by Stephan Schlafke | Jan 27, 2021 | Raise the curtain
On 3, 10 and 17 October 2020, the Lübeck Puppet Theatre and the TheaterFigurenMuseum will give insights into their work in the event series POETRY OF THE PUPPET THEATRE. The research project PUPPET&MICROCAMERA will also be on the agenda. But what is actually...
by Stephan Schlafke | Jan 21, 2021 | Raise the curtain
In the research project “puppet & microcamera” we explored the interplay between camera, animation and puppetry in different ways. Camera as a co-player One question was: What happens if the camera becomes an actor? Its recorded image projected onto...
by Stephan Schlafke | Sep 14, 2020 | A look in the depot
Two well known puppets in the international puppet theatre scene are Czechoslovakian puppets; Spejbl and Hurvínek. Spejbl was designed by the Pilsener secondary school teacher Josef Skupa (1892 -1957) and carved by Karel Nosek in 1919/20; he was supposed to be a funny...
by Stephan Schlafke | Jul 25, 2020 | Raise the curtain
ELISABETH I. The main character of our new play is Elizabeth the first of England. Made of fabric by the figure painter Mechthild Nienaber, she sits life-size on her throne. For animation she is guided by rods from behind. The head moves impressively while the...
by Stephan Schlafke | Jun 25, 2020 | Raise the curtain
The ship of the stranded – pub song Imagine living around the 15th century and losing in agamble: gambling debts are debts of honour – but thecreditor is a friend and business partner: with luck therewould be a daughter to be married to a rich man in...
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