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Third-Year Project Directed by Johanna Sophie Reimert

New Year's Eve: Professor Dr. Beelzebub Irrwitzer, the secret magical advisor, has not yet fulfilled his quota of misdeeds for the year that is almost over; if he fails to meet his contractual obligations by the stroke of midnight, he will be seized.

His aunt Tyrannja Vamperl faces the same fate, so the two join forces to escape hell.

Together, they brew the Satanarch-Lügen-Alcoholic Wish Punch, which has the power to grant any wish one makes—provided it is rhymed and spoken aloud—for every glass one drinks. It also has the property of turning all good wishes into their exact opposite.

Thus, both hope to fulfill their contract without anyone noticing.

But they didn’t count on their pets: Maurizio di Mauro and Jakoba Krakel. Both are on a secret mission to find out, on behalf of the High Council of Animals, where all the evil on Earth comes from.

Of course, the witch and the wizard catch on to their scheme. Thus begins a race against time, and the fate of the world rests with our animal heroes.

by Michael Ende

Age range: 8–12 years

(in German)

Cast:

  • Lina Förster
  • Kevin Bianco
  • Vanja Hawemann
  • Elina Vildanova
  • Jonah Steinhauer

Direction/Costumes/Animation: Johanna Sophie Reimert

Set Design: Josepha Lhuiller-Sion, Eunkyung Jang

Music: Noel Riedel

Audio: Henning Strübbe

As part of the Ernst Busch Open House 2026

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Dates
May 2026
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