International Puppet Festival 2024
Four international puppet festival weekends at the Théâtre Royal du Peruchet: 17-20 May 2024, 25-26 May 2024, 1-2 June 2024, 7-9 June 2024 (KOREAN FOCUS).
"More and more, puppets speak to us and to each other"
The JEM Festival is Belgium's most international puppet festival! We want to offer new forms, premieres and more familiar forms in all their virtuosity. Our ambition is to offer a festival that takes theatrical forms by storm, ruffling them in messy shapes and shaggy materials.
More and more, puppets speak to us and to each other: they please, denounce, disconcert, amuse, disturb, provoke and astonish. The aim of the JEM Festival is to offer a rich cross-disciplinary program, without barriers (often non- verbal shows), for all kinds of audiences: paper theater, shadow theater, object theater, string theater, rod theater, bunraku, girdles, tables, bags, etc. A festival for children and adults alike.
This 7th edition features 19 different shows for 41 performances over 4 weekends, including 11 Belgian Premieres by international companies (from Germany, France, Ireland, Slovakia, USA, Netherlands, Czech Republic, Greece, Italy, DRC Congo), a Focus on South Korea (3 companies), an exhibition and happening by the great puppet creator Matt Jackson, meetings and workshops, as well as a roundtable of UNIMA International.
Enjoy the festival!
Dimitri Jageneau
Artistic Director, Puppeteer
Théâtre Royal du Peruchet
General Secretary of UNIMA International
Artistic Director, Puppeteer
Théâtre Royal du Peruchet
General Secretary of UNIMA International
Festival Shows
NIYAR - A Paper Tale
Petite Histoire Mordante
Random Acts of Puppetry
Cabinet Alive
The Vessel
Se débarrasser des mémoires troublantes
Un conteneur
FIAMMIFERI
Lisapo Ongé
PULCINELLA and the Moon
La Porte du Diable
La Boule enchantée
Otesanek
Domhan Eile » (the Irish Pirate Queen)
Jovan
Les aventures en cryptozoologie
HONG DONGJI & ISIMI
Puppet fantasy
Story with Strings
International UNIMA meeting
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Due to limited capacity of the venue, reservation is recommended. Once the show started in the Museum or in the main venue, no more entrance is possible. Thank you for your understanding.
May 17, 2024 6:30 pm
Great Hall
NIYAR – A Paper Tale
by Mayan LungmanPaper and thread theatre show, 5+, 50′, non-verbal show
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10 euros (children) / 12 euros (adults)
May 18, 2024 11:00 am
Great Hall
NIYAR – A Paper Tale
by Mayan LungmanPaper and thread theatre show, 5+, 50′, non-verbal show
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10 euros (children) / 12 euros (adults)
May 18, 2024 2:00 pm
Great Hall
Cabinet Alive
by Katanari (Slovakia/Czech Republic)Paper and object theatre 4+, 30′, non-verbal show Workshops following the show
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8 euros (children) / 10 euros (adults)
May 18, 2024 3:00 pm
Great Hall
Random Acts of Puppetry
by Your Man's Puppet (Cork, Ireland)non-verbal and in English, 5+,
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10 euros (children) / 12 euros (adults)
May 18, 2024 4:00 pm
Garden
Petite Histoire Mordante
by Clair de Lune Théâtre (Ixelles, Brusxelles)4+, 40′, paper theater, FR
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8 euros (children) / 10 euros (adults)
May 18, 2024 5:00 pm
Great Hall
Se débarrasser des mémoires troublantes
by Mehrzad Kateb8+, 23', technique marionnette portée
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6 euros (child/adult)
May 19, 2024 11:00 am
Garden
Un conteneur
by Compagnie la Synecdoque (Brussels, Belgium)35′ in the gardens (or indoors)
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6 euros (children) / 8 adults
May 19, 2024 2:00 pm
Garden
Un conteneur
by Compagnie la Synecdoque (Brussels, Belgium)35′ in the gardens (or indoors)
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6 euros (children) / 8 adults
May 19, 2024 3:00 pm
Great Hall
Random Acts of Puppetry
by Your mans Puppet (Cork, Ireland)non-verbal and in English, 5+,
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10 euros (children) / 12 euros (adults)
May 19, 2024 4:00 pm
Museum
Cabinet Alive
by Katanari (Slovakia/Czech Republic)Paper and object theatre 4+, 30′, non-verbal show Workshops following the show
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8 euros (children) / 10 euros (adults)
May 19, 2024 4:30 pm
Garden
Un conteneur
by Compagnie la Synecdoque (Brussels, Belgium)35′ in the gardens (or indoors)
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6 euros (children) / 8 adults
May 19, 2024 5:00 pm
Project(ion) Room
Open exhibition « The Vessel »
by Matt Jackson (Netherlands/USA)happening, non-verbal, 12+, bunraku marionnettes (Rue de Praetere 55, 1180 Uccle)
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15 euros (adults) / 10 euros (reduced price children/ students/PASS)
May 19, 2024 5:00 pm
Great Hall
Se débarrasser des mémoires troublantes
by Mehrzad Kateb8+, 23', technique marionnette portée
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6 euros (child/adult)
May 19, 2024 7:00 pm
Project(ion) Room
The Vessel
by Matt Jackson (Netherlands/USA)Happening with musician in the exhibition/ installation "The Vessel"
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15 euros (adults) / 10 euros (reduced price children/ students/PASS)
May 20, 2024 10:00 am
Great Hall
Roundtable "Culture of Peace"
by Unima International hybrid meeting with international guestsEccentric Unima Projects
May 20, 2024 2:00 pm
Garden
FIAMMIFERI
by Compagnie Sixfauxnez (Belgium)theatre-installation with mounted puppet 4+, 40′
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6 euros (children) / 8 euros (adults)
May 20, 2024 3:00 pm
Museum
Cabinet Alive
by Katanari (Slovakia/Czech Republic)Paper and object theatre 4+, 30′, non-verbal show Workshops following the show
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8 euros (children) / 10 euros (adults)
May 20, 2024 4:00 pm
Garden
FIAMMIFERI
by Compagnie Sixfauxnez (Belgium)theatre-installation with mounted puppet
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6 euros (children) / 8 euros (adults)
May 20, 2024 6:00 pm
Project(ion) Room
The Vessel
by Matt Jackson (Netherlands/USA)Happening with musician in the exhibition/ installation "The Vessel"
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10 euros (PASS/ Reduced) / 15 euros (adult)
May 25, 2024 11:00 am
Great Hall
Lisapo Ongé
by Compagnie Elikya (DRC Congo)table and girdle theatre, 4+, large auditorium. Belgian Premiere.
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10 euros (children) / 12 euros (adults)
May 25, 2024 3:00 pm
Great Hall
Lisapo Ongé
by Compagnie Elikya (DRC Congo)table and girdle theatre, 4+, large auditorium. Belgian Premiere.
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10 euros (children) / 12 euros (adults)
May 25, 2024 4:00 pm
Garden
PULCINELLA and the Moon
by Irène VECCHIA (Napoli)Commedia dell ‘arte girdle theatre 30’
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8 euros (children) / 10 euros (adults)
May 25, 2024 5:00 pm
Garden
La Porte du Diable
by Royales Marionnettes (Belgium)Liège’s traditional rod theatre (Tchantchès), show in French, 4+
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8 euros ( children) / 10 euros (adults)
May 26, 2024 3:00 pm
Garden
PULCINELLA and the Moon
by Irène VECCHIA (Napoli)Commedia dell ‘arte girdle theatre
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8 euros (children) / 10 euros (adults)
May 26, 2024 4:00 pm
Great Hall
La Boule enchantée
by FITHE théâtre (Eupen, Belgium)shadow and sand theatre
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10 euros (children) / 12 euros (adults)
June 1, 2024 11:00 am
Great Hall
Otesanek
by Divadlo B (Czech Republic)4+ , 45′. Rod puppets (Narodni Loutky). Shows in Czech.
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10 (children) / 12 euros (adults)
June 1, 2024 3:00 pm
Great Hall
Otesanek
by Divadlo B (Czech Republic)4+ , 45′. Rod puppets (Narodni Loutky). Shows in Czech.
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10 (children) / 12 euros (adults)
June 1, 2024 4:00 pm
Museum
Domhan Eile » (the Irish Pirate Queen)
by Fly of Fancy Shadows (Ireland)4+, 30', shadow theatre
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8 euros (children) / 10 euros (adults)
June 1, 2024 5:00 pm
Garden
tabletop puppet Non-verbal and musical (Rembetiko) show.
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6 euros (children) / 8 euros (adults)
June 2, 2024 3:00 pm
Great Hall
Les aventures en cryptozoologie
by Théâtre du Nombr’île (Belgium)5+, shadow theatre
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10 (children) / 12 euros (adults)
June 2, 2024 4:00 pm
Garden
tabletop puppet Non-verbal and musical (Rembetiko) show.
Reserve Your Seat
6 euros (children) / 8 euros (adults)
June 2, 2024 5:00 pm
Museum
Domhan Eile » (the Irish Pirate Queen)
by Fly of Fancy Shadows (Ireland)4+, 30', shadow theatre
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8 euros (children) / 10 euros (adults)
June 8, 2024 10:30 am
Garden
HONG DONGJI & ISIMI
by FFWANG Culture Art Bakery4+ , 45′. Shows in Korean/ English.Korean Pulcinella. Glove puppets.
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8 euros (children) / 10 euros (adults)
June 8, 2024 11:30 am
Great Hall
Puppet fantasy
by Theatre Sangsahwa4+, 40', Non-verbal show.and musical. String and rod puppets
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10 euros (children) / 12 euros (adults)
June 8, 2024 2:00 pm
Great Hall
Story with Strings (Jeux de ficelles)
by Daeyeol LEE (the Long and Short Company)4+, 30' non-verbal performance. Object theatre.
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8 euros (children) / 10 euros (adults)
June 8, 2024 3:00 pm
Great Hall
Puppet fantasy
by Theatre Sangsahwa4+, 40', Non-verbal show.and musical. String and rod puppets
Reserve Your Seat
10 euros (children) / 12 euros (adults)
June 8, 2024 4:00 pm
Garden
HONG DONGJI & ISIMI
by FFWANG Culture Art Bakery4+ , 45′. Shows in Korean/ English.Korean Pulcinella. Glove puppets.
Reserve Your Seat
8 euros (children) / 10 euros (adults)
June 8, 2024 5:00 pm
Great Hall
Story with Strings (Jeux de ficelles)
by Daeyeol LEE (the Long and Short Company)4+, 30' non-verbal performance. Object theatre.
Reserve Your Seat
8 euros (children) / 10 euros (adults)
June 9, 2024 2:00 pm
Garden
HONG DONGJI & ISIMI
by FFWANG Culture Art Bakery4+ , 45′. Shows in Korean/ English.Korean Pulcinella. Glove puppets.
Reserve Your Seat
8 euros (children) / 10 euros (adults)
June 9, 2024 3:00 pm
Great Hall
Puppet fantasy
by Theatre Sangsahwa4+, 40', Non-verbal show.and musical. String and rod puppets
Reserve Your Seat
10 euros (children) / 12 euros (adults)
June 9, 2024 4:00 pm
Garden
HONG DONGJI & ISIMI
by FFWANG Culture Art Bakery4+ , 45′. Shows in Korean/ English.Korean Pulcinella. Glove puppets.
Reserve Your Seat
8 euros (children) / 10 euros (adults)
June 9, 2024 5:00 pm
Great Hall
Story with Strings (Jeux de ficelles)
by Daeyeol LEE (the Long and Short Company)4+, 30' non-verbal performance. Object theatre.
Reserve Your Seat
8 euros (children) / 10 euros (adults)
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The program is still subject to change in the light of confirmations from the companies, the health situation and the subsidies requested.
The program is still subject to change in the light of confirmations from the companies, the health situation and the subsidies requested.
The program is still subject to change in the light of confirmations from the companies, the health situation and the subsidies requested.
Tarifs: 15/12/10/8/6 euros Réservation: 02.673.87.30/ or by email at contact@theatreperuchet.be
PASS adult one day (4 shows, 30 euros, PASS adult 3 shows 25 euros PASS adult 2 shows 18 euros – The Vessel (exhibition + shows, 10 euros, the 19th and the 20th May), in Projection Room.
PASS child 3 shows 20 euros/ PASS child 2 shows 15 euros
Due to limited capacity of the venue, reservation is recommended. Once the show started in the Museum or in the main venue, no more entrance is possible. Thank you for your understanding.