Sunday, 12/15/2024
at 3:00 PM


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Momo
by Michael Ende
Family piece for people aged 6 and up

With: Mayra Bosshard, Arwid Klaws, Julia Sylvester, Malte Sylvester, Kristine Walther, Jeele Johannsen
Direction and stage: Tonio Kleinknecht
Costume: Birgit Barth
Dramaturgy: Ella Elia Anschein
Video: Marco Kreuzer
Music: Jeele Johannsen

On the outskirts of the city, in an old amphitheater, lives Momo. She doesn't own much, has no parents, and doesn't know how old she is, but she has time. She listens to all the people who visit her. Just by doing that, she can comfort, settle disputes, and give her friends, the tour guide Gigi or the street sweeper Beppo, the feeling of having their rightful place in the world.
But suddenly, people stop visiting Momo. The Grey Gentlemen of the Time Savings Bank have begun to extract time from the people in the city. Everyone wants to save time now. Little Momo seems to be the only one who can stand up against the time thieves. Together with the tortoise Kassiopeia and the Keeper of Time, Master Hora, she takes on the difficult task of freeing the people from the Grey Gentlemen.
Michael Ende's "strange story of the time thieves and of the child who returned the stolen time to the people" is now almost 50 years old. Long before the advent of mobile phones and the internet, Ende depicted a society defined by time scarcity, frenzy, and the compulsion for constant self-optimization in his fairy tale novel, which can only be healed through the power of interpersonal encounters. Then as now, children and adults alike are touched by Momo's kindness – and by the idea that we can all choose a life free of consumer pressure and incessant acceleration, if only we want to.

Michael Ende (1929-1995) was an actor, cabaret artist, and author. The story of Momo was published in 1972, has been adapted into film multiple times, and has had numerous performances. In 1974, "Momo" received the German and European Youth Book Prize.

Unfortunately, there are currently no tickets available for this event. For more information, please contact the box office at the Old Town Hall at the phone number 07361-522600 or at kasse@theateraalen.de

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