Children, theater ferdinande - Christina Cherry

Here you can find our current children’s pieces:

the princess and the Pea – a story with figure play based on the fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen

A prince is lonely and would love to have a princess. The two lackeys in the castle have the igniting idea: The prince must go on a journey to find him!
With simple props, playing the flute and singing, the small stage transforms into the various settings …
and finally the princess (!) finds the prince, but is it really a real princess??

Game: Elke Gehring
Directed by Anke Leupold
from 5

Goßmutters birthday – Open Kasper figure game

The Bremen Town Musicians – Open character and drama based on the fairy tale of the same name by the Brothers Grimm.

Donkeys, dogs, cats and roosters face the same fate: they are old and should be "made out of their food" because they are "no longer suitable for work".
Together on the way to Bremen – when they meet the robbers – it shows what else is in them …
In poetic pictures and many songs of this figure and drama one can guess:
And the moral of the story? The way is the goal – it is not the whining!

Game: Anke Leupold and Elke Gehring
Directed by Josef Faller
from 5

Irma has such big feet – Open table game based on the book by Ingrid u. Dieter Schubert

Irma doesn’t want to be in the witch forest anymore, the other witches always laugh at her – because of her big feet. It disappears. With her broken broom she ends up with Lore, a girl who is not doing much better – she is laughed at at school because of her big ears.
A turbulent and poetic table game that tells of friendship and mutual strengths.

Game: Elke Gehring and Anke Leupold
Directed by Josef Faller
from 5

Where the wild guys live – A story with an open character play based on the story of the same name by Maurice Sendak

It was on the day that Max wore his wolf fur and had only mischief in his head. When he is sent to bed by his mother without food, he dreams of a country where he will become the king of the wild guys. Over time, however, he doesn’t like it there anymore, he’s lonely and wants to go back home.
Little by little, the players let the story of Max emerge on the small stage, so they build his room with paper, a forest grows with colors and a large chunk of clay turns into the wild guys – accompanied by sounds and sounds.

Game: Anke Leupold and Elke Gehring
Directed by Josef Faller
from 4

Save Kurt, the coral fish – stick figure game

Kurt, the coral fish, has a heat killer, plastic in his stomach and will die, if that The sea is getting warmer and more garbage ends up in the water. Kurt’s friend Freddy is sent ashore to the people – of course nobody wants to be there…
Freddy will bring people to their senses?

A co-production by the Ferdinande Theater and Thomas Werner
Game: Elke Gehring, Anke Leupold
Directed by Josef Faller
from 5

Ladislaus and Annabella – Figures and plays based on the classic children’s book by James Krüss

What are all the things doing that stay in the department stores at Christmas and are not sold? At least the bear Ladislaus and the doll Annabella are sad not to have ended up in a child’s room. This is the charming idea of a children’s poem by James Krüss from 1957.
The player finds the book of this verse story in an old suitcase in an attic … and the things that are still there, which are still so dusty, become useful props – with which the old book comes to life on stage …

Game: Anke Leupold
Directed by Josef Faller
from 5

brave, brave – Open figure play with objects based on the picture book by Lorenz Pauli u. Kathrin Schärer.
c 2006 Atlantis, an imprint of Orell Füssli AG, Switzerland, all rights reserved

Two friends have arranged to go swimming. One wants them to jump off the 5-meter tower together – the other has no desire to go on a bathing trip. When the mood threatens to change, the one tries to cheer the other up again and suddenly things and figures that are around and that surround them emerge from the things that surround them, figures and squares … And they are right in the middle of the story, in which Frosch , Mouse, sparrow and snail together for a test of courage at the pond.

Game: Elke Gehring and Anke Leupold
Directed by Josef Faller
from 5

Grandma and Frieder – A reading of stories from the well-known books by Gudrun Mebs, with figure play.

In an entertaining hour, young and old can hear about the experiences of the turbulent everyday life of Frieder and his grandmother. It becomes exciting and funny when the two even appear personally behind the edge of the reading table!

Reading and game: Anke Leupold
Directed by Josef Faller
from 5

The emperor new clothes – based on the fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen

A vain emperor, two helpless ministers, two clever swindlers, a simple-minded people – and a child who reveals the whole truth in one sentence.

Figure and shadow play
Game: Elke Gehring and Anke Leupold
Dramatic advice: Thomas Werner and Sven Mathiasen
Directed by Josef Faller
from 5

Guided tour with figures – Ferdinande Theater shows children the Roman temple district

After the Allgäu Museum was closed, the honorable Mr. Uhu-Schuhu looked for a new place in the old temple complex. The aged Allgäu poet Josef Guggenmos has been visiting this museum for countless years – the Archaeological Park Cambodunum (APC) Kempten. Here the two follow the traces of the old stories about the Roman god world and even meet some representatives personally!

Game: Elke Gehring and Anke Leupold
Directed by Josef Faller
from 6

The gardener – big hand, little flower

The gardener – led by two players, comes along at street parties or other events (conveniently outdoors), greets quietly – but not without effect – the people he meets and gives them a flower from his basket. No more and no less – for people – big and small – a very unusual experience.

Game: Elke Gehring and Anke Leupold
Directed by Josef Faller

The Snowman – Open table game

What if a snowman realizes that he doesn’t have to stand in the garden so quietly and silently, but can discover the world in a very lively way? In addition, he learns a very unbelievable story from the honorable eagle owl-shoehoe and he immediately starts to search … You can experience this in this small, fine winter piece.

Game: Elke Gehring and Anke Leupold
Directed by Josef Faller
From 4

The picture – Open play of figures and shadows

In an exhibition, a girl looks at a painting and wonders what is going to happen there. Suddenly the characters step out of the frame and so the characters from the picture – a monk and a lion – come to life in a story on stage …

Game: Elke Gehring and Anke Leupold
Directed by Josef Faller
from 5

One for all, all for one – Shadow play, based on the book by B. Weninger u. E. Tharlet

A lame but clever mouse meets the almost blind, but strong-smelling mole – together they move into the world and encounter so many other special things …
A shadow play – accompanied by sounds and music – that tells of the strengths and weaknesses of the individual – and the strength of the community.

Game: Elke Gehring and Anke Leupold
Directed by Josef Faller
from 4

Hans in hapiness – Table figure game based on the fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm

"As happy as I am," exclaimed Hans, "there is no one under the sun!" With a light heart and free of all burdens, he now jumped away …
In this played, sung and narrated fairy tale of having and being, the audience is asked the old question: is Hans smart or a fool when he exchanges his earned gold until he has nothing or is freed from all burdens?

Game: Elke Gehring and Anke Leupold
Directed by Josef Faller
from 5

King Drosselbart – Figures and plays based on the fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm

On a sluggish market day, two market women don’t take a penny, but instead they remember an old story and are amazed at what their assortment of baskets, balls of wool and tablecloths can be transformed into! Together they play, sing and tell the fairy tale of the beautiful but haughty princess who learns a lot from a clever king …

Game: Elke Gehring and Anke Leupold
Directed by Josef Faller
from 5

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