About the festival
International Children Theater Festival BITOLINO is the oldest and most renowed children theater festival in Macedonia. It was founded in 2011 by Babec Theatar.
Successfully completed 14 editions of International children’s theatre festival "Bitolino" in the period 2011-2025
played shows: 91
realized workshops: 14
attendance: 18.158 spectators
number of theaters participants: 59
number of countries: 37
List of participants per continent and country:
EUROPE
- Albania
Centre ACA Theatre (Tirana, Albania)2016
Puppet Theatre “Piro Xëci” (Pogradec, Albania) 2025 - UK
Telling tales (West Yorkshire, England) 2012 - France
La Bazooka (Le Havre, France) 2015,2018
Compagnie alleRetour (Cannes, France) 2016 - Germany
“Theater Kunstdünger” (Valley, Germany) 2024 - Romania
Tandarica Animation Theater (Bucharest, Romania) 2014 - Croatia
Mala Scena Theater (Zagreb, Croatia) 2011,2012,2013,2014,2015, 2025
“Theatre organization CLOU/Puppet organization LOFT” (Zagreb, Croatia) 2023 - Slovenia
Mini Theater (Ljubljana, Slovenia) 2011
“Maribor puppet theatre” (Maribor, Slovenia) 2023 - Serbia
Children's Cultural Centre (Belgrade, Serbia) 2014
Nada theater (Ruma, Serbia) 2017
“Station – Service for contemporary dance” (Belgrade, Serbia) 2023 - BiH
Youth Theater Sarajevo (Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina) 2013 - Kosovo
Dodona Theater (Pristina, Kosovo) 2012,2013 - Spain
“Antzoki Teatteri” (Palma de Mallorca, Spain) 2024 - Switzerland
Theater Pan (Lugano, Switzerland) 2012
Domovoi theatre company" (Gordola, Switzerland) 2022 - Austria
Theater Feurblau (Graz, Austria) 2015,2019 - Russia
Theatre for children at Narva Gates (Saint Petersburg, Russia) 2012, 2013, 2016, 2018,2019,2021 - Lithuania
“Тheatre stories” (Vilnius, Lithuania) 2024 - Slovakia
“Odivo theatre” (Banska Bystrica, Slovakia) 2024 - Czech Republic
Art School Jana Stursy (Nové Město na Moravě, Czech Republic) 2022 - Bulgaria
Ariel Theater (Sofia, Bulgaria) 2013
Puppet Theatre Shilo (Sofia, Bulgaria) 2011
Drama and Puppet Theatre (Vratsa, Bulgaria) 2012
Marian Baćev and Arcadia Fusion Art (Sofia, Bulgaria) 2017,2018
Senju Puppet Company (Sofia, Bulgaria) 2025
State Puppet Theater (Sliven, Bulgaria) 2025, workshop - Greece
“Hippo theatre group” ( Seres, Greece) 2023 - Cyprus
“STILL! Theatre group” (Nicosia, Cyprus) 2023 - Italy
Shadow Theater (Marzelo,Italy) 2014 - Turkyie
Tiyatrotem Theater (Istanbul, Turkey) 2011,2012
Bereze Theater (Istanbul, Turkey) 2013
Tarla Faresi Theater (Izmir, Turkey) 2018
Cemal Fatih Polat Shadow Theater”(Istanbul, Turkey) 2022 - Sweden
Teater Sagohuset (Lund, Sweden) 2015 - Belgium
Small Delights Company (Brussels, Belgium 2016 - Iceland
“Signs of north theatre” (Akureyri, Iceland) 2023 - Portugal
“Imaginar do Gigante” (Ovar, Portugal) 2024 - Hungary
“Gobi Dance Company” (Budapest, Hungary) 2024
Kolibri Youth Theater (Budapest, Hungary) 2025
SOUTH AMERICA
- Chile
David Zuazola Puppets Company (Santiago, Chile) 2013,2021 - Argentina
Artropos (Chubut, Argentina) 2013 - Mexico
“Mil Rostros theatre” (Chalco, Mexico) 2023
NORTH AMERICA
- USA
Masque Theatere (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States) 2015
ASIA
- Israel
Key Theater (Tel Aviv, Israel) 2014
Ruti Tamir Mime and Puppet Theater (Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut, Israel) 2015,2023
Beer Sheva Children and Youth Theater" (Beer Sheva, Israel) 2022 - Armenia
Mimos Marionette Theater (Yerevan, Armenia) 2016 - Georgia
Nodar Dumbadze Professional State Youth Theatre (Tbilisi, Georgia) 2025
AFRICA
- Egypt
El Mahrousa” theater (Giza, Egypt) 2019
Winners of Gran-prix for best performance in whole:
The Grand-Prix of the Festival for the Best Performance is decided by 3-member international jury chosen from among world-renowned theatre artist and theoreticians.
2012 – Tiyatrotem Theater (Istanbul, Turkey) for the performance „We can't go on like this“
2013 – David Zuazola Puppets Company (Santiago, Chile) for the performance „Dirty Wing“
2014 – Mala Scena Theater (Zagreb, Croatia) for the performance „Funny Monster“
2015 - Ruti Tamir Mime and Puppet Theater (Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut, Israel) for the performance „Four Fables and Queen“
2016 - Theatre for children at Narva Gates (Saint Petersburg, Russia) for the performance „The Little Prince“
2023 - STILL! Theatre group” (Nicosia, Cyprus) for the performance STILL! - „A statue that travelled the world“
2024 - Imaginar do Gigante (Ovar, Portugal) for the performance „The great lake“
Jury Members:
2012: Nada Kokotovich (Director from Croatia), Petar Mirchevski (Actor), Aneta Blazhevska (Journalist).
2013: Şehsuvar Aktaş (Actor from Turkey), Sunchica Unevska (Journalist), Jasmina Vasileva (Actor).
2014: Valdet Rama (Director/Manager of Dodona Theater from Kosovo), Bojana Artinovska-Trpcheska (Artist), Boris Chorevski (Actor).
2015: Valentina Lutts (Director/Manager of Theatre "At Narva Gates" from Russia), Jovan Ristovski (director), Sonja Mihajlova (actress).
2016: Yavor Zehirov (Puppet master from Bulgaria), Valentina Gramosli (Actress), Nikola Projchevski (Actor).
2023: Blagoj Micevski (director), Igor Ivkovich (director), Miodrag Nekjak (composer).
2024: Milan Pajic (actor from Serbia), Blagojche Bozhinovski (director), Dragana Miloshevska - Popova (director).
