Festival Dates

2024-10-13 > 2024-10-19

Location

Banja Luka, Bosnia Herzegovina

Description

The International Festival of Children’s Theatres in Banja Luka has been organised by the Children’s Theatre of the Republic of Srpska since 2002 with the support of the Ministry of Education and Culture and the city of Banja Luka. Children’s Theatre of the Republic of Srpska as the organizer of the International Festival for Children has welcomed more than two hundred theatres for children from around the world.

The International Festival of Children’s Theatres in Banja Luka, with its actions promotes faster development of puppetry and theatre arts in the Republic of Srpska and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and it is considered one of the most important festivals for children in the Balkans.

The Festival aims to strongly promote puppetry, as the most demanding, most attractive and most important format of theatrical expression for children, because the Festival has a primary goal which is the affirmation of the art of puppetry. Children’s Theatre of the Republic of Srpska was founded 1955 and its tradition and quality in drama and puppetry production were recognized by many great directors of the former Yugoslavian space, and directors of European countries.