The Hexenberg Ensemble infuses *The Fir Tree* and *The Bremen Town Musicians* with a healthy dose of black humour, offbeat wit and a grown-up take on fairy tales – for adults only
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Märchen im Glaspalast von und mit dem Hexenberg Ensemble: Bremer Stadtmusikanten
Märchen im Glaspalast von und mit dem Hexenberg Ensemble: Der Tannenbaum
The Fir Tree
The fairy tale that has probably created the most famous literary tribute to the Christmas tree: ‘The Fir Tree’. A fairy tale about a tree that longs for the future and, in doing so, misses out on the present – a story that takes on a whole new meaning in these times of climate change.
Andersen tells the story of a career that could scarcely be recounted in harsher terms:
An adolescent who mistakes the world of appearances for reality, who trades the present for a promise and realises that the promise offers no way back. The applause dies away, the decorations are taken down, the tree is banished to the loft – only when it lies there, worn out and forgotten, does it realise what the forest was.
The Bremen Town Musicians
The world-famous quartet who take the initiative to make more of their own lives, for ‘you’ll find something better than death anywhere!’ A fairy tale about an incredible success story. But as we all know, there are four heroes, which could lead to some amusing complications with only two performers per fairy tale – so the audience might well have to lend a hand now and then to ensure this fairy tale is a success.
- For adults only – admission from 14 years of age
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Dates
December 2026
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