November is the start of the fairy tale season! As part of the Berlin Fairy Tale Days, exciting events for fairy tale fans are offered throughout Berlin. The autumn month will once again be a month full of fantastic stories, shining children’s eyes and special shared experiences with the family.
The Berlin Fairy Tale Days are already taking place for the 34th time, this year under the motto “Strife and Reconciliation – Fairy Tales and Stories of Togetherness”: Conflicts are part of everyone’s everyday life and sometimes an argument ends in escalation, or speechlessness. What initially gave one some breathing space soon leads to the question: How can we reconcile again? Fairy tales, too, often take up the theme of conflict and go on to tell how peace can be achieved after war. They show how forgiveness can follow discord. Even if not every story ends well, fairy tales tell of possible success and encourage us to find ways for our own inner growth.
The Käthe Kollwitz Museum is taking part again this year and will bring Käthe Kollwitz Prize winner ELisabeth Shaw’s “The Timid Little Rabbit” to life in shadow theatre on Sunday November 19, 2023.
Berlin Fairy Tale Days November 19, 15.00 until 17.00 at Käthe-Kollwitz-Museum:
Shadow puppet show
THE TIMID LITTLE RABBIT
Workshop
DESIGN SHADOW FIGURES
Theatre Scuraluna with the colourful shadow play “Der kleine Angsthase”, pictures: Maik Zöllner
15.00
Maik Zöllner performs the colourful shadow play with guitar, singing and lots of fun. The play, based on motifs by the Irish graphic artist and children’s author Elizabeth Shaw, is about fear, friendship and the courage to rise above oneself.
After the fairy tale performance
all those interested are invited to create their own shadow figures and try out for themselves behind the scenes of the small shadow stage.
Participation included in museum admission
from the age of 3
the performance lasts 45 Minutes | Workshop duration ca. 75 Minutes
Advance registration not necessary
Language: German
