Pupi & Pini: la principessa splendente

"Pupi & Pini," the street and puppet theater festival, returns in 2026. All performances are aimed at a family audience. The festival's underlying theme is the close connection between children's literature and live performance, featuring many artists who have distinguished themselves for their professionalism and skill in the performing arts, ranging from traditional oral fairy tales to novels, from classical fairy tales to more contemporary texts.

On Thursday, July 16, at the Lignano Sabbiadoro Library, Luca Zalateu and Serena Vizzutti present "The Shining Princess," a theater performance as part of the "The Road of Books Passes Through...Lignano Sabbiadoro" festival, conceived by Damatrà Onlus for the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region's reading promotion project. One morning, a bamboo cutter and his wife found a baby girl born from a bamboo shoot and raised her as their own, with great love. But where did this little creature come from? And why did she come to earth? From an ancient Japanese fairy tale, a tale of deep connections, freedom, and the importance of feeling alive. Original and improvised music, performed by harp and percussion instruments, creates a soundscape that transports us to bamboo groves and lunar skies.

The show will be held at 5:30 pm.

Free admission.

Event organized by the Municipality of Lignano Sabbiadoro in collaboration with the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region, the Spiaggia Viva Cuore Consortium and the Library of Lignano Sabbiadoro. Artistic direction of the Ortoteatro Società cooperativa Pordenone.