Founded by Antonio Murru and Donatella Pau in 1980, Is Mascareddas is a traveling puppet and marionette company that has been instrumental in spreading and raising awareness of figure theater in Sardinia, which until then was almost unknown on the island. He has made numerous productions, first following the traditional patterns of shack puppet theater and then experimenting with new animation techniques. From June 2021 Is Mascareddas opened the doors of TAB, the new venue: a permanent art residence inside the former Manifattura Tabacchi. The permanent exhibition of puppets and marionettes from more than 40 years of production, the Yorick Library, the construction workshop with tailoring, a stage space and offices have been set up in these premises, becoming a lively center of creation open to the public. Thus, in these spaces the creation of the animation show takes place, a metamorphosis that from the idea leads to the finished and distributed product just as in a factory the construction of a good destined for the community takes place.
The Company has participated and still participates in numerous National and International Festivals, and organizes well-established festivals and reviews such as Il Grande Teatro dei Piccoli, now in its nineteenth edition, and Anima IF, an international festival dedicated mainly to adult animation theater. Guided tours by:
- State Comprehensive Institute “Su Planu” Selargius
