NUKU Theatre ( et, NUKU teater, formerly ''Estonian State Puppet Theatre and Estonian Puppet and Youth Theatre'') is an

Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...

n theatre located in

Tallinn Tallinn () is the most populous and capital city of Estonia. Situated on a bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, Tallinn has a population of 437,811 (as of 2022) and administratively lies in the Harju ' ...

. The institution focuses on

puppetry Puppetry is a form of theatre or performance that involves the manipulation of puppets – inanimate objects, often resembling some type of human or animal figure, that are animated or manipulated by a human called a puppeteer. Such a perform ...

. It is currently the only professional puppet and visual theatre in Estonia. The theatre was founded in 1952 by

Ferdinand Veike Ferdinand Veike (13 November 1924, Saueaugu – 14 August 2015) was an Estonian puppeteer actor. In 1952 he founded Estonian State Puppet Theater (now, the NUKU Theatre) and was a principal actor with the theatre. In 2001 he was awarded with ...

and has been directed by Joonas Tartu since 2013. The theatre building is also home to a puppetry museum.

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*{{official website Theatres in Estonia Theatres in Tallinn Culture in Tallinn Puppet theaters