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SEE YOU NEXT YEAR ~ July 30 -August 3
World in a Weekend 2026

We're Building Our Very Own Giant Puppet

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Inspired by

  • Fabulous Puppet Friends we've hosted at our festivals

  • Stratford's history with Steam Locomotives and the Grand Trunk 

  • Honouring this city's incredible resilience

  • Learning from amazing puppet creatures from around the world

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We had a fabulous time!

MACBETH: A Tale Told by an Idiot

Thanks to Eldrich Theatre & Eric Woolfe

80 minute madcap one-man version of MACBETH

- puppets, masks, and parlour magic, cosmic horror, and lowbrow pop, this Mad Mackers is equal parts high tragedy and cartoonish lunacy!

-“An artist at the peak of his bizarre and bonkers powers!”

– Drew Rowsome

- "As chilling as it is silly. Eldrich Theatre has charmed me once again with  their whimsically creepy shenanigans"

- Istvan Reviews

- Dora Award Nominations for Outstanding Performance, Outstanding Set Design, Outstanding Costume Design

Macbeth: a Tale Told by an Idiot
World in a Weekend 2025
World in a Weekend: International Puppet Festival 2025

Thank you to everyone who shared in this year's adventures

We'll be back

July 30- August 3, 2026, in Stratford ON

Video Highlights from 2025!
2025 Ticketed Events
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Join us for a magical weekend of puppetry, music, and adventure!

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PuppetWorks! 2025 Events

PUPPET TEASER: 
Check out
The Art of Stop Motion
at the
Stratford Film Festival!
July 26, 4pm

Eclectic Cabaret

Puppets, Music, and More!
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All Ages
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Grayson Mills, 114 Erie Street

Thurs. July 31 7:30pm (doors open 7:00pm)
Show 7:30pm - 8:30pm

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Edith and Me

Yael Rasooly
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Ages 15+
Character and Hand Puppetry I Live Music
Factory163,
163 King Street

Fri. Aug 1 - 8:00pm

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Scribbles

L’Os de Bois
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Ages: 3+
Family Show | Without Words | Bunraku, Hand, Rod Puppetry
City Hall Auditorium,
1 Wellington Street

Sat. Aug 2 - 10:30am
Sat. Aug 2 - 1:00pm
Sun. Aug 3 - 11:30am

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Paper Creature Making Workshop

Wren’s Recipes Collective
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Ages: 5 - 12 with their guardian
Interactive Puppet Making | Hands On Workshop | Creative Arts Education
Falstaff Family Centre,
35 Waterloo Street N

Sat. Aug 2 - 1:30pm

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Story Bike

Théâtre des Petites Âmes
More info
Ages: 5+
Outdoors At Dusk | Object, Hand, Rod Puppetry | Live Music | Presented In English
Falstaff Family Centre,
35 Waterloo Street N

Sat. Aug 2 - 8:45pm
Sun. Aug 3 - 8:45pm

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Line Dancing, Latin Style

GG Movement (Mateo G. Torres)
More info
Ages 15+
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Grayson Mills, 114 Erie Street

Thurs. July 31 9:00pm (doors open 8:45pm)
9:00pm demos & dance - 12:00am

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Hymn To Love

Yael Rasooly
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Ages 15+
Character Puppetry | 1920-1950s Live Music | Restaurant
Revival House,
70 Brunswick Street

Sat. Aug 2 - 9:00pm

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Block Theatre

Theatre Ko Koo Mo
More info
All Ages
Multi-sensory Family Show | Visual Theatre | Object Puppetry
Falstaff Family Centre,
35 Waterloo Street N

Sat. Aug 2 - 12:00pm
Sun. Aug 3 - 10:30am
Mon. Aug 4 - 11:30am

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Wren's Recipes

Wren’s Recipes Collective
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Ages: 10+
Family Adventure | Shadow, Hand, Rod Puppetry | Live Music | Inaugural Performance
Falstaff Family Centre,
35 Waterloo Street N

Sat. Aug 2 - 7:30pm
Sun. Aug 3 - 2:00pm

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Till The Curtains Rise

Stratford Perth Museum
More info
All Ages
Exhibition | Historical Puppetry Artifacts & Images
Stratford Perth Museum
4275 Huron Road or, 4275 Line 34, Stratford, ON N5A 6S6

10am - 4pm everyday!

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Ticketed Family Events

Free Puppetry Events!

Happening outdoors at Veterans Drive Park & around downtown Stratford

Flora

Musical Puppets

More info
All Ages
Long String Marionette | Character Photo Opportunities | Music
Stratford Market Sqaure

Market Square
Fri. Aug 1 - 1:15pm - 1:45pm
Sat. Aug 2 - 12:00pm - 12:30pm
Sun. Aug 3 - 11:00am - 11:30am

Veterans Drive Park
Mon. Aug 4 - 12:30pm - 1:00pm

Garden for Little Souls

Théâtre des Petites Âmes

More info
Ages 1-7 years
Interactive Puppet Playground | Sensory Play | Outdoor
Outdoors - Veteran's Drive Park

Sat. Aug 2 - 10am - 5pm
Sun. Aug 3 - 10am - 5pm
Mon. Aug 4 - 10am - 2pm

Théâtre des Petites Âmes playful and sensory garden

Waykaru

Imagicario

More info
All Ages
Stilt-Walker | Strolling Character Photo Opportunities
Strolling Downtown Stratford, Market Square, and Veterans Park

Al Fresco Street Stroll
Sat. Aug 2 - 11:15am - 11:45am

Veterans Drive Park
Sat. Aug 2 - 3:30pm - 4:00pm

Market Square
Sun. Aug 3 - 1:30pm - 2:00pm

Veterans Drive Park
Mon Aug 4 - 10:30am - 11:00am
Mon Aug 4 - 1:00pm - 1:30pm

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Veterans Drive Activities

Spark your creativity with our by donation family activities around Stratford's Veterans Drive Park

More info
All Ages
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Outdoors - Veterans Drive Park

Sat. Aug 2 - 10am to 5pm
Sun. Aug 3 - 10am to 5pm
Mon. Aug 4 - 10am to 2pm

Pay Attention To Those Two!

Compagnia La Fabiola

More info
All Ages
Long String Puppet Comedy | Family Theatre | Outdoor
Outdoors - Veterans Drive Park

Sat. Aug 2nd - 11:00am & 1:30pm
Sun. Aug 3rd - 1:30pm

Ginka

Imagicario

More info
All Ages
Embodied Puppet l Strolling Character Photo Opportunities
Outdoors - Veterans Drive Park

Sat. Aug 2 - 1:00pm - 1:30pm
Sun. Aug 3 - 11:30am - 12:00pm
Sun. Aug 3 - 3:30pm - 4:00pm
Mon. Aug 4 - 12:00pm - 12:30pm

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is the registered charitable arts organization that supports SpringWorks and our arts presentation and educational programming

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217  Wellington St, Stratford, ON
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"We wish to honour the Anishinaabe, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, the Wendat, and the Neutral Nation who are the traditional custodians of the land upon which we stand and the waters that flow through it. It is our privilege to share this land, which has been the site of imagination since the beginning of human experience.  

 

Hermione Presents ~ SpringWorks is located on land governed by both the Dish With One Spoon Wampum Belt Covenant of 1701 and the Huron Tract Treaty of 1827. We are mindful of broken covenants and the need for us to respectfully listen, to learn from our mutual history and to strive continuously for reconciliation at all levels. 

 

The responsibility to nurture this land and protect the future falls to us all and in so doing, we actively honour the wisdom of those who came before us."

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Web Design by Jake Runeckles

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