Mar ~ Marionetas | Espinho International Puppet Festival

Mar~Marionetas - Festival Internacional de Marionetas de Espinho 2024

Puppets Stage [ EXHIBITION ]

• Teatro e Marionetas de Mandrágora
• all audiences . free access
• audioguide > expo.marionetasmandragora.pt/audio_guias?o=2955


• Teatro e Marionetas de Mandrágora is a resident company in Espinho and is based at FACE - Fórum de Arte e Cultura de Espinho.

Puppets Stage

This is a journey of sensations, through the poetry of puppetry, a walk made up of figures who have lived through many stories and who invite visitors to feel.

Very small and very large puppets, rod puppets, glove puppets, table-top puppets, shadow puppets, an endless array of proposals, spaces of sound, tranquility and celebration, places of light and shadow, figures that come to life.

At every step, a new discovery that challenges those who pass through it. A place of metaphors that engages with heritage in a joint journey.

This journey features plays that have spanned the 22-year history of Teatro e Marionetas de Mandrágora.

what the festival has to say

This exhibition showcases some of the most striking sculptural pieces by Teatro e Marionetas de Mandrágora over the course of its 22 years of professional activity. This exhibition, which is currently on a national tour, will be on show at the Mar~Marionetas Festival in 2024.

At the Centro Multimeios de Espinho, it is accompanied by a guided tour by appointment and an activity dedicated to visitors.

Teatro e Marionetas de Mandrágora

Teatro e Marionetas de Mandrágora is a professional puppet theater company with artistic direction by Clara Ribeiro and Filipa Mesquita and art direction by enVide neFelibata. The company was founded on April 2, 2002. In the symbiosis of a symbolic language that combines heritage and traditional legacy with contemporary society's thought and dynamics, often in a not-so-peaceful dialogue, a fundamental element emerges: the puppet. This element supports us in the search for our own cultural identity.

Our goal is to discover the aesthetic, visual, scenic, and dramatic potential of the puppet itself, as well as in its relationship with the actor, and in this discovery, explore the dramaturgy that characterizes us: to explore culture, belief, and legend allied with the city, technological exploration, and the speed of the global village. Throughout our artistic journey, we have presented various proposals to different audiences, including adults, youth, school, and family groups, as well as in basic and specialized training. One of our major commitments is the national and international tour of our projects. Decentralization, community work, partnership creation, and social and inclusive value are predominant concerns in our daily activities.

Over these 22 years, we have established the company as a contemporary artistic creation structure through dozens of show proposals presented nationally and internationally, whether they are our own creations or collaborations with other national and international cultural structures and entities. Our premise is to provide space for the creative freedom of our artistic team, ensuring the existence within the structure of various languages and diverse visions that unite in the common goal of developing the art of puppet theater. Reflection on social fragility issues and a keen eye on traditions and heritage form the basis of the Company's dramaturgy, consolidated in distinct yet simultaneously convergent perspectives.

Dialogue with diverse audiences and the involvement of creation in different contexts and spaces, as well as the intersection between entities and structures, is fundamental, creating multidisciplinary proposals aimed mainly at artistic communication with audiences. Noteworthy is our collaboration with numerous educational services in the implementation of activities in institutions such as monuments, museums, and heritage buildings.

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links

• ei.marionetasmandragora.pt
• loja.marionetasmandragora.pt
• marionetasmandragora.pt
• facebook.com/marionetas.mandragora
• instagram.com/marionetas_mandragora
• youtube.com/@MarionetasMandragora

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that's how

This exhibition, conceived in three parts: a community installation space, a “Puppet Stage” exhibition space and a workshop space, is the proposal for this edition of the Mar~Marionetas Festival.

Its inauguration was a remarkable moment, attended by a large audience, the directors of the city's various cultural facilities and the Mayor.

Over the course of 18 days, the exhibition is available to be visited, enjoyed, workshops held, and the puppets created may be placed in the installation-territory.

We'll give you some news at the end of the Festival, but we're very pleased with the result.