For more news visit ☛ http://english.ntdtv.com<br />Follow us on Twitter ☛ http://twitter.com/NTDTelevision<br />Add us on Facebook ☛ http://facebook.com/NTDTelevision<br /><br />A traveling puppet theater is charming Lithuanian children in many villages this summer. The horse-drawn show brings stories alive on a pop-up stage. It's the only traveling puppet theater in Lithuania and Europe today.<br /><br />Every summer, a horse-drawn carriage sets off through Lithuania's countryside.<br /><br />Everywhere the carriage goes on its long journey, local children welcome it.<br /><br />The carriage is a traveling puppet theatre. And it's the only one in Lithuania and in Europe.<br /><br />This travelling theater was started 25 years ago, by Antanas Markuckis. He is also the current director.<br /><br />[...]<br /><br />It takes seven artists and half-an-hour to set up the carriage into a stage, and to make an improvised hall in the village center.<br /><br />But unlike other theatres, this one is always packed. Some say it's because tickets are sold at just 2 litas, or 0.58 euros.<br /><br />The theater's repertoire includes all-time favorites, like fairy tales by Hans Christian Andersen and Charles Perrault.<br /><br />The theater also performs plays by Lithuanian authors.<br /><br />Every season brings a new show.<br /><br />[Justina Kausakiene, Village Resident and Spectator]:<br />"I think it is great that they are here and I am happy to be able to bring all my three children here - they are sitting in the first row. It's very nice of the artists to come here and to cheer us up."<br /><br />[Nojus Drizys, 12-Year-Old Spectator]:<br />"It is the first time I watch a theater performance this year and I really enjoyed it."<br /><br />[Dzeirana Petraviciute, 11-year-old spectator]:<br />"I liked it, because they came with horses and they can perform so well with puppets ."<br /><br />This year, the theater travels 185 miles (300 kilometres) and gives 26 performances over 12 days, starting on the 6th July.<br /><br />The rest of the year will be spent in the theater in Panevezys.
