Dear audience,
Since 2008, the IMAGINALE has been presenting puppet theatre in Stuttgart, Mannheim, Heilbronn, Eppingen, Schorndorf and Ludwigsburg that borders on dance, new circus, performance and digital art. The major cross-city event is one of the largest German puppet theatre festivals.
Artists from Belgium, Germany, El Salvador, France, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Canada, Cuba, Lithuania, Mexico, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, Slovenia, Spain and South Africa have been invited to the 2025 edition.
The IMAGINALE 2025 is organised
by the FITZ Theater animierter Formen, the Alte Feuerwache Mannheim, the Junges Nationaltheater Mannheim (JNTM), the Theater Heilbronn, the Figuren Theater Phoenix, the Eppinger Figurentheater and the Junge Bühne Ludwigsburg
The IMAGINALE 2025 is decisively supported by
by the Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts of the State of Baden-Württemberg, by the NATIONAL PERFORMANCE NETZ Guest Performance Fund for Theatre, funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, as well as the Ministries of Culture and the Arts of the federal states.
Imaginale 2023 is also supported by the state capital Stuttgart, the Cultural Office of the City of Mannheim, the Kulturforum and Stadtmarketing Schorndorf, the City of Eppingen, the Institut français and the French Ministry of Culture, the Cultural Foundation of Kreisparkasse Heilbronn, the Québec Government Office in Berlin, the Québec Council for the Arts and the Slovenian Cultural Information Centre.
IMAGINALE 2025 would not be possible without
the friendly cooperation of the Mannheim Youth Welfare Office, the Junges Ensemble Stuttgart JES, the Theater tri-bühne, the Theater Rampe and the Filmwinter Stuttgart.