Merlin Puppet Theater was founded in Athens, Greece in 1995. Dimitris Stamou and Demy Papada started of creating masks and puppets for the theatre. In 2001 they started performing with their own performances. Since then they have created stories for adult and young audience, and they’ve run hundreds of performances at theatres and international festivals in more than 42 countries around world , including workshops on puppet creation and play.
In 2011 the group moved in Berlin, Germany.
Their work received 16 international theatre awards.
They’ve participated in festivals, exhibitions, conferences and educational seminars for theater and the art of puppetry.
They’ve created puppets and props for other performers and artists such as The Tiger Lillies, Dirty Granny Tales and Opera Chaotique.
They are members of the Greek Puppet Centre UNIMA HELLAS.
Merlin Puppet Theatre lives and works in Berlin.
Partners
Under A Groove
Creative Motion & Music Productions
Achillefs Charmpilas
A composer and multi-instrumentalist living and working in Berlin.
Dimitris Poupalos
He has been nominated for the hasselblad masters award of photography. His images tell stories, stories that are worth seeing and be understood without words. The almost cinematic use of various layers of light is the main feature of his work.
WD (Wild Drawing)
Was born in Bali, Indonesia, and studied Fine Arts. He started off as street artist in 2000. He lives and works in Athens, Greece.
http://www.wdstreetart.com/home
Unima Hellas
The greek center of puppetry art.