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«Ich bin Pinguin»
Leute wie die

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A story about differences in friendship and family. Told without a spoken word.

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  • Wed 22/0110:00–10:50

    Halle West

  • Thu 23/0110:00–10:50

    Halle West

  • Fri 24/01

    Halle West

  • Sat 25/01

    Halle West

Copyright: Christian Herrmann
  • All Ages

Two eggs in an Antarctic snowstorm. A penguin hatches from one and another bird from the other. Together they experience many adventures. They are everything they have and everything they know to each other. The little bird adopts the penguin as its mother and learns everything it knows from him. That's not so much! He has no wings to fly and can only waddle ...

The deaf actress Pia Katharina Jendreizik and the hearing puppeteer Andreas Pfaffenberger tell this story about differences in friendship and family without a spoken word.

Information on language and access means

Not language based

About the artists

Leute wie die are artists from Berlin and NRW who have come together to form a performance group. They create theatre experiences in which spoken and sign language are used on an equal footing.

Since 2015, Leute wie die have been working in both languages on the question of how deaf and hearing performers can act on stage on an equal footing, how the audience can participate and what aesthetic and artistic images emerge from this.

Plain language

  • I am a penguin is a theatre play for children.

    The play is about a penguin and another bird.

    The two become friends.

    The bird thinks the penguin is his mum.

    The bird learns from the penguin.

    But the penguin can't fly.

    The play is about the difference between friendship and family.

    The actress Pia Katharina Jendreizik is deaf.

    She performs with puppeteer Andreas Pfaffenberger.

    The two tell the story without words.

Credits

  • By and with:
    Pia Katharina Jendreizik (Schauspiel), Andreas Pfaffenberger (Puppenspiel)
    Director:
    Wera Mahne
    Text, set, puppetry:
    Anna Siegrot
    Video, dramaturgy, stage:
    Declan Hurley
    Production management:
    Esther Schneider
    Communication assistance:
    Julia Kolodi, Kristina Kiehn
    Production:
    Wera Mahne; co-production: FFT Düsseldorf; in cooperation with the FELD Theatre for Young Audiences, Berlin

Unterstützt durch

  • The Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia and the Cultural Office of the State Capital Düsseldorf.

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