IMAGINALE 2027
International Festival of Animated Theatre
January 21 to 31, 2027
Dear audience,
Since 2008, IMAGINALE has been presenting puppet and object theatre at the intersection of dance, contemporary circus, performance, and digital art. This multi-city event is among the largest figure theatre festivals in Germany.
From January 21 to 31, 2027, the festival will take place in Stuttgart, Mannheim, Eppingen, Schorndorf, and Ludwigsburg.
The IMAGINALE 2027 is organised by the FITZ Theater animierter Formen, the Alte Feuerwache Mannheim, the Junges Nationaltheater Mannheim (JNTM), the Figuren Theater Phoenix, the Eppinger Figurentheater and the Junge Bühne Ludwigsburg
The IMAGINALE 2027 is substantially supported by by the Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts Baden-Württemberg.
Furthermore, Imaginale 2027 is supported by the NATIONAL PERFORMANCE NETWORK Guest Performance Fund for Theatre, funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, as well as by the Ministries of Culture and Arts of the German states, the state capital Stuttgart, the Cultural Office of the City of Mannheim, the Cultural Forum and Town Marketing of Schorndorf, the City of Eppingen, the Institut français and the French Ministry of Culture, the Cultural Foundation of Kreissparkasse Heilbronn, the Wüstenrot Foundation, the Cultural Promotion of SV SparkassenVersicherung (SV), the Cultural Area Eppingen, and Wallonie-Bruxelles International (WBI).
IMAGINALE 2027 in its present form would not be possible without the generous support and cooperation of Junges Ensemble Stuttgart (JES), Theater tri-bühne, Theater Rampe, the Department of Figure Theatre at the State University of Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart, Stuttgart Filmwinter, Círculo Latino, Club Español Stuttgart, and the JuKuS Youth Art School Stuttgart.