Puppets Occupy Street
Puppets
Occupy Street, the first and only festival of
animation art in Romania, which is performed exclusively in unconventional
places and brings altogether only independent artists and private bands, is
getting ready to occupy the streets of Craiova once again during the well-known
time period of 25th of August to 1st of September, with
its 5th edition.
In 2018, puppeteers from around the globe,
giant puppets, allegoric cars, performances on the streets, in parks, gardens, public plazas, workshops, exhibitions put Earth in the
centre of Puppets Occupy Street’s universe and announce the closing of the cycle
with stories, happenings and creations that have given meaning to the
primordial elements, Water, Fire, Air, under which symbol the last three
editions of the festival have been.
Puppets Occupy Street is managed by “Colibri”
Theatre and financed by the City Hall and the Council from Craiova, enjoying
support from partners in public and private domains: independent agencies,
cultural institutions, order forces, also from an increasing number of
volunteers and sponsors.
For the fifth edition of the Puppets Occupy
Street Festival, private theatre companies and independent artists from 17
countries have announced their participation.
Puppets Occupy Street – Earth Edition 2018
means almost 400 performances, free of charge for the public, taking place in
over 20 locations at the same time, in contrast to the first edition in 2014 in
which during the eight days of festival, there were 85 performances.
Created for the community, the festival continues
this year its mission that has begun in 2014, the mission of insuring the
public access to education through animation theatre, which also seeks to
develop intercultural exchanges between Craiova and other cities of the world
and to attract new audiences from more diverse cultural environment.
Puppets Occupy Street has succeeded to earn
the locals’ trust and admiration, turning into the event which they acquired to
be theirs, which they wait for with joy and curiosity and which for they
receive the organizers’ admiration and gratefulness every year. The terrific
participation of the audience is the engine that gets in motion this marathon
of animation art in the capital of Oltenia every year.
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