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International festival "The Days of Puppets" 10th edition starts in the Sea Garden of Burgas 

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The tenth anniversary edition of the international festival "The Days of Puppets" starts today in the Sea Garden of Burgas. The festival will last until 5 August. During this time the audience will enjoy the productions of the State Puppet Theatre - Burgas "The Wizard of Oz" and "The Golden Goose". 

This year, the program comprises 19 performances, three of them by theatre groups from the Netherlands, Romania and Kazakhstan. Apart from the three puppet shows daily, there will be side events - a "Museum of Fairy Tales", a puppetry workshop for professionals, as well as dancing and games with the audience between shows. 

The organizers of the festival are State Puppet Theatre-Burgas and Burgas Municipality. 



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