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With two special plays in their luggage, the Weite Theater Berlin travelled to Kempten again to immerse the small stage of the Stadtstadel in the bright splendor of the theatre world. Christine Müller and Martin Karl philosophized about love in a broader sense in the play "Love is not for cowards" and combined seemingly contradictory things in a sonorous way: the love between us humans with the love of folk song, narrated very lightly with love to fairy tales. So much love, it makes you dizzy and simply thrilled all the guests. Simply out of love for theatre and its idiosyncratic characters – the tall puppets in the roles of the princess, the father and King Thrushbeard.
The adventures of Jorinde and Joringel enchanted children and parents alike. Playfully told with very small puppets and the animals of the forest, the narrator Christine Müller led through the depths of the fairy tale in changing roles. With its graceful play of light, the piece opened up a lot of space for many images in the mind. It could be that many children's rooms turn into a large forest with a bewitched castle and the story is recreated with its own characters. There are just no limits to children’s imagination.
Photographer: Birgit Kastner-Simon, Kai Siebdrath, Bernhard Simon