‘Always stay pious and always be good. And I’ll always be there for you.’ Always. Always. Always. A promise of happiness given to a child by their mother, but one that is never fulfilled. Instead, the child discovers a world that simply does not live up to their basic trust and fundamental sense of justice. And yet they refuse to let their spirit be broken and fight for that promise of happiness. Forever! Thank you, Cinderella.
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Der Tannenbaum - Märchen im Glaspalast von und mit dem Hexenberg Ensemble: Aschenbrödel | Der Tannenbaum
Aschenbrödel - Märchen im Glaspalast von und mit dem Hexenberg Ensemble: Aschenbrödel | Der Tannenbaum
The Fir Tree
That fairy tale which has probably created the most famous literary monument to the Christmas tree: ‘The Fir Tree’. A fairy tale about a tree that yearns for the future and, in doing so, misses out on the present – a story that is being retold in a whole new light in these times of climate change. Andersen tells the story of a career that could scarcely be recounted in more brutal terms:
A young person who mistakes the world of appearances for reality, who trades the present for a promise and realises that the promise knows no return. The applause dies down, 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.
- For adults only – admission from 14 years of age
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November 2026
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