9 and up
Fri 13.9. 10:00
Tue+Wed 28.+29.1. 10:00
Schaubude Berlin
BÄR. Ein Zeitzeuge erzählt
Documentary puppet and object theater • in German spoken language • 45 minutes • 7 € (Child), 5 € (Group with JKS voucher), 5.50 € (Group without JKS voucher), 10 €, reduced 9 € (Adult)
Bärchen, nicknamed "Bär," is a teddy bear and over 100 years old. His eyes have seen a lot. He has been there for both beautiful and awful moments, for example, when the walls shook from the bombs. Or when Irene’s grandmother was deported. Until now, Bär has preferred to avoid these memories. Now, he enters with us long-closed rooms where important stages of his biography come alive again through shadow play and sound.
A documentary theater about the life of a Jewish child during the Nazi dictatorship, told from the perspective of a teddy bear.
A documentary object theater about persecution during the Nazi dictatorship and the intergenerational transmission of traumatic experiences, told from the perspective of a teddy bear.
The concept for the production was developed as part of the project "Hakara - Facing Transgenerational Trauma" by AMCHA Deutschland e. V. and was funded by the Federal Foreign Office.
AMCHA Deutschland is committed to non-material, psychosocial, and preventive support for Holocaust survivors and their descendants in Israel.
Notes on accessibility: Information about the structural accessibility of the venue can be found here:
https://schaubude.berlin/de/posts/barrierefreiheitBased on the biography of Irene Grumach-Shirun, written down by Jill Levenfeld
Concept, Performance: Josephine Hock
Direction: Hannes Kapsch
Concept, Scenography, Costumes: Luise Ehrenwerth
Sound: Sebastian Schlemminger
Puppet Construction: Verena Waldmüller
Dramaturgy: Tim Sandweg
Antisemitism-critical advice: Juliette Brungs
Lighting design: Werner Wallner
Technical setup: Jens Angermann, Paul Friedrich
Concept for accompanying materials: Iven Hoppe
Workshop: Franziska Burnay Pereira, Brie Anne Schröder, Susann Tamoszus
Audio description: Nicolai Audiodeskription
Funded by: Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion
Concept funded by: AMCHA Deutschland e. V., Federal Foreign Office
Accompanying workshop
for "BÄR. Ein Zeitzeuge erzählt"
For grades 3-6
Fri 13.9.
Tue 28.1.
Wed 29.1.
After the 10 a.m. performance, we offer a workshop to deepen impressions, discuss historical contexts, and playfully reflect on the means of expression used in the production.
Registration at: theaterpaedagogik@schaubude.berlin
17:00 Uhr