Imaginale 2025: Bär. Ein Zeitzeuge erzählt

SCHAUBUDE BERLIN (EN)
Based on the biography by Irene Grumach-Shirun
45 min. | Documentary puppet and object theater | German Audio description and workshops for classes on request
From 9 years

Bärchen, nicknamed "Bear", is a teddy bear and over 100 years old. His eyes have seen a lot. He has been there in some very nice moments, but also in some very bad ones, for example when the walls were shaking because of the bombs. Or when Irene's grandmother was deported. Until now, Bär has preferred to avoid these memories. Now he takes us into rooms that have long been closed off, where important stages of his biography are brought back to life with shadow play and sound.
"Even if you are dealing with hard material here, even if oppressive nights of bombing or the deportation of your grandmother are described, there is still the bear who makes even the worst fate bearable. That is the great quality of this production: that it manages not to conceal the drastic events without traumatizing the audience in the long term." (Fidena-Portal)

Solidarity price profile: €10 / €7 / €5