The Company
Pavel Vangeli is a puppeteer and actor, who writes and directs his own performances. Vangeli started his career in the amateur theatres "Radar and Rise Loutek". He studied puppetry formally at DAMU - the Theatre Academy of Prague - and was part of the well-known movement-based theatre "Kresadlo". After completing his studies (1977) he was accepted as puppeteer in the Czech world-famous theatre "Spejbla a Hurvink"a. Later he decided to work on his own as a free-lance puppeteer for young audiences in then Socialist Czechoslovakia. After attending puppet festivals in Gent (Belgium), Charleville Mezies (France) and Segovia (Spain), he was invited to other puppet and street festivals in Europe, Asia and South America. In 1999 he won the top award at the puppet festival in San Miniato (Italy). In 2000 he received an award in Udine-Cividale (Italy).
