English Summaries
English Summaries of Double 53
Erschienen in: double 53: Kinder ins Spiel bringen – Puppentheater für junges Publikum (04/2026)
Editorial
Bringing Children into Play (p. 5)
Puppeteers and figure theatre artists define themselves aesthetically primarily through productions for adult audiences, apart from those puppet and figure theatres that actually perform exclusively for children. At the same time, however, puppet and figure theatres in Germany produce and perform an average of three-quarters of their productions for children. A closer look reveals that there is clearly artistic potential for development in puppet and figure theatre in an affirmative rediscovery of child audiences and a clear commitment to children as competent spectators. It therefore seems timely to dedicate a double theme section to figure, puppet and object theatre for young audiences.
IT is children's theatre!
Or is it?
The Historical Heritage
and Current Self-Image of Puppet Theatre (p. 6–7)
In the public perception, puppet theatre is classified as children’s theatre. But the practice of puppet and figure theatre in Germany looks different. They do not perform exclusively for children and therefore consider this classification to be a prejudice and a cliché. In his keynote contribution, Gerd Taube traces the historical heritage of puppet theatre as children’s theatre and the current artistic self-image of puppeteers.
What it takes to make puppet theatre for...
