A dancing skeleton, a pianist from beyond the grave, a sneaky spider and a skateboarding witch: the Retiro Puppet Theatre celebrates Halloween with a variety show full of fun scares. 🎃🕷️

Madrid company Periplo Marionetas presents Varieté Halloween, a puppet show for the whole family.

🎃 VARIETÉ HALLOWEEN

📅 Saturday 31 October and Sunday 1 November 2026

🕐 12.30 pm

📍 Teatro de Títeres de El Retiro, Retiro Park (enter by the Puerta de la Independencia), Madrid

🎟️ Free with a ticket downloaded in advance

🎭 The show

Musical numbers, improvisation and humour alternate in a 40-minute variety show with a duel of little titans, traps and plenty of surprises. Recommended from age 5.

🪆 Periplo Marionetas

Diana Romero and Andrés Maturana have designed, built and performed their own puppets and marionettes since 2009, at festivals such as Titirimundi, Festitíteres, the Bristol Festival of Puppetry and the Charleville-Mézières World Puppet Theatre Festival.

ℹ️ Good to know: free tickets can be downloaded from Friday 30 October at 10 am, up to 4 per person, and children need a ticket too. No entry once the show has started. It may be cancelled in bad weather.

✨ An open-air Halloween in the Retiro with puppets: a perfect plan for little ones.