ARGENTINA
FULL-TIME COURSES/PROGRAMS
Escuela do Titiriteros del Teatro Municipal General SanMartin (State supported)
Corrientes 1530, 1042 Buenos Aires
Tel: +11 4371 0111, fax: +11 4375 1573
Email: amangoni@dgeart.com.ar
3 years. Recognized Diploma

Escuela Municipal de Adores Titiriteros (State supported)
Casa do la Cultura do Avellaneda, Alsina y San Martin,
1870 Avellaneda, Buenos Aires
2 years. Recognized Qualification

REGULAR SHORTER COURSES
Escuela Provincial de Teatro y Títeres (State supported)
CÚrdoba 1186, 2000 Rosario, Santa Fe
Tel: +341 4246454 and +341 424 6453
3 years. Recognized Diploma for Teachers of Puppet Theatre

Escuela Provincial do Titeres do Tucumná
Marcos Paz 664 piso 2, 4000 San Miguel de Tucumán
Tel: +81 215 663 and +81 352 636
Annual course for puppeteers, and a second year for teachers for puppetry

BELGIUM
FULL-TIME COURSES/PROGRAMS
La Cambre (Higher National School of the Visual Arts)
21 Abbaye de la Cambre, 1000 Brussels
Tel: +2 648 9619, fax: +2 640 96 93
Contact the Director of the Scenography Section

PART-TIME COURSES
School von Poppenspel, (3 years)
Kadodderstraat, 2800 Mechelen
Tel: +15 21 83 66
6000 BEF per annum

REGULAR SHORTER COURSES
More information: INSAS, Rue Theresienne 8
1000 Brussels
lAD, rue des Wallons 77, 1348 Louvain/La Neuve

ALSO...
Le Centre Provincial de la Marionnette de Namur
109 rue des Brasseurs, 5000 Namur
Tel: +81 23 04 17, fax: +81 23 07 21

Europees Figurenteatercentrum
Tromelstraat 1, 9000 Gent.
Tel: +9223 12 15, fax: +9 225 45 45
Email: eftc.gent@skynet.be

Le Centre de la Marionnette do Tournai, CREA Theatre
47 rue Saint-Martin, 7500 Tournai
Tel: +69 21 15 83

BELAURUS
FULL-TIME COURSES/PROGRAMS
Bielorussian Academy of Art
Pr. Skorny 81, 220012 Minsk
Fax: +17 232 2041
Grodno High School of Arts
Bul. Leninskogo komsomola 23, 230015 Grodno
Tel/Fax: +152 31 2828

Gomel High School of Arts
Sovetskaja st. 18, 246050 Gomel
Tel: 232 53 7330
State Higher School

Minsk High School of Arts
Kizhevatova st. 9, 220024 Minsk
Tel/Fax: 17 277 6062

REGULAR SHORTER COURSES
Bielorussian Academy of Art as above

BRAZIL
FULL-TIME COURSES/PROGRAMS
University of Sao Paulo, Escola de Comunicaçôes e Artes, Departamento do Artes Cenicas ò teatro do Animaçào
Rua Prof. L. Martins Rodrigues 443, Ciudade Universitaria
Cep: 05508-900, Sao Paulo SP
Tel/Fax: 11 8184345
University level. Undergraduate and Post-graduate

REGULAR SHORTER COURSES
Universidade Estadual do Santo Catarina, Centro de
Artes ò Depto. Do Artes Cênicas
Av. Madre Benvenuta 2007, Cep: 88035-001
Florianopolis
Tel/Fax: 48 3342016
Course in Scenic Arts

Escola Belas Artes ò UFMG (connected with the Giramundo Theatre), 
Av. Antonio Carlos 6627
Cep: 3 1270-010 Belo Horizonte MG
Tel: 31 4995384, fax: 31 499 5387
Email: giramundo@metalink.com.br

Centra Cultural Mamulengo Só-Riso
Rua 13 de Maio 117, Cep:53020-140 Varadouro, 
Olinda PE
Tel/Fax: 81 4292934
Email: msoriso@elogica.com.br

for further information: 
Associaçâo Brasileira do Teatro do Bonecos
Centro UNIMA Brasil (ABTB/UNIMA) 
C.P. 2 16232, Cep: 22222-970 Rio do Janeiro RJ
Tel/Fax: 21 2851237
Email: susanita@uol.com.br 

BULGARIA
FULL-TIME COURSES/PROGRAMS
National Academy of Theatre and Film Arts ("NATFIZ") 
108A Rakovsky Street, 1000 Sofia
Tel: 2 987 98 62, fax: 2 897 389
Email: natfiz@bgcict.acad.bg
Department of Puppetry. 5 year diploma/degree course. Can extend to a Master of Arts in Directing

CANADA
FULL-TIME COURSES/PROGRAMS
Département de Théâtro, Université du Québec ý Montréal
PO Box 888, Succursale Centre-Ville, Montréal, Québec H3C 3P8
Tel: 514 987 3000 ext.4032, fax: 514 987 7881
University diploma: Baccalaureate specializing in dramatic arts including credits in puppetry
Fees: $200 (Canadian) per course of 3 credits

PART-TIME COURSES
Département de Théâtro, Université du Québec ý Montréal, see above

Théâtre da la Dame de Cúur, 611 rang de la CarriËr, 
Upton, DOH 2E0
Tel: 450 549 5828, fax: 450 549 5354
Email: tdc@ntic.qc.ca
Giant puppets

More information: Association Québecoise des Marionnettistes
C.P7, succ. De Lorimior, Montréal, Québec H2H 2N6
Email: aqm@aei.ca 

Spring Course Offering by Toronto School of Puppetry
Contact:David Powell, 
The Toronto School of Puppetry, & Puppetmongers Theatre.
Web: www.pathcom.com/~pmongers 

CROATIA
FULL-TIME COURSES/PROGRAMS
Academy of Dramatic Art (Akademija Dramske Umjetnosti) 
Trg Marsala Tito 5, 10000 Zagreb
Tel: 1 4828 509, fax: 1 4828 508
University level.4-year interdisciplinary course. 
2-year specialization for Directors

Academy of Arts in Osijek
Kralja Petra Svačića 1/F
31 000 Osijek
Tel:  +385 (0)31 253 333
Web: www.uaos.unios.hr/en/
University level. Double degree in Acting and Puppetry

CZECH REPUBLIC
FULL-TIME COURSES/PROGRAMS
Theatre Faculty, Academy of Performing Arts, Dept. of Alternative and Puppet Theatre Karlova 26, Prague 116 65
Tel/Fax: 2 536 229
University status. 3 years Bachelor of Arts degree
2 years Master of Arts

PART-TIME COURSES
Puppets in Prague
Holandska 20, Prague 10000
Workshops in English- range from 10 days to one month
Tel: +420 602 617 970
Email: puppetsinprague@gmail.com
Web: www.puppetsinprague.eu/ 

DENMARK
PART-TIME COURSES
Dukkemagor Grunduddannelsen (Basic education for the Puppet Artist) 
Thy Teater, Fyrvej 104, DK-7730 Hanstholm
Tel: 9796 0100, fax: 9796 0102
Teeter Refleksion
Sintrupvej 11A, DK ò 8220 Brabrand
Tel: 86 24 0572, fax: 86 24 0593
Email: refleksion@post7.tele.dk

Odsherred Teatercenter
Egebjergvej 106, 4500 Nykobing Sjaelland
Tel: 59 93 0301

FINLAND
FULL-TIME COURSES/PROGRAMS
Turku Arts Academy (Turun Ammottikorkeakoulu, kulttuuri), Department of Performing Arts, Linnankatu 54, 20100 Turku. (University and Higher School status) 
Tel: 10 5535229, fax: 105535202
Email: ari.ahlholm@turkuamk.fi
Bachelor of Arts in Puppet Theatre (4 years, 160 credits)

College of the Inner Mission Society of the Church of Finland (Pieksämäen Sisälähetysseuran oppilaitos) 
Huvilakatu 31, 76130. Pieksämäki (Vocational modular course) 
Tel: 15 78641, fax: 15 481035
Email: Mervi_Riikonen@sisop.fi
EU certificate (2 years)

PART-TIME COURSES
Theatre Academy of Finland (Suomen Teatterikeakoulu) 
Sturenkatu 4, 00510 Helsinki
Tel: 431 36 280, fax: 431 36 274
Email: tolvonen@teak.fi
University status

REGULAR SHORTER COURSES
College of the Inner Mission Society of the Church of Finland see above

More information: Green Apple Theatre, Eläintarhan Huvila 7, 00530-Helsinki
Tel: 9 701 2483, fax: 9 712 818

FRANCE
FULL-TIME COURSES/PROGRAMS
Ecole Supérieure des Arts de la Marionnette, lnstitut International de la Marionnette, 
7 Place Winston Churchill, 08000 Charleville-Méziéres
Tel: 3 24 33 72 50, fax: 3 24 33 72 69
Email: institut@marionnette.com
University status

Théâtre aux Mains Nues
7 Square des Cardeurs, 75020 Paris
Tel/Fax: 1 43 73 01 82
Email: alain.recoing@wanadoo.fr
One-year course in performance

University of Paris, Department of Theatre
2 rue de la Liberté, Saint-Denis, 93526 cedex 02. 
Tel: 1 49 40 6616, fax: 1 49 40 6624
Some exploration of puppetry arts in the framework of the theatre program

REGULAR SHORTER COURSES
Théâtre aux Mains Nues
7 Square des Cardeurs, 75020 Paris
Tel/Fax: 1 43 73 01 82
Email: alain.recoing@wanadoo.fr

François Lazaro, Clastic Theatre
62 boulevard Victor Hugo, 92110 Clichy
Tel: 41 06 0404, fax: 41 06 0403 

GERMANY
FULL-TIME COURSES/PROGRAMS
Hochschule für Schauspielkunst "Ernst Busch" 
Schnellerstrasse 104, 12439 Berlin
Tel: 30 6 362261, fax: 30 6 361994
Four year course. University status

Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und Darstellung, 
Studiengang Figurentheater
Fuchseckstrasse 7, 70188 Stuttgart 1
Tel: 7114640 99, fax: 711 480 0635
University status

PART-TIME COURSES
Babuschka Theater und Kurszentrum
Leiergasse 17, 75031 Eppingen (near Heilbronn) 
Tel: 7262 7963, fax: 7262 3049
Two years. Certificated

Figurentheater-Kolleg
Hohe-Eiche 27, 44892 Bochum
Tel/fax: 23 42 84080
2-year program, with certificate

REGULAR SHORTER COURSES
Figurentheoter-KoIleg, as above
Certificated courses

"Fabula"- Freie Bilugstatte für Figurentheater
Dorfstr. 23, 2381 ldstedt
Tel: 46 25 76 67, fax: 46 25 72 89

Theaterpädagogisches zentrum
Universitätsplatz 5-6, D-49808 Lingen
Tel: 591 91 66 30, fax: 591 91 66 363

GREAT BRITAIN
FULL-TIME COURSES/PROGRAMS
The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, 
Embassy Theatre, Eton Avenue, London NW3 3HY
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7722 8183
University status

B.A.(Hons.) in Puppetry: Design and Performance (3 years)
UK/EU: £9,000. Non EU: £18,200
M.A./M.F.A. in Advanced Theatre Practice (1 year), 40 students including 4 puppeteers
UK/EU: £8,852. Non EU: £17,524

University of Plymouth, Theatre and Performance Studies
Douglas Avenue, Exmouth, EX8 2AT
Tel: 1395 255 303
Bachelor of Arts (Hons.) Theatre and Performance, 3 years including one semester of puppetry (15 weeks) 

Anniesland College
Hatfield Drive, Glasgow G12 0YE
Tel: 141 339 6185; 141 357 6093, fax: 141 357 6557
Further Education College status
Higher National Diploma in puppetry (2 years) 
EU: £1000. Other: £3500

FULL & PART-TIME COURSES
London School of Puppetry (University validated Diploma available) 
2 Legard Road, London N5 1 DE also 9 Bridge End, 
Grassington, (North Yorkshire) BD23 5NH
Tel: 20 7359 7357 (London), tel/fax: 1756 753495 (Yorkshire)
Web: www.londonschoolofpuppetry.com/

REGULAR SHORTER COURSES
London School of Puppetry (see above)

Little Angel Puppet Theatre
Dogmar Passage, Islington, London N1 2DN
Tel: 20 7226 1787

Norwich Puppet Theatre, St. James'
Whitefriars, Norwich NR3 1TN
Tel: 1603 615564
Email: norpuppet@hotmail.com

Puppetlink, Punch's Oak
Cleobury Road, Far Forest, Kidderminster, DY14 9EB (Punch & Judy)
Tel: 1299 266 561
Email: glyn@punch-and-judy.com
Fees: variable

More information: The Puppet Centre
BAC, Lavender Hill, London SW11 5TN
Tel: 20 7228 5335, fax: 20 7228 8863
Email: pct@puppetcentre.demon.co.uk 

HUNGARY
FULL-TIME COURSES/PROGRAMS
Budapest Puppet theatre (Budapest Bábszínház) 
Andrássy ™t 69, 1063 Budapest. 
Tel: 1 3225 051,fax: 13424765
University status. 3 years leading to a degree in puppet theatre performance and manipulation. 
Fees: 5000 Huf per month

INDIA (country cod. 91)
PART-TIME COURSES
India Puppet Academy
10, 5th Cross Street, Sammandaner Nager, 60007
Pammal Madras

REGULAR SHORTER COURSES
Darpana Academy of Performing Arts
Usmonpura, Ahmedabad-380 013
Tel: 91 79 7551389, fax: 91 79 7550955
Email: darpana@icenet.net 

IRELAND
REGULAR SHORTER COURSES
P™co Puppet Theatre Company
36-40 Upper Dominick street, Dublin 7
Tel/Fax: 1 830 4136
Email: nlaw@connect.ie 

ISRAEL
FULL-TIME COURSES/PROGRAMS
The School of Visual Theatre
4 Yad Harutzim Street, 91082 Jerusalem
Tel: 2 67 33435, fax: 2 67 10017
University status. 3-4 years. Courses in mixed media including puppetry

REGULAR SHORTER COURSES
The School of Visual Theatre, see above

The Puppet School
Beit Nehemia 80, 73140 Merkaz
Tel: 397 11530 

ITALY
FULL-TIME COURSES/PROGRAMS
Scuolo Internazionale Teatro di Figure
Viale Trento 39, 9100 Cagliari

REGULAR SHORTER COURSES
Teatro Figura Umbro
Tieffeu, Via del Castellano 2a 06121 Perugia
Tel: 75 572 5845, fax: 75 5730826
Email: MarioMirabassi.puppets.fest@edison.it
Recognized by the EU. Intensive courses June-October

Il Mondo dei Fili, Comp. Marionette Lupi
Teatro Gianduja, Via Santa Teresa 5, 10121 Torino
Tel/Fax: 11 530238

Centro Teatro di Figura
Via Cavour 12, 48015 Cervia
Tel: 544 971958, fax: 544 97 1922

Civica Scuola d'Arte Drammatica
Piccolo Teatro, Corso Magenta 63, Milan
Tel: 805 9752, fax: 805 8157

Accademia dell'Arte
Villa Godiola
Localita San Fabiano
52100 Arezzo
Tel: 011 39 0575 294 155 or 0575 294 139, fax: 011 39 0575 296259
Web: www.dell-arte.org/

JAPAN
PART-TIME COURSES
National Bunraku Theatre
1-12-10 Nipponbashi, Chuo-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka 542-0073
Tel: 6-212 2531

REGULAR SHORTER COURSES
Sennosuke Takeda, Takeda Studio
2535 Zakoji, lida-shi, Nagano 395-0001
Tel/Fax: 265 22 3825

Masaru Umazume, Awaji Puppet Theatre
936-3-Hei Ogarumo, Fukura, Nandau-cho, Miharagun, 
Hyogo-ken, 656-0503 Nandau
Tel: 799 52 0260, fax: 799 52 3072
Puppets manipulated by three people-ningyo joruri techniques

Huichi Okamoto, Dondoro Theatre
274-2 Hongo lijima-machi, Kamiina-gun, Nagano-ken, 
399-3704 lijima
Tel: 265 864270, fax: 265 883959

MOLDOVA
FULL-TIME COURSES/PROGRAMS
Department of Puppet Arts, Arts Institute
str. Mateevici III, str. Maria Dragan I, Ciocana, MD2204
Kisinau
Tel: 2 37 61 47, fAx: 2 37 6040
University status. Four years

NORWAY
FULL-TIME COURSES/PROGRAMS
Norwegian Academy of Figurative Theatre, Østfold College
Kirkegt 30, Box 1226, 1631 Gamle Frederikstad
Tel: 6935 8700, fax: 6935 8702
University status. Three-year courses in performance and design/crafting

POLAND
FULL-TIME COURSES/PROGRAMS
Akademia Teatralna, Wydziat Sztuki Lalkarskiej
(Theatre Academy, Dept. of Puppetry Art) 
Sienkiewicza 14, 15-092 Bialystok. 
Tel/Fax: 85 743 5353, 
Email: puppetpl@cksr.ac.bialystok.pl
University status. Four and five year courses for performer-puppeteers and directors

Panstwowa Wyzsza Szkota Teatralna, Wydziat Lalkorski
(State Higher Theatre School, Dept. of Puppetry) 
PowstaÒcÚw Slaskich 22, 53-337 Wroctaw
Tel: 71 367 4015, fax: 71 367 1627
University status. Four-year courses for performer-puppeteers

Studium Aktorskie (Puppet Actors' Studio) 
Teatralna 4, 42-500 Bedzin. 
Tel/Fax: 32 267 3625
Two-year full-time certificated course

ROMANIA
FULL-TIME COURSES/PROGRAMS
Academy of Theatre and Cinema (UATC), Puppetry department
Matei Voivod street 75-77, 73224 Bucharest
Tel: 252 8020, fax: 252 5881
University status

REGULAR SHORTER COURSES
University Workshop UATC Bucuresti, Puppet Department, (as above) 
Fee: $300 US

University of Arts Târgu Mures
str.Köteles Sámuel nr.6, 54 00 57 - Târgu Mure?
Fax: 0040 – 0265 – 266281
School Director:  Dr. Gásparik Attila
Puppet Profile Director: Dr. Oana Leahu
There are two admission sessions: in spring and in autumn. 19th  July, 15th September        
Email: uat_ms@yahoo.com   
Web: www. uat.ro/

RUSSIA
FULL-TIME COURSES/PROGRAMS
St. Petersburg Theatre Puppetry Dept., Theatre Academy
Mokhovoya Street 34, 191028 St. Petersburg
Tel: 812 272 8520, fax: 812 272 1789

Courses in Direction, Performance, Stage Design and Technology
Russian Academy of Theatre Art
M. Kislovsky 6, 103009 Moscow
Tel/Fax: 952 904 833

Puppetry Dept. of the Yaroslavl State Theatre Institute
Pervomaiskayo Street 43, Yaroslavl 150000
Tel/Fax: 0852 72 8111
Fee: $3000 ò $5000 according to the training program
Four-year course leading to a State recognized Diploma

Puppetry Dept. of the Yekaterinburg State Theatre
Institute, Theatre Institute
Karl Libkneht Street, Yekaterinburg 620075
Tel: 343 2 555130

Puppetry Dept. of the Nizhni Novgorod Theatre School
Varvarskaya Street 3A, Nizhni Novgorod. 
Tel: 831 2 369220

SLOVAKIA
FULL-TIME COURSES/PROGRAMS
Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts (VSMU) 
Venturska 3, Bratislava 81301. 
Tel: 7 5441 9344, fax: 7 5441 7081
University status. Four or five-year Bachelor of Arts course, also Master of Arts
Performance, scenography, dramaturgy, etc

SLOVENIA
REGULAR SHORTER COURSES
Puppet Theatre of Ljublana (lutkovno Gledalisce Ljubljano) 
Krekov Trg 2, 1000 Ljubljana
Tel: 61 300 0970, fax: 61 31 4962
State supported program

SPAIN
FULL-TIME COURSES/PROGRAMS
Institut del Teatre
Sant PËre mes Baix 7, 08003 Barcelona. (temporary address) 
Tel: 3268 2078, fax: 3268 1070
University status. Four year course, puppeteers within a general performance course

REGULAR SHORTER COURSES
Jordi Bertrán Company
Calle Dos de Maig 260, Entlo 4a, 08025 Barcelona
Tel: 93 435 5457, fax: 93 456 2696
Email: jbertran@tresnet.com
One year course in creation, manipulation and construction
100,000 pesetas for the course

SWEDEN
FULL-TIME COURSES/PROGRAMS
School for Puppet Theatre, Department of the National Dramatic Institute, c/o Marionetteatern
Brunnsgatan 6-8, 111 38 Stockholm
Tel: 8 11 71 12, fax:8 21 10 15
Email: marionetteatorn@telia.com
(Also National Dramatic Institute: Tel: 8 665 1300, fax: 8 662 1484
Email: konsli@draminst.se) 
State Diploma. Three-year course (given in Swedish and English) 
Foreign students are accepted by arrangement for short periods

SWITZERLAND
FULL-TIME COURSES/PROGRAMS
Academy of Theatre
Gessnerallee 11, 8001 Zurich
Tel: 2 226 1926
3- year course in the department of theatre studies with some specialist studies in puppetry
State Diploma

REGULAR SHORTER COURSES
Marionnettes de GenËve
rue Rodo 3, c.p.217, 1211 Geneva 4
Tel: 22 329 6866, fax: 22 32 97340

Puppenspielkurse E. Bleisch, (Course for Puppet Play) 
Zeunerstr.7, CH ò 8037 Zurich
Tel: 127 11239
Workshops in performance, manipulation and construction
300-600 Swiss Francs

UKRAINE
Kharkivski Institut Mistectv ò kafedra teatru laliok
(Kotlarevski Institute of Arts, Dept. Of Puppetry) 
Konstituciji Square, 11/13,31002 Kharkov
Tel: 57 47 15 19, fax: 57 12 78 32

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
FULL-TIME COURSES/PROGRAMS
Department of Dramatic Arts/Puppetry, University of Connecticut
U-127, 802 Bolton Road, Storrs, CT 06269-1127
Tel: 860 486 4568 (puppetry laboratory) 
Email: puppetarts@finearts.sfa.uconn.edu

Specialist program: Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Master of Fine Arts in Puppetry
California Institute for the Arts ("CalArts"), 
Cotsen Center for Puppetry and the Arts
24700 McBean Parkway, Valencia, California 91355
Tel: 805 255 1050
Email: ssimpson@calarts.edu

Central Washington University, Dept. of Theatre Arts
400 East 8th Ave., Ellensburg, Washington 98926-7460
Tel: 509 963 1230 (Dept. Of Child Drama), 
fax: 509 963 1767
Email: hawkins@cwu.edu
Puppetry-included courses, inc. new television course

West Virginia University
2347 Creative Arts Center
Morgantown, WV 26506-6201
Tel: 304 293 2020 Ext. 3113
Email: jsiegris@wvu.edu
Web: wvu.edu/~theatre/puppet.htm
BFA in Puppetry/ Creative Dramatics/ Children's Theatre

REGULAR SHORTER COURSES
Center for Puppetry Arts
1404 Spring Street, Atlanta, Georgia 30309
Tel: 404 873 3089, fax: 404 873 9907
Email: puppet@mindspring.com
Courses at various levels in a variety of subjects

George Mason University
4107 33rd Street, Mount Rainier, MD 20712
Tel: 301 277 8117

New England Puppet Intensive
Williamstown, MA
Tel: 413-652-7249
Website: http://newenglandpuppet.org/index.html
15 day Puppetry Intensive

Northeastern University, Theater Department
Tahlequah, Oklahoma 74464
Tel: 918 456 9844

California Polytechnic State Univ., Dept. of Theater and Dance
San Luis Obispo, California 93407
Tel: 805 756 1465

Univ. of California-Santa Cruz, Theater Arts Dept. 
Santa Cruz, California 95064
Tel: 408 459 2974

California State Univ-Sacramento, Dept. of Theatre Arts
6000 J Street, Sacramento, California 95819
Tel: 916 278 8368

National Puppetry Conference, Eugene O'Neill Theater Center
305 Great Neck Road, Waterford, Connecticut 06385

Dell'Arte School of Physical Theatre Arts
PO Box 816, Blue Lake, California 95525
Tel: 707 668 5663

Central Washington University, Puppetry Department of the Theatre Arts
400 East 8th Avenue, Ellensburg, Washington 98926-7460
Course in television puppetry

URUGUAY
Puppetry Department of the Theatre School (Escuela de Titeritero de la InstituciÚn Teatral) 
El GalpÚn, 18 de Julio 1618, Montevideo