Festivals

Latvia Puppet Theatre participates in various festivals, bringing home awards for productions, puppets, acting skills and puppetry techniques. The romantic dolls designed by sculptor Anna Nollendorfa won a silver medal at the World's Fair in Brussels already in the late 1940s. 

06/2023. Theater festival No. 2 "Summer, theater, conversations" (Riga, Latvia) - politically erotic cabaret "Without morals. With dolls" (Mārtiņš Eihe, Edgars Niklasons, Vija Bluzma, Edgars Kaufelds), performance "The Whale's song" (dir. Rudolfs Apse)

09/2022. 12th International Street and Puppet Theater Festival PUPPET FAIR (Sofia, Bulgaria) - performance "I - Benjamin Button" (dir. Edgars Niklasons)

09/2022. HOMO NOVUS Upheaval (Riga, Latvia) - performance "I - Benjamin Button" (dir. Edgars Niklasons)

05/2022. International Puppet and Object Theater Festival "KAUNAS PUPPET 22" (Kauņa, Lithuania) - performance "The Queen of segualls", in Latvian (dir. Edgars Kaufelds).

05/2022. Baltic Theater Festival "Baltic Visual Theater Showcase" (Tallinn, Estonia) – performance "The Queen of segualls", in Latvian (dir. Edgars Kaufelds).

10/2021. 16th International Theater Festival “Tsaryskazka / KINGFESTIVAL” (Novgorod, Russia) - performance Princess on a Pea, Russian troupe (dir. Vija Blūma).

04/2019. 15th International Theater Festival “Tsaryskazka / KINGFESTIVAL” (Novgorod, Russia) - performance Golden Horse (dir. Duda Paiva)

11/2018. International theatre festival ImPulse (Bucharest, Romania) – performance Golden Horse (dir. Duda Paiva) - award for the best performance and actor (Aleksandrs Jonovs);

10/2018. International theatre festival SPOTKANIA (Torun, Poland) – performance Golden Horse (dir. Duda Paiva) - award for the best stage scenery;

09/2018. International theatre festival PuppetUP (Kyiv, Ukraine) – performance Little Prince, Russian troupe (dir. Vija Blūzma);

06/2018. International Theatre Festival “VALISE” (Lomza, Poland) – performance Golden Horse (dir. Duda Paiva) -  GRAND PRIX award;

06/2017. International Theatre Festival “VALISE” (Lomza, Poland) – performance  Kashtanka (dir. D. Petrenko) – award to Santa Didžus(title role)  as “Best actress”;

04/2017. International Theatre Festival "„Carj-skazka”/ KINGFESTIVAL  (Veliky Novgorod, Russia) – performance Kashtanka (director D. Petrenko);

06/2016. International puppet theatre Festival FLYING FESTIVAL (Kaunas, Lithuanina) – performance  The Parent trap (director Ģ. Šolis);

04/2015. XIII International Theatre Festival "„Carj-skazka”/ KINGFESTIVAL  (Veliky Novgorod, Russia) – performance Sand Tales (director V. Blūzma);

06/2015. XXI International Puppet Theatre Festival (Kaunas, Lithuania) - performance The Parent Trap (director Ģ. Šolis);

06/2014. International Theatre Festival VALISE (Lomža, Poland) – performance Fairytale of the Slumbering Dragon (director N. Aleksejeva) – award for the best staged narrative;

05/2013. International Festival of Puppet Theatres FLYING FESTIVAL (Kaunas, Lithuania) -  Sand Tales (director V. Blūzma);

09/2013. Bornholm International Festival of Puppet Theatres (Bornholm, Denmark) – performance Fairytale of the Slumbering Dragon (director N. Aleksejeva);

05/2012. International Festival of Puppet Theatres  Eurofest 2012 (Slupska, Poland) – performance Fairytale of the Slumbering Dragon (director N. Aleksejeva);

04/2011. International Theatre Festival „Carj-skazka”/ KINGFESTIVAL  (Veliky Novgorod, Russia) – performance  Sleeping Beauty (director R. Agurs);

05/2011. International Festival of Puppet Theatres FLYING FESTIVAL (Kaunas, Lithuania) - performance Sleeping Beauty (director R. Agurs);

09/2011. Bornholm International Festival of Puppet Theatres (Bornholm, Denmark) – performance Palle Alone in the World (director V. Sīlis);

05/2010. Belorussian Festival of Puppet Theatres (Minsk, Belarus) – performance Fox Kūmiņš and Wolf Znotiņš, Russian troupe (director V. Blūzma);

04/2009. International Theatre Festival  “Carj-skazka”  (Veliky Novgorod, Russia) -performance Fox Kūmiņš and Wolf Znotiņš, Russian troupe (director V. Blūzma);

06/2009. Festival of Puppet Theatres of Baltic Sea Countries (Northeim, Germany) - performance Fox Kūmiņš and Wolf Znotiņš, Latvian troupe (director V. Blūzma);

06/2008. International Festival of Puppet Theatres (Tallinn, Estonia) – performance Fox Kūmiņš and Wolf Znotiņš, Russian troupe (director V. Blūzma);

04/2007. Children Theatre Festival (Nizhny Novgorod, Russia) – performance Little Hedgehog in the Fog (director M. Koristins) – award for the best performance for children of youngest age;

05/2007. Festival of Puppet Theatres „Puppets and Children Smile” (Kaunas, Lithuania) - performance  Wonder Reed (director V. Blūzma);

05/2006. Festival of Puppet Theatres “Puppets and Children Smile” (Kaunas, Lithuania) – performance  One LittleTurkish Bean (director V. Blūzma);

06/2006. International Festival of Puppet Theatres (Byalistok, Poland) – performance Carmen. A Variation (director A. Mindļins);

05/2005. International Theatre Festival (Subotica, Serbia/ Montenegro) – performance Fairytale of the Golden Fish (director V. Blūzma);

06/2005. International Festival of Children Culture (Sibenica, Croatia) – performance Forest Song (director V. Blūzma);

05/2004. Festival of Puppet Theatres of New Member States of the European Union (Poland) – performance Little Hedgehog in the Fog (director M. Koristins);

05/2004. Festival of Puppet Theatres of the Baltic Sea Countries (Tampere, Finland) – performance Fairytale of the Golden Fish (director V. Blūzma);

07/2004. International Festival of Puppet Theatres (Slovenia) – performance Hedgehog’s Fur Coat (director V. Blūzma);

09/2004. International Festival of Puppet Theatres „Belaja Veža” (Brest, Belarus) - performance Little Hedgehog in the Fog (director M. Koristins);

07/2003. International Festival of Puppet Theatres dedicated to H.K. Andersen (Denmark) – performance Thumbelina (director P. Anteins);

09/2003. Festival of Puppet Theatres of the European Union Candidate States (Slupska, Poland) – performance Hedgehog’s Fur Coat (director V. Blūzma);

International Theatre Festival (Novgorod, Russia) – performance Fairytale of the Golden Fish (director V. Blūzma);

Festival of Puppet Theatres of the Baltic Sea Countries (Slupska, Poland) – performance Forest Song (director V. Blūzma) – laureate of the festival;

Festival of Children and Youth Festivals BANAANIKALA (Tallinn, Estonia) – performance Cymbeline (director R. Agurs) – award for the best stage directorship, award to the best actress (Santa Didžus), award to the best actor (Pēteris Šogolovs).