Hydra Puppet Festival

The International Puppet Festival of Hydra: The International Puppet Festival of Hydra is a tradition for this beautiful island. It is organized July and has always something new to present. This festival does not address only to local and Greek artists, but puppeteers from the entire world take place and present their performances.

The Puppet Festival is organized with the contribution and cooperation of the Municipality of Hydra, the Hydra Cinema Club and the Austrian and Swedish Embassies. Mr Meske, director of the Swedish Marionette Theatre and creator of the Hydra Puppet Festival, invites many performers to take part.

The performances are different every summer and are mostly inspired from popular fables or plays. Some of the puppet groups to have participated in the Festival are the Bulgarian