Krabat
Co-production with Grupa Coincidentia (PL)
A theatrical adventure with puppets, masks and music
for young people from 12 years up and adults, based on the novel by Otfried Preussler.
“Krabat, come to the mill!” A homeless war orphan finds shelter with twelve miller boys and their master. Strict rules, dark customs, black magic: everything is tolerable as long as the bowl is filled and the bed in a dry place. Krabat gets close and closer to the master. And not because he is a hero, but because he wins a friend and the love of the girl, he is able to defeat the black power.
Krabat touches the audience with strong pictures, impressive masks and puppets, very little words and vast musical landscapes. In a wonderfully light way the performance tells of hard times, human depths and a strong first love.
Directed by: Christiane Zanger
Performed by: Pawel Chomczyk, Dagmara Sowa, Michael Vogel, Florian Feisel, Stefan Wenzel
Live-Music: Charlotte Wilde
Puppets and Stage design: Michael Vogel
Assistant to director: Heiko Klandt
A production by Figurentheater Wilde & Vogel (Leipzig) with Grupa Coincidentia (Bialystok),
co-produced by FITZ! Zentrum für Figurentheater Stuttgart
and Lindenfels Westflügel Leipzig.
With financial support by Kulturstiftung des Freistaates Sachsen, Kulturamt der Stadt Leipzig, Landesverband Freier Theater Baden-Württemberg e.V. aus Mitteln des Ministeriums für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst, Fonds Darstellende Künste e.V., Stiftung Landesbank Baden- Württemberg, Stiftung für deutsch-polnische Zusammenarbeit, Urząd Miejski w Białymstoku, Urząd Marszałkowski Województwa Podlaskiego.
All rights for performances at Verlag für Kindertheater Uwe Weitendorf.
(photos Therese Stuber, Michał Strokowski)
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