culture program related to Canada’s Guest of Honour presentation at the Frankfurt Book Fair in 2020 and is supported by the Canada Council for the Arts and the Government of Canada.
Authors/Artists
La Pire Espèce, Louise Lapointe, Ronnie BurkettLanguage
English and German