A King`s Journey

World Debut

A King, a lady, a deranged population, watering cans, umbrellas, and an entirely unique story.

An adventurous journey around half the world with more than 60 shadow figures

The story is set in a country, well you could say, a special country. A country where all the citizens wear watering cans and umbrellas. On weekdays, also on weekends, all the time, in fact. It seems to be the law. The country also has a king, who is quite remarkable. He had never left his castle before, and when one day the tower falls apart, the king tumbles down through the earth to the other side!

Ms. Care, the women who looks after him, also falls. Having arrived on the other side of the earth, both of them want to go home. This means traveling halfway around the world! But for someone like our king this is not easy at all. Almost impossible, in fact, especially when he starts arguing with Ms. Care. If not for two items that prove to be very useful - Mrs. Care an umbrella, and the king his crown - they would not have made it back to their castle . And they wouldn`t have seen so many exciting places and experienced so much adventure.

And just how this curious story ends, you can find out for yourself!

Idear/Players: Annette Wurbs and Peter Müller (Theater Handgemenge)

Direction: Stefan Wey/Teamwork

Plot and story: team

Music: John Carlson

Stage, Figurine technique, Stage technique, lighting, sound: Peter Müller

Story translated by Jeff Burrell

A story based on shadow pictures by the artist Wiebke Steinmetz.

shadow theater. A King, a lady, a deranged population, watering cans, umbrellas, and an entirely unique story. With live music.

For children 7 years, young audiences and adults

Length: circa 70 min. for children 80 min. for adults

Two variants:

1. exlusiv variant with live Pianist John Carlson. Livemusic Annette Wurbs and Peter Müller

2. without Pianist. Livemusic Annette Wurbs and Peter Müller

Sponsered by the „Fond darstellende Künste e.V.“,

the „Ministerium für Bildung, Wissenschaft und Kultur Mecklenburg-Vorpommern“

with friendly support of „q-bus Mediatektur GmbH“ Berlin and „Pumpen und Anlagenbau Woldegk GmbH“

Opening night was on the 23.03.2007 in Berlin

Opening night in Mecklenburg Vorpommern was on the 20.04. 2007 in Neubrandenburg

31.5.-26.6.2007 in India: Mumbai, Pune, Bangalore and Sri Lanka: Colombo (in English language)

15.9.2007 Luftschlosserei Passentin (Mecklenburg)

2./3./4.10.2007 Thessaloniki Goethe Institut, Kilkis Theaterfestival Greece

7.10.2007 Bayer Industry Leverkusen

12.10.2007 Passinger Fabrik München

20.10.2007 Bad Doberan

10/11.11.2007 Prag (Czech Republic) Prager Theaterfestival deutscher Sprache

31.1.2008 Kulturinsel Halle

9/10.2.2008 Graz, Switzerland

15.2.2008 Norwich GB (in English language)

16.2.2008 Potsdam T-Werk

28.-30.3.2008 Schaubude Berlin

23./24.4.2008 Flensburg

26.4.2008 Haderslev, Denmark (Danish simultaneous interpreting)

11.6.2008 Theater Münster

12.9.2008 Spiellustfestival Greifswald

20.09.2008 Festival Spurensuche im Potsdam T-Werk

4.10.2008 Burg Klempenow

25.-27.10.2008 Festival KinderKinder Hamburg

2.-21.11.2008 Monterrey, San Luis Potosí (Mexico), San Salvado (El Salvador), Tegucigalpa (Honduras), Managua (Nicaragua), Panama (in Spanish language)

7.2.2009 Hildesheim

26.-27.2.2009 Zilina, Slowakei (Slovak simultaneous interpreting)

3.-4.3.2009 Burghof Lörrach

20.-21.3.2009 T-Werk Potsdam

29.3.2009 Lille, France (in French language)

8.-14.5.2009 Chicago, USA (in English language)

21.5.2009 Nürnberg (Kali) Festival Erlangen

22.5.2009 Hohenems, Austria

31.5.2009 Rothener Hof

5./6.6.2009 Goslar

3.10.2009 Steinau

12.-18.10.2009 Paris, France (in French language)