About us
Kolk 17 Blog
This blog is the project of KOLK 17 an institution that ist fully committed to the subject of puppet, figure and object theatre. Together with different authors we want to present puppet theatre from different perspectives.
What’s News?
Object of the week: Noble simplicity, quiet grandeur? Not with us!
Our Kasper shows his teeth - a broad grin on his face, which is the epitome of mischievous humour with bright red chubby cheeks and raised eyebrows....
Freshly arrived in our library: Puppetry international!
Freshly arrived in our library: Puppetry international! 'Puppetry international'. The puppet in contemporary theatre, film and media as it is called...
Yacouba Magassouba reports from Mali on the preparations for “La Fête au Village
Yacouba Magassouba got the idea for the play "La Fête au Village” upon seeing the Malinese puppets’ photo's from the KOLK 17 collection on his...
Neon lights off, spotlights on! – The archive as a performance and filming location
The KOLK 17 collection depot is well hidden on the south-eastern outskirts of Lübeck. This is where KOLK 17's collection is kept. For over two...
Shasha Li reports from Chaozhou on her work for “Who’s Talking?”
Exhibition preparations are always exciting and the last few weeks before the opening are the most intense and beautiful phase of the work - the...
Stephan Schlafke
Puppeteer and artistic director of "KOBALT Figurentheater Lübeck" and "KOLK17" Stephan Schlafke, born in 1962 in Berlin, co-founded and directed the...
“Who’s Talking?” Research Project
Shasha Li reports from Chaozhou on her work for “Who’s Talking?”
Exhibition preparations are always exciting and the last few weeks before the opening are the most intense and beautiful phase of the work - the...
Stephan Schlafke
Puppeteer and artistic director of "KOBALT Figurentheater Lübeck" and "KOLK17" Stephan Schlafke, born in 1962 in Berlin, co-founded and directed the...
Mandy Okereke
Mandy Okereke is a Berlin based cultural manager and art historian with a B.A in Area Studies and M.A in Art History in a Global Context, both with...
A look in the depot
Intangible World Heritage Site: Sogobé The Appearance of Animals
What do elephants, lions, antelopes, hornbills, buffalo and hyenas all have in common? They are all animals that live in the savannah and light...
Object of the week: Noble simplicity, quiet grandeur? Not with us!
Our Kasper shows his teeth - a broad grin on his face, which is the epitome of mischievous humour with bright red chubby cheeks and raised eyebrows....
Freshly arrived in our library: Puppetry international!
Freshly arrived in our library: Puppetry international! 'Puppetry international'. The puppet in contemporary theatre, film and media as it is called...
What the Cookie Monster has to do with healthy eating…
The Cookie Monster eats fruit, vegetables and only occasionally biscuits Photo: RICHARD TERMINE © Sesame Street 17 June 2021 is Eat Your Vegetables...
Research in the Museum
This time in 'View into the Archive' we will be examining the diverse scientific work which takes place with regard to the collection. The...
Ten questions for Stefan Schlafke, director of Kolk 17 Puppet Theatre
Stephan Schlafke has been artistic director of the puppet theatre in Lübeck, now KOLK17, since 2007. In this interview he gives interesting insights...
Raise the curtain
17 years in the editorial department of “The Other Theatre” of UNIMA Germany
Founded in Prague in 1929 the Union Internationale de la Marionnette (UNIMA) is the association of all people interested in puppet theatre. It's...
Review: Karagöz Shadow Theatre – Emin Şenyer and Cengiz Özek as guests in Lübeck
One of the first collaborations of the former Museum of Theatre Puppets and the Puppet Theatre Lübeck in cooperation with the Turkish community in...
Breathing life into it… Work on our new piece begins
The four well-known animals of the puppet designer: Doris Gschwandtner © Gschwandtner/KOBALT Figurentheater HL As one grows older, one doesn't...
Keeping a safe distance in the puppet theatre
Small groups, parents with children, a grandmother with her grandson, a father with sons, all seated at a distance. No excited children crowded...
Popular television programmes in the early 20th Century
A little television history in advance From the 22nd March 1935, the Deutsche Fernseh-Rundfunk (German Televsion and Radio) service broadcast...
Why is the Augsburger Puppenkiste the famed and successful marionette theatre that it is?
It was above all the intensive television work that fast-tracked the Augsburger Puppenkiste to success: with countless programmes over almost 70...
View of the construction site
Around 1170, what was actually going on in Lübeck?
Admittedly, the Slavic settlement with fortifications in the north already existed. Some Slavs still settled there, but the castle was dilapidated...
Archaeologists in Lübeck discover the oldest brick house in the Hanseatic city to date
Lübeck archaeologists discover Lübeck's oldest house to date: At that time, the excavation pit had to be braced against the pressure of the adjacent...
6 Archaeological finds from the Kolk, which have amazed us
We are very happy to be able to tell you a very special story about our construction site today. After the archaeologists sifted through their...
Blog for puppet theatre
About us
KOLK 17 puppet theatre & museum
Together we want to present puppet theatre from different perspectives.
On this blog we publish insights into the scientific work of the museum and the creation of pieces of puppet theatre. We look back on past actions and present new (virtual) exhibitions and performances. Recently, the virtual exhibition “Colonialism and Puppet Theatre. Untangling the threads” and the digital children’s series “Corona in the Moose forest”.
We are looking forward to your feedback!
Leave us a comment or contact info@kolk17.de with praise and criticism.
Raise the curtain!
Digital and analogue puppet theatre in all its facets
In the column “Curtain up!” the puppet theatre presents on this blog regular news updates from in front of and behind the scenes.
The authors Silke Technau and Stephan Schlafke have so far presented, among other things, the variety of acting techniques in puppet theatre, reported on their work on the new play “Cherry-Picking Shakespeare” and are currently working on the research project “Puppet & micro camera”. They also published their first digital puppet theatre series “Corona in the Moose forest” based on the play “Troll alarm in the Moose forest” on this blog. Together Silke Technau, Stephan Schlafke and Franziska Technau form the Kobalt Puppet Theatre in Lübeck.
A look in the depot
The world of theatre characters from a scientific perspective
While the Museum of Theatre Puppets in Lübeck is being rebuilt, the scientific processing of the collection in the museum archive continues in the background. On this blog our colleagues provide unique insights into their work (from inventory to object photography) and present the museum’s extraordinary collection.
The first virtual exhibition of the Museum of Theatre Puppets in Lübeck also appeared on this blog: “Colonialism and Puppet Theatre. Untangling the threads.”
Renovation
News from the construction site in Kolk
The buildings in the Lübeck Kolk are currently being restored. On one page of this blog we have collected everything worth knowing about this special construction site. You can also find your way through the construction site in our 360° virtual tours.
If you would like to receive regular up to date information, please contact us at: museum@kolk17.de
During the work on the more than 400-year-old historic merchant’s houses, we come across interesting insights into Lübeck’s history almost every day. We regularly share these on Twitter using the hashtag #KolkNews.
Kontakt
KOLK 17
Figurentheater & Museum
KOLK 17 gGmbH
Figurentheater & Museum
Possehl-Haus
Beckergrube 38-52
23552 Lübeck
Kontakt
Theater Figuren Mobil
TheaterFigurenMobil
Kirchhof St. Petri
23552 Lübeck
Öffnungszeiten Mobil
Di. - Sa.: 14:00 - 17:00
Mo. und So.: geschlossen
Geschäftsführende Museumsdirektorin
Dr. Antonia Napp
museum@kolk17.de
Figurentheater-Direktor
Stephan Schlafke
theater@kolk17.de
Pressekontakt
Charlotta Becker
marketing@kolk17.de