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Henry the Fifth

  • Robert Richter and Annika Schaper, Berlin
  • Duration 50 Minutes
  • in German spoken language
    from 8
  • Children 7,00 € | Groups with JKS Voucher 5,00 € | Groups without JKS Voucher 5,50 € | Adult 10,00 € | reduced 9,00 €
  • Puppet Theater adapted from Ignace Cornelissen freely adapted by William Shakespeare

Henry is young when he becomes the king of England. The country is rundown, the treasuries are empty and the people are unhappy. Being king there simply isn’t so easy. And, if all of that weren’t enough, he is also…

Henry is young when he becomes the king of England. The country is rundown, the treasuries are empty and the people are unhappy. Being king there simply isn’t so easy. And, if all of that weren’t enough, he is also starting off a long war against France.
Using a cardboard castle and hand puppets, Annika Schaper and Robert Richter tell a story that is encouraging. A story about someone whose power becomes too much for him, about a courageous princess who refuses to simply stand and look on and instead takes her own fate into her hands and about a narrator, who would actually prefer to just keep themself out of everything. But can they do that, can they watch a war take place without getting involved?

Notes on accessibility: Information about the accessibility of the venue in structural terms can be found here.

Dates

19.2. Wed

20.2. Thu

21.2. Fri

Premiere

22.2. Sat

Performance
Annika Schaper, Robert Richter

Direction
Annika Schaper

Outside Eye
Hans-Jochen Menzel, Almut Schäfer-Kubelka

Scenography
Madita Kuhfuhs, Annika Schaper

Puppet design
Madita Kuhfuhs

Dramaturgy, Consulting
Roland Klappstein, Tim Sandweg

Performance rights
Theaterstückverlag/Drei Masken Verlag

Co-production with
HfS Ernst Busch Berlin – Freies Diplom im Studiengang Zeitgenössische Puppenspielkunst, Theater Salz und Pfeffer, Nürnberg

Schedule
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