Festival history beginning from 1990

1990

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1. Festival under the title "Puppiennale"

Festival founded by Trude Kranzl at the initiative of Professor Gustav Dubelowski-Gellhorn. Unfortunately, he experienced the second edition of the festival no longer. He died in 1991 suddenly and unexpectedly.

Program compilation / management: Franz Walters

1992

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2. »Puppiennale«

Festival director: Trude Kranzl, program / management: Franz Walters

1994

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3. Festival under the title »International Puppet Festival Wels«

From 1994 onwards, the festival was carried out from the city of Wels under the consistent and consolidated management of Trude Kranzl without management.

1995

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4. Festival

1996

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5. Festival

By the introduction of Nightline 1996, a new rail for figure theatre, innovative and different from the usual, is created.

1997

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6. Festival

1998

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7. Festival, from now on under the title »International Figure Festival Wels«

Festival focus on Germany / Austria

1999

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8. Festival, Festival focus on Italy

2000

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9. Festival, Festival focus on The Netherlands

2001

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10. Festival, Festival focus on Switzerland

2002

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11. Festival the theme »Frontier interactions«

Initial house-production of the festival »potatello«

Since 2002, the festival is online (see archive) and Trude Kranzl initiated the publication of the magazine IMAGO, which was first published as a print medium, and by July 2007 only as an online medium.

2003

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12. Festival with the slogan »52% female«

2004

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13. Festival with the slogan »Theatre is ...«

2005

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14. Festival with the slogan »Light and Shadow«

Second-house production of the festival »paradise opened today« - co-production with SCHÄXPIR - international festival for young audience of Upper Austria

2006

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15. Festival with the slogan »Tradition and Modernity«

Third-house production of the Festival »Romeo and Juliet« in collaboration with Theatre »Oltreilponte" - Turino

2007

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16. Festival – with the motto »figure and man«

2008

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17. Festival with the motto »huge and tiny«

Trude Kranzl says goodbye to the festival  (see article)

2009

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18. Festival

The festival is taken over by a new team