Previous Activities

1992	Group puppet exhibition (cultural center of the municipality of Athens)
1994	Group puppet exhibition (cultural center of the municipality of Agia Paraskevi) A two day encounter with puppets and drawings (school "A. Siggros) Three workshops with Bonyo Loungov-director of Sofia Puppet Theater Academy (school "A. Siggros)
1995	A two day encounter with puppets and drawings (Greek Theater association) The group performance "the boat of peace" by UNIMA HELLAS takes place on Likavitos in Athens. It is part of the international puppet day organized by the international UNIMA and dedicated to peace. Presentation of this performance in Paris.
1996	Creation of the first Greek Puppet Center, graciously offered to us by municipality of Zografou.UNIMA HELLAS was sheltered there until the year 2000.
1997	Exhibition and puppet construction workshop (Greek puppet center) A two day introduction to the puppetry art (Educational department of Florina) A two day introduction to the puppetry art (Kindergarten Association of Volos) Open performances on the streets of Zografou municipality. A lecture on masks (International puppet festival of Idra)
1998	Construction and manipulation workshop by Takis Sarris (Greek puppet center) Construction and manipulation workshop by Xristos Aftsidis (Greek puppet center) Construction and manipulation workshop by Sofia Diniakou (Greek puppet center) Construction and manipulation workshop by Evi Xatzimitakou (Greek puppet center) Video and slide projection (Greek puppet center)
1999	First national puppet theater meeting (theater Elize) Three consecutive days of puppet performances with troops from all over Greece. (Zografou open theater).
2000	A gathering to honor the well-known Greek Karagiozis performer Eygenios Spatharis.
	A gathering at Greek Puppet Center to honor the Greek puppeteer Niko Akiloglou (guerilla fighter during the Greek civil war.
2001	Lighting, phonetics and mime seminars by Melina Masxa, Aneta Papathanasiou and Antoni Koutroubi respectively at the Greek Puppet Center.
	An exhibition of puppets and props, with the cooperation of "Diavasis" an organization which helps drug addicts.
2002	The Greek Puppet Center, moves to it's present address. (for more information click here).
2003	Seminars: lighting techniques (Melina Masxa), creating a scenario (B. Georgiadou), muppet construction (Anna Santorineou), stop motion animation (Spiros Siakas), mime (Antoni Koutroubi), at the Greek Puppet Center.
	International puppet day (21 of May): UNIMA Hellas participates with anti-war street plays in order to criticize the invasion of Iraq.
2004	Seminars: Phonetics (A. Papathanasiou) and lighting techniques (Melina Masxa), at the Greek Puppet Center.
	Puppet international day: Open performances at Kotzia square in Athens.
	An exhibition of puppets and props, with the cooperation of "Diavasis" an organization which helps drug addicts, takes place in a Athens park.
	Presentation and discussion on "3D models and virtual puppet theater", at the Greek Puppet Center.
2006	Puppet international day March: Open performances at Dionisiou Areopagitou, Athens.
2008	Seminars at the Greek Puppet Center: Working with felisol (Stathis Markopoulos) Sewing lessons recording and CD production for prformances (Dimitris Stamou)
	Puppet international day March: Three days of performances in theatres, as well as street performances at Dionisiou Areopagitou, Athens, during 21,22 and 23 of March.