KuKu

With Anatoli Akerman and Christoph Schiele.

One is a bird and has a house - an oversized cuckoo clock to be precise - from which he likes to step out with an amused "KuKu". The other has a bird that lives in a cuckoo clock and has a habit of slamming the door in its owner's face. In KuKu, the two of them sneak around each other in nightwear and jackets in a marvelous togetherness and antagonism. In their search for fulfillment, they stalk and ensnare each other, embrace and outwit each other, drink, bribe and steal from the other, dance with and against each other and ultimately sit in the same train of recurring routines.
A play with a subtle, melancholy humor that makes its audience laugh happily one second and pause wonderfully still the next.

Anatoli Akerman is one of the most subtle clowns in the world. Born in the Ukraine, he began his career as a mime at the age of seven. He is the star clown of Circus Roncalli, has made guest appearances with Cirque du Soleil in Las Vegas and Tokyo, and was brilliant in Tim Burton's reinterpretation of the Disney classic Dumbo. The exceptional artist currently lives in his adopted home of Graz.

Christoph Schiele' s first contact with clowning was exactly 20 years ago and he has been passionate about this special art form ever since. He studied at the École internationale de théâtre LASSAAD in Belgium and is completing the new circus form "Magie Nouvelle" at the Centre National des Arts du Cirque in France in 2021.
In cooperation with Cirque Noël Graz, the two congenial performers are developing a new version of Akerman's piece KuKu.