Mar ~ Marionetas | Espinho International Puppet Festival

Mar~Marionetas - Festival Internacional de Marionetas de Espinho 2024

Mário and Neta [ PERFORMANCE ]

• Serviço Educativo do Município de Espinho
• all audiences . free access

Mário and Neta

Mário and Neta, Mar~Marionetas' mascots, are well known to our audiences. They walk around schools, go to the capital, travel by train and stroll the city streets.

The constant attempt to find new ways of bringing Mar~Marionetas closer to its audiences gave rise to the idea of splitting the word puppet and creating two characters — Mário and Neta — who, through various means and ways, would increase the effectiveness of the Festival's promotion and affirm it as an event aimed at all ages.

It has been seen that the mascots establish a relationship of great empathy and complicity with both schoolchildren and the general public. It can be considered that the mascots, who are well known by the public, are an excellent way of promoting Mar~Marionetas and attracting new audiences.

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We've come to the end of months of work, intense weeks of planning, and many teams involved, committed, and dedicated. Families, school groups, senior groups, so many people visited the Mar~Marionetas Festival to take part in workshops, see exhibitions, watch shows and performances.

We would like to thank many people, including the staff of the Municipality of Espinho, the city's various cultural facilities, the Teatro e Marionetas de Mandrágora, the stores and shopkeepers, restaurants, accommodation establishments, and, above all, the public who filled the halls with joy with their fantastic presence.

Around 10,000 people came to enjoy the Mar~Marionetas Festival, which presented more than 80 proposals, with companies from all over the mainland and islands and from 4 countries.