Kikeriki Theater - "Nosferatu" eine Ironie des Grauens
The KIKERIKI THEATER was founded by Roland Hotz in 1979 as an amateur puppet theater in Darmstadt. The first public performance for children was in 1980, and in 1984 the first full-length adult program premiered in Darmstadt. In 1992, a part of the group made puppetry a profession, and after thirteen years of wandering, a small theater was opened in Darmstadt in 1993.
The aim of the KIKERIKI THEATER is to present the old folk art of puppetry and to preserve it as an integral part of the diverse cultural offerings of our society. At the same time, we care deeply about bringing joy to people and giving them a reason to laugh. We stand for cheerfulness, light-heartedness, and nonsense, but never for the meaningless, as we see no sense in that ourselves. The performances of the KIKERIKI THEATER arise from the desire to hold up a mirror to the people and to express opinions without holding back. With pleasure, we present the small problems of life, the pitfalls of everyday life, and all human weaknesses, sometimes heavy and sometimes easy to digest.
The unique style of the KIKERIKI THEATER also includes a lovingly ironic approach to the specific dialect and way of life of Southern Hesse. The KIKERIKI THEATER is a theater for the people, but not folk-like with stale regional stench, but with honest, fresh barn smell and thus a people’s theater in the truest sense.
The players of the KIKERIKI ensemble do not see themselves as actors in their evening programs, not as cabaret artists, and possibly not even as puppeteers. Rather, they see themselves as comedians, jokers, and fools who, in their performances, detached from any educational or instructional mission, defy the everyday with irony. Puppetry is a form of theater of complete unreality because the puppet is not a disguised actor; it does not pretend, “it is what it is”: truly untrue. Thus, its simplicity and transparency are honest and close. This openness makes the old folk art of puppetry a valuable counterpoint in our highly technical, digital world today. In the comedic play of the KIKERIKI THEATER, the puppet is always a three-dimensional caricature, and with delight, we exaggerate the less pleasant characters to the point of absurdity.
Laughter, we believe, is not only an expression of joy but also a very meaningful pressure relief valve, which is as vital as the humor that functions as a kind of circuit breaker in our brain to protect us from the impacts of life. Moreover, laughter is indeed healthy. The heart beats faster, the blood is supplied with more oxygen, blood vessels relax and improve blood flow, the diaphragm jumps and massages the internal organs, the digestive process is stimulated, the brain releases the happiness hormones dopamine and endorphins, and reduces the stress hormones cortisol and adrenaline. The body produces more antibodies for immune defense, the breath rushes out of the mouth at over 100 kilometers per hour, and over 80 muscles are tensed and relaxed again. But laughter is even more. It is strength, comfort, and a cross-cultural sign of peace. In Buddhism, the power of laughter has played a crucial role for centuries, and not for nothing are laughter seminars offered worldwide and clown doctors trained to heal sick children's souls.
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