GRETE L. UND IHR K. CLAUS KNECHT GROßMANN - Germany
Schedule: 29th May – 9.30pm | 30th May – 3.30pm
For audiences over: Over 12 YOTime: 70 min.Language: German with English subtitlesTechnique: Hand puppets
“Grete L. und ihr K.” a violent chamber play about the frailty of love. Kasper and the Devil have been arch-enemies for centuries. The Devil has been defeated by Kasper tricks again and again and again. That makes the Devil furious. So he cooks up a cunning plan to trap Kasper once and for all. Margarete Ludwig a young lady, 33 years old and single. She changes men like there’s no tomorrow. They come and go and go and come! As the years pass her by, she can only laugh bitterly at the way her life has turned out. She sings the Blues and wants to jump off the next bridge. But along comes her chance, finally, to put her life to rights. Persuaded by the Devil she changes her name to Grete L. and meets at last the man of her dreams: Kasper…
Direction: Jonas Knecht Idea, conception and puppeteers: Susi Claus and Lutz Großmann Puppets: Lutz Großmann Scenography: Collective Photographs: Angelo Ressegatti
Ciclo: FIMFA LX10 – International Festival of Puppetry and Animated Forms