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Jim Knopf und Lukas der Lokomotivführer
Michael Ende
Play for Kids with Music / 5+
Synopsis
Who doesn’t know the island with two mountains? One day a young boy landed there—in a wrongly addressed package! The inhabitants took Jim Button in, but as soon as he grew up, Morrowland became too small and King Alfonse The Quarter-to-Twelth was concerned. Plus Emma The Train had to go. So how was Luke supposed to become a train driver with no train? The only thing to do was to find a new home with help from his best friend. During their adventurous journey far away in Mandala they heard that Princess Li-Si had been abducted and they straight away set off with a hazardous plan to rescue her.
Transparent trees, striped mountains, a colossal giant and dragons barred their way. Would the rescue succeed? And would the two friends find a home for themselves? In the end, Jim solves more than just the puzzle of his origins. Michael Ende’s classic children’s book, through a mixture of surprise and humour, creates enthusiasm on the stage.
Michael Ende (1929-1995) became famous on account of his first book »Jim Knopf and Lukas the Traindriver«. The poetic worlds in his well-known Momo novels (1973) and »The Never-ending Story« (1979) will never be forgotten.
Volkmar Kamm is already well known to the mature public as Director of many successful productions in the Landestheater, such as »The King’s Speech« and »The Tobacconist«. His »Homo Faber« of the 2016/2017 season will be staged for the 8th time. This is the first time he is dedicating a production of the story of Jim Knopf to the younger theatre-goers of the Landestheater.
Duration: approx. 1 hour 30 mins incl. intermission
Duration Schoolperformances: approx. 1 hour 15 mins no intermission
Reviews
„Eine geradezu ‚klassische‘ Bühnenfassung der Abenteuer des mutigen Findelkindes und seines wackeren Freundes erfreut die Herzen von Groß und Klein. […] Jim Knopf, der kleine schwarze Knabe mit dem ewigen Loch in der Hose, ist mit Elisa Afie Agbaglah hinreißend besetzt. Axel Meinhardt ist ein Lukas der Lokomotivführer wie aus dem Bilderbuch: freundlich, verlässlich, solide wie die Lokomotive Emma. Die weiteren Rollen sind von einem sehr flexiblen Team mit Witz und Wandlungsfähigkeit gestaltet. […] Eine liebenswürdige, unterhaltsame Produktion, die – bis auf das wahrhaft gewaltige Gebrüll der Frau Mahlzahn – auch die kleineren Gäste erfreuen wird.“
Cast
Director
Volkmar Kamm
Stage and Costume Design
Peter Engel
Choreography
Hanna Kastner
Composition
Bernd Meyer
Musikalische Einstudierung
Edward Kim
Dramaturgy
Friederike Bernau
Jim Knopf
Elisa Afie Agbaglah
Lukas der Lokomotivführer
Axel Meinhardt
Frau Waas, Oberbonze, Drache Frau Mahlzahn, Seejungfrau Sursulapitschi
KS Britta Bayer
Unterbonze, Halbdrache Nepomuk, Prinzessin Li Si
Janina Raspe
König Alfons der Viertel-vor-Zwölfte, Herold, Troll
Walter Sachers
Herr Ärmel, Der Kaiser von Mandala, Herr Tur Tur, Troll
Gregor Weisgerber
Indianerjunge
Mauricio Quiroz
Benjamin Skupien
Inderjunge
Leander Seißler
Jonathan Seißler
Bühnenmusiker Edward Kim