Marek Bečka is the founder of Buchty a Loutky puppet company ("Cakes and Puppets") and lecturer in

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at Department of Alternative and Puppet Theatre of the Theatre Faculty of Academy of Performing Arts in

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Bečka is a lecturer in puppetry who has been invited to give master classes in

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. Bečka is a graduate of the Prague Academy of Performing Arts in Puppetry. He is also a skilled director and writer. His vision has seen the founding of Buchty a Loutky ("Cakes and Puppets") puppet company in 1991,Dubská, Alice, ''Czech Puppet Theatre Yesterday and Today'', p. 56 which has presented over many years a great range of offerings including ''Rocky IX'' and ''Tibet''. Buchty a Loutky is famous all over Europe through its tours.

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