THESSPUPPET '16

SOFIA PUPPET THEATRE (Bulgaria): SMILE

T.C.H. - CITY OF THESSALONIKI - THESSALONIKI TOURISM ORGANIZATION

Techniques: Theatre with objects
Duration: 35’
Ages: 1-3 years old
No words
The play
Smile! is a visual, sensory and explorative performance designed for children between 1 and 3 years, which creates an art environment with theatrical means of expression that teases the curiosity and the senses of a child, their hearing and sight and contributes to their movement culture.
Smile! is a special gesture to the youngest children and their parents in their first steps, the joy of communication and the first meetings with art and puppetry!
Smile! is aligned with the specific features of the development of a child in its earliest age and its need to get to know the world while playing. It is a proven fact that playing is the core means of acquiring the necessary information about the surrounding world for a child. Therefore Smile! implies basic models of education and development presented in a funny manner with lots of music in a theatre performance.
 
The company
Founded in 1946 by Mara Penkova, who used her own meager resources to fund the troupe in those lean post-war years, the first Bulgarian puppet theater quickly succeeded in capturing the public’s attention. Only two years later, the troupe was awarded a state subsidy and became the first officially-recognized professional state theater in Bulgaria. Since its founding, the puppet theater has staged more than 300 plays.
The theatre’s artistic production has explored every genre and style from puppet miniature through music stories, pantomime, theatre of shadows, comedy, satire and grotesque to the heroic epic performance.
Every year the theatre has more than 50 000 spectators annually while the actors enjoy the love and loyalty of their audience, together with numerous national and international awards, building a reputation of artistic and professional excellence.

ARTISTS

  • 04 December 2016
    Sun     11:00  (CR1 M2)
  • 04 December 2016
    Sun     17:00  (CR1 M2)