This fairy tale season, the Hexenberg Ensemble has added a new production, ‘The Ugly Duckling’, to its repertoire, which will be performed today for schoolchildren in combination with ‘Rumpelstiltskin’.
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The Ugly Duckling
‘The Ugly Duckling’ by Hans Christian Andersen is a radical call to celebrate one's own uniqueness and find the courage to be oneself.Directed by long-time ensemble member Michael Schwager, the Hexenberg Ensemble opens its 18th fairy tale season at the Glaspalast with this adaptation.
Rumpelstiltskin
Oh, how good it is that no one knows... What the title of this fairy tale is. For who, pray tell, is this completely overwrought creature who suddenly and completely uninvited appears in the miller's daughter's dark chamber? Who, for heaven's sake, transforms this dungeon into a stage of international calibre within seconds? Blimey, it's on the tip of my tongue... But it's enough to drive you mad: just when you succeed, everyone starts shouting ‘More!’ And so the beautiful miller's daughter spins straw into gold and cries, and spins, and cries, and spins. The king, this Grimm's Scrooge McDuck, actually demands more and more. In her desperation, the miller's daughter promises her firstborn to the lost little man who rushes to her rescue. It's just a shame that no one knows his name! Because without it, she will never see her child again.Will she get her child back in the end? Well, that depends entirely on how carefully the audience has studied the programme...
- Fairy tales for everyone aged 4 and up
- in German
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Dates
December 2025
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