Mar ~ Marionetas | Espinho International Puppet Festival

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01 JULY 2025

30 + 31 MAY 2025

The Mar~Marionetas Festival ran throughout the month of May. With more than 250 activities including shows, workshops, games, exhibitions, and book launches. Around 16,000 people watched, applauded, took part, laughed and were moved. We can only say thank you to the Municipality of Espinho, to the entire Teatro e Marionetas de Mandrágora team, to everyone who worked tirelessly, but above all to everyone who made this an unforgettable moment with their presence!
We ended on a high note, it was an incredible moment!
The Mar~Marionetas Festival is a festival that cannot be forgotten and since its birth, hundreds of artists from all corners of the world have been present at this celebration of art and culture.

22 > 25 MAY 2025

It was a great weekend with art and families in the mix. We presented various shows, performances, workshops, exhibitions and games, and this Festival is not over yet. It's certainly a challenge to extend such an intense activity for a month, but it's also interesting to see how the art of puppetry enters people's daily lives.
Through the passport that is being marked with the activities seen, we also get a sense of the dedication of the public and the participants in our activities. We are very pleased with this initiative, which the Espinho City Council has organized, through the artistic direction of Teatro e Marionetas de Mandrágora, to bring back such a fundamental asset, a symbol of democracy, peace and well-being, which we must all cultivate as a fundamental ephemeral act to be preserved.
We are grateful for your company!

17 + 18 MAY 2025

Music: Luís Carvalho and Gabriel Moreira (Aurarecords) | Árvore-Nuvem (d’Orfeu AC)

16 MAY 2025

Mar~Marionetas opened its arms to the public and what an evening we spent together. The inauguration of the Limite Zero company's exhibition, the awarding of the Mar~Marionetas 2025 Prize, workshops for families and the pleasure of hosting “Próxima Estação”, a show that took us on a beautiful journey. A journey through wonder and the memory of the first cinematographic images where the locomotive of the train comes towards the spectators. A poetic creation, a scenographic structure of a train in its relationship with the city that has made it its daily emotional landscape. The creation took us to a poetic dimension in Fernando Pessoa's poetry that was unveiled throughout the show. And between characters and heteronyms we were on our way to an unforgettable evening.