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Cheers, Uncle Erich!
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Celebrating the 125th Birthday of Erich Kästner
“Emil and the Detectives,” “The Double Lottchen,” or “Pünktchen and Anton” – who doesn’t know these classic children’s books? But Erich Kästner was much more than a gifted children’s author: he was a political satirist, a sharp observer, and not least a highly interesting chronicler of 20th-century Germany. Discovering him anew and differently on the occasion of his 125th birthday is worthwhile in many ways.
One of the great admirers of this humorous moralist is actor Walter Sittler. “Erich Kästner is shockingly relevant,” he says, excited about the author with whom he is now deeply involved in his second Kästner project. Together with the ensemble "Die Sextanten," he presents a fascinating monologue through letters, poems, and short stories about the power of memory, the shimmering "golden twenties" in Berlin, and the catastrophe that followed. Also on board is Walter Sittler's daughter, Lea-Marie, who adds musical facets to this complex historical portrait as a singer. A captivating literary-musical evening, sometimes melancholic, sometimes serious, but always with much humor and heart.
Program and cast
Walter Sittler, Actor
Lea-Marie Sittler, Vocals
The Sextanten
Birte Horst, Lighting Design
Michael Schömer, Sound
Gudrun Schretzmeier, Costumes
Libor Šíma, Composition & Arrangement
Martin Mühleis, Text Editing, Direction & Production
Prinzregententheater
The Prinzregententheater, or Prince Regent Theatre, is a theatre and opera house located at 12 Prinzregentenplatz in theBavarian city of Munich, Germany.
Initiated by Ernst von Possart, the theatre was built in the Prinzregentenstrasse as a festival hall for the operas of Richard Wagner near an area where a similar project of King Ludwig II had failed some decades before. Named after Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria the building was designed by Max Littmann and opened 21 August 1901 with a production of "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg" by Richard Wagner. Like the Bayreuth theatre, the auditorium was designed to Wagner’s specifications, however an amphitheater has replaced the loges.
After the destruction of the Nationaltheater during World War II, the Prinzregententheater housed the Bavarian State Operafrom 1944 to 1963 even though it also suffered damage during the war which was not repaired until 1958. Since its renovation in 1988, the Prinzregententheater, with 1122 seats, has served also for the Bavarian Staatsschauspiel and now houses the Bavarian Theatre Academy founded by August Everding. Another theatre in the building, the Akademietheateror Academy Theatre, seats 300.
The Prince Regent theater is reached very well both by car and by public transportation MVV.
With the MVV (Munich Transport)
Subway: U4 Prinzregentenplatz
Bus: Lines 54, 100 Prince Regent Place
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