In the organizer's words:

Lehmann and Wenzel [Leipzig] after "Klein Zaches, genannt Zinnober" by E.T.A. Hoffmann

What is so attractive about repulsive behavior? How can someone who only sows discord become the people's favorite? E.T.A. Hoffmann addressed all these questions in his fairy tale and, in typical Hoffmann fashion, turned it into an absurdly over-the-top farce about the modern world by adding fantastic creatures and romantically blinded artists.

The art fairy tale plays out every conceivable facet of manipulation; it is made for puppet theater. In 2015, Lehmann and Wenzel took on this material, which seems to have become more topical every year since. We see statesmen all over the world who seem to have risen from Hoffmann's cosmos. They behave frivolously and condescendingly and are celebrated by parts of the population as pioneers, free spirits and true men.

Zaches is a misshapen changeling who, out of pity, is given the ability by a fairy to deflect all the positive reactions of those around him onto himself. Zaches himself only expresses himself by grunting and drooling, but is celebrated by those around him to such an extent that he eventually becomes a minister. Prepare yourself for a theater evening full of disgust, shrill tones, bad taste and fairy dust.

In co-production with Westflügel Leipzig.

• Play, music, set Samira Wenzel, Stefan Wenzel
• Director Michael Vogel