Little Häwelmann

Peter Müller, together with Susanne Claus, has brought the classic fairy tale from 1849 to the stage with care and affection, at times with a delicate sense of humour. Fairytale pictures full of poetry are created when the boy attaches a sail to his rollaway bed and sets off on an adventure, out to the window, to the moon, to the stars; when he flies over the city, leaving behind roofs and church towers, looking for the forest and the animals, and is bitterly disappointed because nobody admires him - because everyone else is asleep.
The timeless story between reality and shadow play, accompanied by melancholically coloured music, makes the young visitors leave inspired by the imagination....... Die Oberbadische, 22.01.2020

Children should sleep at night. But some just aren't tired. "More! I want MORE!"  little Häwelmann yells from his roll-away bed. He can't fall asleep; and wants to keep rolling. So Häwelmann puts together a sail and gives it a mighty huff and a puff. And off he goes, across the room, up the wall, doing a loop-the-loop before hopping on a ray of the moon and flying out the window. Flying into the night, he has a fantastic adventure.

Children have been fascinated by this classic fairy-tale for generations. There is a delicate humor and a range of poetry in this "Little Häwelmann"; endearingly staged in a new, magical, shadow-theater production with an abundant love for even the smallest of details.