THE PUPPETEER IS DEAD (LONG LIVE THE PUPPETEER!) (6+) / DE MAAN

A pair of hands make a minimal gesture and thus make from nothing nothing. The puppeteer is almost played out, his hands are getting tired, his fingers are cracking. Who has a new pair of hands? Is there a successor in the room? Can they come forward? Theatermakers Femke Stallaert and Greet Jacobs go in search of the future of puppet theater together with puppet maker Paul Contryn. It will be a rite of passage from an old to a new world. A minimalist performance about the magic of our hands. What is it that touches us so much about those hands full of experience? Greet Jacobs and Femke Stallaert already worked together in many guises for DE MAAN: as artistic direction since 2020, as players in 'RAYA', and as makers in 'PLANEET NIVANIR'. This time they go in search of their shared love for the magic of puppet theater together. For this, they enter into dialogue with the backbone of DE MAAN, the brilliant scatterbrain with endless imagination, the master and student at the same time, eternally curious: Paul Contryn! CREDITS: By and with: Femke Stallaert and Paul Contryn Regie: Greet Jacobs Figuren: Paul Contryn, Katinka Heremans and Marta Pereira Productie: DE MAAN