Puppets in Prague – September Newsletter: Free Workshops & New Courses!
Free Workshops, New Puppet Recipes & Autumn Courses
From your friends at Puppets in Prague
We had a a fantastic summer of puppet students in Prague, and now we hope that you might join us at our upcoming online workshops this season. Some of them are free, plus exciting new Puppet Recipes await all puppet cooks.
FREE live intro to Mastering the Marionette
Puppet Robot: Building Joints: Oct 4, 7-9 pm CET / 1-3 pm EST on Zoom
The hardest thing about making a good marionette is constructing joints. Come to our Puppet Robot workshop - the introduction to our 2025-2026 Mastering the Marionette class and open to all.
Did you know that Mastering the Marionette offers 30+ pre-recorded videos so you can participate in any time zone as well as live Zoom meetings at different times? Find out more or just learn the basics of joints at our first free session.
FREE intro to Automata Online Workshop
Simple Mechanisms, Sept 14, 7-9 pm CET / 1-3 pm EST on Zoom
Learn to make brilliant automata with materials you have at home. Simple Mechanisms is the first session of our 8-month Automata Workshop and all are welcome. Free!
Automata: Fundamental + Advanced Courses
September 2025-April 2026
Why not try out one of our most popular workshops?
Automata Fundamentals: Learn to make your sculptures jump, glide, swim, using different automata mechanisms. You can sign up for our 8-month full course or individual modules. Not sure? Come to the first session of the Simple Mechanisms module for FREE. Sept 2025 - April 2026
NEW: Advanced Automata : Completed our Automata course? Already have advanced skills? Join our NEW online advanced course and make projects combining different mechanisms. Sept 2025 - April 2026
See our CIRCUS!
You can see a recording of Circus Kvak, the spectacular show of our August Circus Marionette students. Meet their made gorgeous, funny, awe-inspiring puppets!
Upcoming Puppet Recipes
Painting your puppet
Learn to bring out expressive qualities in your puppet through various painting techniques: acrylic, oil, stain, chalk
September 7, 7 pm CET / 1 pm EST, online
Make a puppet show
Get inspired by Czech puppeteers Jakub Šulik and Johana Bartová. What are the secrets behind their intimate, original puppet shows?
October 5, 7 pm CET / 1 pm EST, online
Last Chance
You can still access our Acrobat Puppet recipe from August. Available for Puppet Recipe subscribers until Sept 8 or no limit with a Golden Czech Hands subscription.
Coming soon: Applications for Summer 2026 Workshops
Interested in joining our June or August workshops next summer, making amazing marionettes and performing in fantastic festivals?
On September 15 we will post the dates and details of our 2026 in person workshops.
Apply to come to Visitor's Program in Prague
November 6 – 9, 2025
The Czech Theatre Institute is offering an amazing opportunity to be part of a visitors' program during the Czech UNIMA's One Flew over the Puppeteer’s Nest festival. Aimed at dramaturges, artistic directors, theatre educators, and performing arts professionals. Application deadline is September 30, 2025. More here: Hi PerformanCZ
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