ES WAS ONCE and was also not...

The origins of most fairy tales go back thousands of years. They have been passed down from generation to generation and are rich in imagination, violence, rough justice, and wonders in all their simplicity. Fairy tales are connected with childhood and the personal memories of each of us. Heinrich Heine recalls in Germany. A Winter's Tale about his nurse, who told stories of the goose maid and the talking horse head.
It is a comforting pleasure to hear the same fairy tale over and over again, as it magically leads us to a happy ending. Ton und Kirschen wants to awaken the magic, but also the warnings inherent in fairy tales, through acting, music, dance, puppet and mask play into a shared experience with the audience, allowing space for the imagination of each individual viewer. And – even what is unsaid has meaning.

Artistic direction Margarete Biereye, David Johnston
Cast Margarete Biereye, Polina Borissova, Maximilian Friedel, David Johnston, Nelson Leon, Daisy Watkiss
Set and lighting Daisy Watkiss
Puppet Nelson Leon, Daisy Watkiss
Horse, masks Josephine Biereye, Patrick Sims
Sound design Polina Borissova
Composition David Johnston and Polina Borissova
3 piano pieces by Georges Gurdjieff

Distribution Catherine Lauay

TRAILER: https://vimeo.com/1024499309

Ton und Kirschen Theater
The Ton und Kirschen Theatre was founded by Margarete Biereye and David Johnston in May 1992 in Glindow (near Potsdam) after 20 years of theatre experience with the English Footsbarn Travelling Theatre. The theatre rehearsals take place on a property in the district of Glindow. Here, the set is built, and the making of props, costumes, masks, and puppets also takes place. From here, Ton und Kirschen travels with its productions in all directions of the state of Brandenburg. We set up our stage and auditorium at various performance locations. Every year we perform in Potsdam and Berlin and in other cities in Germany. We have also often been invited to theatre festivals abroad. So we have performed in many countries (Ireland, Poland, Czech Republic, Russia, Belgium, Italy, Austria, and Switzerland, and repeatedly in France) and on different continents (Asia, North Africa, and several times in South America).

The currently 7-member ensemble of the theatre comes from Germany, England, Wales, France, and Colombia. Under the artistic direction of David Johnston and Margarete Biereye, 26 productions have been created.

PRODUCTIONS by Ton und Kirschen Wandertheater
The Hunchback from 1001 Nights (1992), Woyzeck by Georg Büchner (1993), The Servant of Two Masters by Carlo Goldoni (1994), Don Quixote after Miguel Cervantes (1995), Pyramus and Thisbe after Ovid (1996), The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov (1997), Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe (1999), The Golem after Gustav Meyrink (2000), The Bacchae by Euripides (2002), Middle of the Moment (2004), The Blue Bird by Maurice Maeterlinck (2005), Hamlet by William Shakespeare (2006), Perpetuum Mobile (2008), King Ubu by Alfred Jarry (2009), La luna, luna for Federico Garcia Lorca (2011), Hans in Luck by Bertolt Brecht (2013), Heart of a Dog by Mikhail Bulgakov (2014), Shakespeare's Sonnets (2015), Bartleby, the Scrivener after Herman Melville (2016), In the Blink of an Eye (2017), The Mines of Falun by E.T.A. Hoffmann (2018), The Legend of the Holy Drinker by Joseph Roth (2020), The Bound Prometheus by Aeschylus (2021), The Open Door (2022), The Tempest by Shakespeare (2023), ES WAS ONCE and was also not... (Premiere: 2024, T-Werk Potsdam).

The theatre group thanks the Ministry of Science, Research and Culture of the state of Brandenburg for the funding.

Photo: Marion Kollenrott

Box office opens at 7:00 PM

ES WAS ONCE and was also not...

The origins of most fairy tales go back thousands of years. They have been passed down from generation to generation and are rich in imagination, violence, rough justice, and wonders in all their simplicity. Fairy tales are connected with childhood and the personal memories of each of us. Heinrich Heine recalls in Germany. A Winter's Tale about his nurse, who told stories of the goose maid and the talking horse head.
It is a comforting pleasure to hear the same fairy tale over and over again, as it magically leads us to a happy ending. Ton und Kirschen wants to awaken the magic, but also the warnings inherent in fairy tales, through acting, music, dance, puppet and mask play into a shared experience with the audience, allowing space for the imagination of each individual viewer. And – even what is unsaid has meaning.

Artistic direction Margarete Biereye, David Johnston
Cast Margarete Biereye, Polina Borissova, Maximilian Friedel, David Johnston, Nelson Leon, Daisy Watkiss
Set and lighting Daisy Watkiss
Puppet Nelson Leon, Daisy Watkiss
Horse, masks Josephine Biereye, Patrick Sims
Sound design Polina Borissova
Composition David Johnston and Polina Borissova
3 piano pieces by Georges Gurdjieff

Distribution Catherine Lauay

TRAILER: https://vimeo.com/1024499309

Ton und Kirschen Theater
The Ton und Kirschen Theatre was founded by Margarete Biereye and David Johnston in May 1992 in Glindow (near Potsdam) after 20 years of theatre experience with the English Footsbarn Travelling Theatre. The theatre rehearsals take place on a property in the district of Glindow. Here, the set is built, and the making of props, costumes, masks, and puppets also takes place. From here, Ton und Kirschen travels with its productions in all directions of the state of Brandenburg. We set up our stage and auditorium at various performance locations. Every year we perform in Potsdam and Berlin and in other cities in Germany. We have also often been invited to theatre festivals abroad. So we have performed in many countries (Ireland, Poland, Czech Republic, Russia, Belgium, Italy, Austria, and Switzerland, and repeatedly in France) and on different continents (Asia, North Africa, and several times in South America).

The currently 7-member ensemble of the theatre comes from Germany, England, Wales, France, and Colombia. Under the artistic direction of David Johnston and Margarete Biereye, 26 productions have been created.

PRODUCTIONS by Ton und Kirschen Wandertheater
The Hunchback from 1001 Nights (1992), Woyzeck by Georg Büchner (1993), The Servant of Two Masters by Carlo Goldoni (1994), Don Quixote after Miguel Cervantes (1995), Pyramus and Thisbe after Ovid (1996), The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov (1997), Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe (1999), The Golem after Gustav Meyrink (2000), The Bacchae by Euripides (2002), Middle of the Moment (2004), The Blue Bird by Maurice Maeterlinck (2005), Hamlet by William Shakespeare (2006), Perpetuum Mobile (2008), King Ubu by Alfred Jarry (2009), La luna, luna for Federico Garcia Lorca (2011), Hans in Luck by Bertolt Brecht (2013), Heart of a Dog by Mikhail Bulgakov (2014), Shakespeare's Sonnets (2015), Bartleby, the Scrivener after Herman Melville (2016), In the Blink of an Eye (2017), The Mines of Falun by E.T.A. Hoffmann (2018), The Legend of the Holy Drinker by Joseph Roth (2020), The Bound Prometheus by Aeschylus (2021), The Open Door (2022), The Tempest by Shakespeare (2023), ES WAS ONCE and was also not... (Premiere: 2024, T-Werk Potsdam).

The theatre group thanks the Ministry of Science, Research and Culture of the state of Brandenburg for the funding.

Photo: Marion Kollenrott

Box office opens at 7:00 PM

ES WAS ONCE and was also not...

The origins of most fairy tales go back thousands of years. They have been passed down from generation to generation and are rich in imagination, violence, rough justice, and wonders in all their simplicity. Fairy tales are connected with childhood and the personal memories of each of us. Heinrich Heine recalls in Germany. A Winter's Tale about his nurse, who told stories of the goose maid and the talking horse head.
It is a comforting pleasure to hear the same fairy tale over and over again, as it magically leads us to a happy ending. Ton und Kirschen wants to awaken the magic, but also the warnings inherent in fairy tales, through acting, music, dance, puppet and mask play into a shared experience with the audience, allowing space for the imagination of each individual viewer. And – even what is unsaid has meaning.

Artistic direction Margarete Biereye, David Johnston
Cast Margarete Biereye, Polina Borissova, Maximilian Friedel, David Johnston, Nelson Leon, Daisy Watkiss
Set and lighting Daisy Watkiss
Puppet Nelson Leon, Daisy Watkiss
Horse, masks Josephine Biereye, Patrick Sims
Sound design Polina Borissova
Composition David Johnston and Polina Borissova
3 piano pieces by Georges Gurdjieff

Distribution Catherine Lauay

TRAILER: https://vimeo.com/1024499309

Ton und Kirschen Theater
The Ton und Kirschen Theatre was founded by Margarete Biereye and David Johnston in May 1992 in Glindow (near Potsdam) after 20 years of theatre experience with the English Footsbarn Travelling Theatre. The theatre rehearsals take place on a property in the district of Glindow. Here, the set is built, and the making of props, costumes, masks, and puppets also takes place. From here, Ton und Kirschen travels with its productions in all directions of the state of Brandenburg. We set up our stage and auditorium at various performance locations. Every year we perform in Potsdam and Berlin and in other cities in Germany. We have also often been invited to theatre festivals abroad. So we have performed in many countries (Ireland, Poland, Czech Republic, Russia, Belgium, Italy, Austria, and Switzerland, and repeatedly in France) and on different continents (Asia, North Africa, and several times in South America).

The currently 7-member ensemble of the theatre comes from Germany, England, Wales, France, and Colombia. Under the artistic direction of David Johnston and Margarete Biereye, 26 productions have been created.

PRODUCTIONS by Ton und Kirschen Wandertheater
The Hunchback from 1001 Nights (1992), Woyzeck by Georg Büchner (1993), The Servant of Two Masters by Carlo Goldoni (1994), Don Quixote after Miguel Cervantes (1995), Pyramus and Thisbe after Ovid (1996), The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov (1997), Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe (1999), The Golem after Gustav Meyrink (2000), The Bacchae by Euripides (2002), Middle of the Moment (2004), The Blue Bird by Maurice Maeterlinck (2005), Hamlet by William Shakespeare (2006), Perpetuum Mobile (2008), King Ubu by Alfred Jarry (2009), La luna, luna for Federico Garcia Lorca (2011), Hans in Luck by Bertolt Brecht (2013), Heart of a Dog by Mikhail Bulgakov (2014), Shakespeare's Sonnets (2015), Bartleby, the Scrivener after Herman Melville (2016), In the Blink of an Eye (2017), The Mines of Falun by E.T.A. Hoffmann (2018), The Legend of the Holy Drinker by Joseph Roth (2020), The Bound Prometheus by Aeschylus (2021), The Open Door (2022), The Tempest by Shakespeare (2023), ES WAS ONCE and was also not... (Premiere: 2024, T-Werk Potsdam).

The theatre group thanks the Ministry of Science, Research and Culture of the state of Brandenburg for the funding.

Photo: Marion Kollenrott

Box office opens at 7:00 PM

ES WAS ONCE and was also not...

The origins of most fairy tales go back thousands of years. They have been passed down from generation to generation and are rich in imagination, violence, rough justice, and wonders in all their simplicity. Fairy tales are connected with childhood and the personal memories of each of us. Heinrich Heine recalls in Germany. A Winter's Tale about his nurse, who told stories of the goose maid and the talking horse head.
It is a comforting pleasure to hear the same fairy tale over and over again, as it magically leads us to a happy ending. Ton und Kirschen wants to awaken the magic, but also the warnings inherent in fairy tales, through acting, music, dance, puppet and mask play into a shared experience with the audience, allowing space for the imagination of each individual viewer. And – even what is unsaid has meaning.

Artistic direction Margarete Biereye, David Johnston
Cast Margarete Biereye, Polina Borissova, Maximilian Friedel, David Johnston, Nelson Leon, Daisy Watkiss
Set and lighting Daisy Watkiss
Puppet Nelson Leon, Daisy Watkiss
Horse, masks Josephine Biereye, Patrick Sims
Sound design Polina Borissova
Composition David Johnston and Polina Borissova
3 piano pieces by Georges Gurdjieff

Distribution Catherine Lauay

TRAILER: https://vimeo.com/1024499309

Ton und Kirschen Theater
The Ton und Kirschen Theatre was founded by Margarete Biereye and David Johnston in May 1992 in Glindow (near Potsdam) after 20 years of theatre experience with the English Footsbarn Travelling Theatre. The theatre rehearsals take place on a property in the district of Glindow. Here, the set is built, and the making of props, costumes, masks, and puppets also takes place. From here, Ton und Kirschen travels with its productions in all directions of the state of Brandenburg. We set up our stage and auditorium at various performance locations. Every year we perform in Potsdam and Berlin and in other cities in Germany. We have also often been invited to theatre festivals abroad. So we have performed in many countries (Ireland, Poland, Czech Republic, Russia, Belgium, Italy, Austria, and Switzerland, and repeatedly in France) and on different continents (Asia, North Africa, and several times in South America).

The currently 7-member ensemble of the theatre comes from Germany, England, Wales, France, and Colombia. Under the artistic direction of David Johnston and Margarete Biereye, 26 productions have been created.

PRODUCTIONS by Ton und Kirschen Wandertheater
The Hunchback from 1001 Nights (1992), Woyzeck by Georg Büchner (1993), The Servant of Two Masters by Carlo Goldoni (1994), Don Quixote after Miguel Cervantes (1995), Pyramus and Thisbe after Ovid (1996), The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov (1997), Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe (1999), The Golem after Gustav Meyrink (2000), The Bacchae by Euripides (2002), Middle of the Moment (2004), The Blue Bird by Maurice Maeterlinck (2005), Hamlet by William Shakespeare (2006), Perpetuum Mobile (2008), King Ubu by Alfred Jarry (2009), La luna, luna for Federico Garcia Lorca (2011), Hans in Luck by Bertolt Brecht (2013), Heart of a Dog by Mikhail Bulgakov (2014), Shakespeare's Sonnets (2015), Bartleby, the Scrivener after Herman Melville (2016), In the Blink of an Eye (2017), The Mines of Falun by E.T.A. Hoffmann (2018), The Legend of the Holy Drinker by Joseph Roth (2020), The Bound Prometheus by Aeschylus (2021), The Open Door (2022), The Tempest by Shakespeare (2023), ES WAS ONCE and was also not... (Premiere: 2024, T-Werk Potsdam).

The theatre group thanks the Ministry of Science, Research and Culture of the state of Brandenburg for the funding.

Photo: Marion Kollenrott

Box office opens at 7:00 PM