Klappmaul Theater

The Klappmaul Theatre (the name derives from the concept of moving-mouth puppets and figures ) was an independent theater group ( tour operation) and went from 1975 to 2005 in kindergartens, schools and public facilities as well as on the stages of many city, state, and State Theater in German-speaking countries (including Austria and Switzerland ) on. Since the pieces responded kids and adults alike, Klappmaul was also often referred to as a family theater.

The artistic direction was seen in the 30 years of existence, has always collectively by the respective shareholders, most recently, these were: Michael Kloss, Thomas Korte, Oskar Mahler ( founder of the theater ) and Alexander Krein - Zipser. The ensemble worked, among others, along with Sylvain Cambreling, Eva Demski, Bodo Kolbe, Andreas Meyer- Hanno, Peter must Bach, Annemarie Roelofs, Manfred Roth, Gerhard Schedl, Peter Schönhofer and Hermann Treusch. The Klappmaul Theatre was co-founder and partner of theater house Frankfurt. The theater group was supported by the Office of Science and Arts of the City of Frankfurt and the Hessian Ministry for Science and Art.

Awards

  • Hessian Culture Prize 1996
  • Children 's and Youth Theatre Prize of the city of Marburg in 1998
  • Child friendly price of Frankfurt 2002
  • Honorary Kleinkunstpreis the Mainz Forum Theatre "in house " in 2005

Works

Productions

  • A frog learns to eat (1975 )
  • As in the puddle (1976 )
  • Adventure in the jungle (1976 )
  • Go away, you dwarf! (1978)
  • Crafts and Smut (1978 ), adult program
  • Me too! (1979)
  • I think ' Here we go! (1980)
  • Emmchen and Üpsilon (1980 )
  • It'll work? (1981)
  • The Sewing Machine ( 1982)
  • Do something, even the lid on! (1983)
  • Close your eyes and (1984 ), adult program
  • Haywire (1984 )
  • Dash it with fear (1985 )
  • Mimi Eckstein takes off (1987 )
  • Shirts Like It Hot (1988 )
  • Journey to the Center of the sofa (1990 ), first part of the trilogy sofa
  • Spätlese (1991 ), adult program
  • Ice Age ( 1993)
  • Nobody loves me (1994 )
  • Gold Child (1994 ), adult program based on the novel by Eva Demski
  • The small washcloth (1998)
  • The sofa Strikes Back ( 2000), second part of the trilogy sofa
  • Herbert Hare Weis ( 2002)
  • Sofa Twilight (2004), 3rd part of the trilogy sofa

Commissions and co-productions

  • Pierrot Lunaire (1980 ), Youth Festspieltreffen Bayreuth
  • Wozzeck (1993 ), Oper Frankfurt, dolls scene in a production by Peter Mussbach
  • Oberon (1995), Oper Frankfurt, dolls scenes directed by Veit Volkert and Manfred Roth
  • Carnival of the Animals (1996 ), co-production with the Frankfurt Opera, Production: Manfred Roth
  • Geneviève de Brabant ( Satie ) (1997 ), co-production with Oper Frankfurt, editing & production: Manfred Roth
  • Giants, dwarves, Ogre (2000), co-production with Carinthian Summer, Production: Manfred Roth

Television productions

  • Sandman ( 1981-85 ), 96 episodes of ARD
  • Computer for Kids with Christian Spanik ( 1995-96 ), 20 episodes for ZDF/3sat

Movies

  • Sofa Trilogy (2005), directed by Peter Schönhofer, Film Premiere and DVD Release: December 2007
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