1.

Tuesday, 03. November 2020 // 7.30 – ca. 9.00 p.m. (Opening night)
Gewandhaus zu Leipzig / Mendelssohn-Saal

Musicbanda Franui & Nikolaus Habjan, Vienna / Innsbruck
»Alles nicht wahr«
(»It simply ain’t so«)   VIDEO CLIP  
Music theatre based on songs by Georg Kreisler

Conception: Nikolaus Habjan, Markus Kraler, Andreas Schett
Musical adaption and musicians: Musicbanda Franui
Song, recitation, puppet building and puppetry: Nikolaus Habjan
German première

This humorously current music theatre piece with the ten-person Musicbanda Franui and Nikolaus Habjan as a director, singer, reciter and puppeteer is based on songs by Georg Kreisler. An evening full of thrilling energy.

2.

Wednesday, 04. November 2020 // 7.30 – 9.00 p.m.

Schauspielhaus Graz
»The hills are alive«   VIDEO CLIP  
Theatre play with puppets

Text and puppet building: Neville Tranter
Staging, actors and puppetry: Neville Tranter, Nikolaus Habjan
German première

(In English language with German subtitles)

Neville Tranter, the legendary puppet builder and puppeteer, shares the stage for the first time with his former student Nikolaus Habjan. It is a funny, absurd and political piece that is based on motifs from the musical and film »The sound of music«.

The performance will be followed by a public discussion with Nikolaus Habjan and Neville Tranter. Moderation: Ann-Elisabeth Wolff, euro-scene Leipzig

On 06. Nov. the film »The sound of music« by Robert Wise will be shown.

3.

Wednesday, 04. November 2020 // 10.00 – 11.15 p.m.

Thursday, 05. November 2020 // 10.00 – 11.15 p.m.
Schauspielhaus / Diskothek

Paolo Nani, Vordingborg
»Brevet«
(»The letter«)   VIDEO CLIP  
Comedy

Staging: Nullo Facchini
Actor: Paolo Nani

A man sits down and starts to write a letter, 15 times, without words, always in a different style. The solo by Paolo Nani from 1992 advanced to become a classic of modern comedy.

4.

Wednesday, 04. November 2020 // 10.00 – 11.30 p.m.
Thursday, 05. November 2020 // 10.00 – 11.30 p.m.
Schaubühne Lindenfels

Nils Freyer, Berlin
Vogelsang meets Hoyer   VIDEO CLIP  
Two dance pieces

Introduction: Prof. Dr. Ralf Stabel, Berlin

»Fünf Präludien aus dem Wohltemperierten Klavier von J. S. Bach«
(»Five preludes from J. S. Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier«)
Choreography: Marianne Vogelsang
»Affectos humanos« (»Human passions«)
Choreography: Dore Hoyer
Reconstruction and dance: Nils Freyer
Piano: Ulrike Buschendorf
Drums: Marco Philipp

Nils Freyer dances reconstructions of the two choreographies »Fünf Präludien aus dem Wohltemperierten Klavier von J. S. Bach« (»Five preludes from J. S. Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier«) by Marianne Vogelsang and »Affectos humanos« by Dore Hoyer.

Shuttle bus: both days from Schauspielhaus
departure 9.30 p.m. to Schaubühne Lindenfels / afterwards backwards

5.

Thursday, 05. November 2020 // 7.30 – 8.30 p.m.
Schauspielhaus / Große Bühne

Compagnie Alias, Geneva
»Sideways rain«   VIDEO CLIP  
Dance piece

Conception and choreography: Guilherme Botelho
Composition: Murcof (Fernando Corona)

14 dancers show the constant flow of life and the inexplicability of fate. Guilherme Botelho created this exceptional piece full of enrapturing energy.

After the performance the City of Leipzig International Caroline Neuber Scholarship will be awarded.

6.

Friday, 06. November 2020 // 7.30 – 9.30 p.m.
Saturday, 07. November 2020 // 7.30 – 9.30 p.m.
Schauspielhaus / Große Bühne

Schubert Theater, Vienna
»F. Zawrel – erbbiologisch und sozial minderwertig«
(»F. Zawrel – genetically and socially inferior«)   VIDEO CLIP  
Theatre play with puppets

Conception and text: Simon Meusburger, Nikolaus Habjan
based on narrations by Friedrich Zawrel
Staging: Simon Meusburger
Puppet building, actor and puppetry: Nikolaus Habjan

This disturbing piece is based on the true fate of Friedrich Zawrel, who as a child survived the euthanasia crimes of the German occupation of Austria during World War II. This play by Nikolaus Habjan and his puppets has an enormous emotional power.

The performance will be followed by a public discussion with Nikolaus Habjan and Simon Meusburger.

7.

Friday, 06. November 2020 // 7.30 – 8.30 p.m.
Saturday, 07. November 2020 // 7.30 – 8.30 p.m.
Theater der Jungen Welt / Großer Saal

Pierre Rigal / Compagnie dernière minute, Toulouse
»Press«   VIDEO CLIP  
Dance piece

Conception, choreography and dance: Pierre Rigal
Music: Nihil Bordures

A man in a room, a kind of box, that gets smaller and smaller: the Kafkaesque solo by and with Pierre Rigal stands for adaptation, the struggle for survival and loneliness. It has enjoyed a cult status for years now.

8.

Friday, 06. November 2020 // 10.00 – 11.45 p.m.
Saturday, 07. November 2020 // 10.00 – 11.45 p.m.
LOFFT – Das Theater

Dance from Budapest
  VIDEO CLIP  

Góbi Dance Company
 »Ne hisztizz!«
 (»Don’t fuss!«)
 Choreography and dance: Rita Góbi
 Musician: Dávid Szegő
 German première
 
Ferenc Fehér
 »Imago«

 Choreography, music and dance: Ferenc Fehér

The evening shows two very different dance pieces from Hungary: the temperamental and humorous duet »Ne hisztizz!« (»Don’t fuss!«) by and with Rita Góbi and Dávid Szegő on drums as well as »Imago«, a darkly impressive solo by and with Ferenc Fehér.

Shuttle bus: both days from Schauspielhaus
departure 9.45 p.m. to LOFFT / afterwards backwards

9.

Saturday, 07. November 2020 // 2.30 – 3.15 p.m. and 5.00 – 5.45 p.m.
Sunday, 08. November 2020 // 11.30 a.m. – 12.15 p.m. and 3.00 – 3.45 p.m.
Theater der Jungen Welt / Kleiner Saal

Compagnie Philippe Saire, Lausanne
»Hocus Pocus«   VIDEO CLIP  
Children’s piece

Conception: Philippe Saire
Choreography: Philippe Saire in collaboration with the dancers
Music: Edvard Grieg, Stéphane Vecchione

(For children aged 7 years and older as well as adults)

A top-drawer children’s piece: two friends go on a journey into the world of illusions. Together with the dancers Philippe Chosson and Mickaël Henrotay-Delaunay, Philippe Saire created divine adventures.

10.

Saturday, 07. November 2020 // 5.00 – 6.30 p.m.
Sunday, 08. November 2020 // 5.00 – 6.30 p.m.
Schauspielhaus / Diskothek

Schubert Theater, Vienna
»Was geschah mit Baby Jane?«
(»What happened to Baby Jane?«)   VIDEO CLIP  
Theatre play with puppets

based on the novel of the same name by Henry Farrell

Conception, staging and puppets: Nikolaus Habjan
Text version, actress and puppetry: Manuela Linshalm

The puppet magician Nikolaus Habjan staged this crime piece with Manuela Linshalm. The sisters Jane and Blanche Hudson have been living together in a villa in Hollywood for years, withdrawn. A car crash chains Blanche to a wheelchair …

11.

Saturday, 07. November 2020 // 10.00 – 11.15 p.m.
Sunday, 08. November 2020 // 5.00 – 6.15 p.m.
Schaubühne Lindenfels

Compagnie Berlin, Antwerp
»True copy«   VIDEO CLIP  
Theatre play

Text and Staging: Bart Baele, Yves Degryse
Actors: Bart Baele, Geert Jan Jansen

(In Dutch language with German subtitles)

In 1994, the police found over 1,600 works of art that Geert Jan Jansen had forged. He signed them with the names Picasso, Appel, Matisse, Chagall and others. The company Berlin from Belgium, directed by Bart Baele and Yves Degryse, poses questions about truth.

Shuttle bus: on 07. Nov. from Schauspielhaus
departure 9.45 p.m. to Schaubühne Lindenfels / afterwards backwards

12.

Sunday, 08. November 2020 // 7.30 – 9.00 p.m. (Final night)
Schauspielhaus / Große Bühne

Compagnie Maguy Marin, Lyon
»May B«   VIDEO CLIP  
Dance piece

Conception and choreography: Maguy Marin
Music: Franz Schubert, Gilles de Binche, Gavin Bryars

This piece by Maguy Marin from 1981 is France’s most performed dance piece and has written dance history. Inspired by Samuel Beckett, it captivates with its representation of waiting, emptiness, hesitation and hope.