Animal Letters

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Animal Letters

by Toon Tellegen, translated from the Dutch by Mirjam Pressler | stage adaption by Frank Soehnle 
puppet theatre for 14 year olds and older | Original title: „Briefe vom Eichhorn an die Ameise“ | duration: 60 minutes

Director and stage design: Frank Soehnle | Costumes: Mila van Daag | Puppets: Kathrin Sellin and Frank Soehnle | Composition and sound: Johannes Frisch
Make-up: Nadine Wottke | Directing internship: Annalena-Madita Scheika and Franziska Heimbrodt
Cast: Svea Schiedung, Melissa Stock, Paul S. Kemner, Tomas Mielentz

Premiere: 13 September, 2024, at 7:30 p.m.

“Animal Letters” is about writing letters; the squirrel writes letters to the ant and gives them to the wind to send. The sparrow teaches the animals how to write, the mole writes letters to himself. The elephant writes to the snail asking for permission to dance on his house – very carefully, of course. The firefly can only make itself understood to the moth. And the aphid only just escapes its loneliness. Toon Tellegen‘s short stories are utopian miniatures about empathy and community. Director, puppet designer and puppeteer Frank Soehnle – known for his unmistakable style and imaginative characters – and his team tell us about the winding paths of communication, the desire for connection and the lightness and heaviness of encounters in an absurd and comical way in this play for ages 14 and up.
The realisation of this production is supported by the Sparkassenstiftung Erfurt.

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