{"id":26845,"date":"2022-10-10T07:28:18","date_gmt":"2022-10-10T07:28:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vca.gov.mt\/?post_type=etn&#038;p=26845"},"modified":"2022-10-14T11:35:26","modified_gmt":"2022-10-14T11:35:26","slug":"christmas-stories-and-puppet-shows","status":"publish","type":"etn","link":"https:\/\/vca.gov.mt\/en\/events\/christmas-stories-and-puppet-shows\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Stories and Puppet Shows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Different Christmas stories will be retold in two 45-minute improvised theatre puppet shows by Sean Briffa and Jeremy Vella.<\/p>\n<p>The experienced duo takes inspiration from the traditional British puppet show Punch and Judy, which takes place in small colourful booths in city streets, for the entertainment of all.<\/p>\n<p>These events will take place at Freedom Square, in front of Parliament and the Christmas Tree from 6 to 8pm.<\/p>\n<p>Due to mitigation measures to combat COVID-19, you are kindly requested to send an email to info@vca.gov.mt to book your place for this event. Tickets are free of charge.<\/p>\n<p>This event is part of the Valletta Cultural Agency&#8217;s Christmas in the City programme, taking place from the 8th till the 24th December in the main squares, strategic locations and the quaint streets of Valletta. Christmas lights and decorations can continue to be enjoyed throughout January.<\/p>\n<p>Visit the Valletta Cultural Agency [Facebook page] or website (https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/vallettaculturalagency) for a full programme of events.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Wp5iSuhYJ5c\" width=\"1000\" height=\"600\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n    <div class=\"xs_social_share_widget xs_share_url after_content \t\tmain_content  wslu-style-1 wslu-share-box-shaped wslu-fill-colored wslu-none wslu-share-horizontal wslu-theme-font-no wslu-main_content\">\n\n\t\t\n        <ul>\n\t\t\t        <\/ul>\n    <\/div> \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Different Christmas stories will be retold in two 45-minute improvised theatre puppet shows by Sean Briffa and Jeremy Vella. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26846,"parent":0,"template":"","etn_category":[],"etn_tags":[124,125,33,34,82],"class_list":["post-26845","etn","type-etn","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","etn_tags-christmasstories","etn_tags-puppetshows","etn_tags-valletta","etn_tags-vallettaculturalagency","etn_tags-vca"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.6 (Yoast SEO v27.6) - 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