Offenbach am Main, Germany
//2019 – 2020

improvised puppet theatre for adults with musical accompaniment

In 2019, I supported the Offenbach puppeteer Antje Kania in building her puppets for an adult show. Previously, her performances were aimed at children, but now an older audience was to be tapped. To ring in the new chapter in a fitting manner, we developed new puppets together: While I modelled the heads out of clay in the old fashioned way and cast them in plastic, Antje painted the faces and took care of the hairstyles and outfits. This is how twelve figures came into being – twelve archetypes that can be used for thrillers, romances, psychological thrillers and other film genres.

behind the scenes

In the F.A.Z. (culture section) of Saturday, 18 January 2020, an extensive article appeared with the title „Spontane Vorlagen für Geschichten – Von den eigenen Kindern zum erwachsenen Publikum: Antje Kania improvisiert Puppentheater“.