Zauberkind

Margrit Gysin (CH)
Magical child

SOLD OUT From 4 years | Duration: 40 minutes

MEDIEN KULTUR HAUS
Tuesday June 18, 2024 | 09:00 a.m.

Mother kneads dough. Her boy wants to work with. He interrupts and mother says: “Go away, you pig-hedgehog.”

As a magical child, he looks after pigs in the forest and shows a king the way to his castle. He makes the princess laugh with his whistle, conjures up spiky crowns on her head and collects the moments in his hedgehog dress that make him an unusual hero. In a secret place he collects all the tears and these turn to …. oh joy, ...

Direction: Irene Beeli
Author: loosely based on the Latvian fairy tale "Igelpelz"
Play: Margrit Gysin
Puppetry and Set Design: Margrit Gysin, Irene Beeli, Michael Huber
Production Management: Esther Huber
Outside Eye: Cynthia Coray
About Margrit Gysin:
“Margrit Gysin is the Grande Dame of puppetry and a pioneer in this field. For almost five decades, she has been crafting her own unique artistic universe. She narrates existential tales of the wonders and wounds of life, conjuring solace from coat pockets and between book covers. Even the smallest object unfolds significant, magical effects in her theatrical work. She invites children into this universe and reintroduces wonder to those who thought they had long forgotten it.”

Schweizer Theaterpreis 2017
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