Groups - Performances
Africa
Child Exposure in Zambian Arts (CHIEZA) Trust (Zambia)
We are sick and tired of your manners
Children complain about the deterioration of the zambian culture through the loss of the traditional customs and values.
They especially blame the generation of their parents.
Espace – Ashakata (Benin)
ZANSI doit aller à l’école – ou l’hymne aux droits de l’enfant
The destiny of a little girl 'Zansi' turned really early into a strict and adamant life from traditional religious 'Vodousi'.
However, she still believes in her dream of becoming an intellectual for her country.
Does she find her way back to classes or will her parents bow to the residents of the village?
Asia
Rizhao Xinying Art Troup (China)
Love is Power
There is a true story behind "Love is Power": Not so long ago, in the beautiful Yancheng Coastal Beach Nature Reserve of China, a 23-year-old train crane girl named Xu Xiujuan, in order to save a wounded red-crowned crane into the swamp, fell into the bottom of the river eventually, because of a lack of strength.
She is honored as "the first Chinese training-crane girl", and “the first environmental martyr of China”. Her spirit infects us. This love is constantly being passed on and relayed.
Many of her friends, with the love for nature and their ancestral belief in "protecting the red-crowned crane", get to know a bunch of cute red-crowned cranes like Liming, Panpan and Niuniu in this fantastic and beautiful nature reserve. They help the little wounded crane Liming who is very naughty and lovely. They protect the cranes from being shot by the hunters. They're smart against the bad guys. And finally, they get a big win with the cooperation of the cranes.
It is love that teaches them to be brave and responsible. It is love that makes this world harmonious. And it is love that makes us full of power in our hearts!
Teater Tanah Air (Indonesia)
Spectacle Help – a visual theatre performance
After their play 'Spectacle Zero' the children are again entertaining and electrifying the audience with their colorful costumes and their energy in their play 'Spectacle Help'.
WADA Asako Dancing Company (Japan)
Earth Children
As a consequence of the global warming the earth turns into a desert, that humans left with a spaceship.
Ten years later the spaceship does an emergency landing on the destroyed earth, where robots and angry trees are waiting for them.
Europe
Eksperiment (Estonia)
Human
A bird falls in love with a human.
To make this love works it goes on a journey together with his flock of birds to find out how it can transform into a human.
Will the residents of Estonia be able to help him?
Kalambur (Ukraine)
Thumbelina
The Bee 'Thumbelina' lives in the Kingdom of Lady Rainbow with angels and her bee-friends.
One day, when the bees decided not to give the seeds of the beautiful flowers to the people a chaos begins, Thumbelina falls to the ground and is carried away by the evil wind.
Many adventures and new friends await her.
National Centre of Aesthetics – Small Theatre (Armenia)
tZZan, bZZan, Zzngan tales!
Not only the black-white stage design with red color elements catches the eyes of the audience but also the dancing and acrobatic performance.
The children, who are full of energy, are presenting their own interpretation of a poet from Hoyhannes Toumanyan and a fabel of Korney Chukovsky.
Pa-Ra-Ra-Ra (Slovenia)
Little blue and little yellow
A grandfather goes on a journey together with his two cheeky grandchildren. During the train ride he tries to get their attention by telling them a fairytale:
Once upon a time there was a little blue and his best friend a little yellow who often play together.
However, when they hug each other something weird happens: They turn green.
The grandfather reads the story and at the same time it is shown on the stage.
Theatriko Eikastiko Kallitechniko Kentro POUPOULO (Greece)
Ornithes (The Birds)
How do children think about injustice, war and slavery, as an advantage for the democracy and justice?
What kind of things would they need to establish freedom and democacy?
The group reinterprets the greek, antique comedy 'The Birds': Every child dreams of something different but they all hope for a better society.
Zirkus der Generationen (Germany)
Wege, die sich kreuzen / Ways that cross
The ensemble of the CIRCUS OF GENERATIONS - aged 1 to 81 years - shows a journey through time through the different stages of life in which encounters leave their mark.
The fate of two people is told with heart and joke. Surprises and twists connect their lives.
Zorin dom (Croatia)
GAME
'Game' is based on a Mexican fairytale in which the protagonist TRUTH decides to stop LIE.
But LIE does not give up so easily, so a game of hide-and-seek starts.
During the play other human strengths and weaknesses appear.
Which of our qualities should be supported and which of them exiled?
North America
Once upon a Kingdom Theatre (Canada)
Lucid Dreams
The show "Lucid Dreams" is an immersive experience where audiences are taken on a journey through dreams. This piece is created from children's desperate desire to connect, find that "electricity" that brings people together, makes them care about each other, experience breathtaking flights, discover new boundaries of the universe, and feel the unrestrained need to share their discoveries with the whole world.
The story is based on children's research of their own dreams that they studied for many months, then analyzed and explored through physical work on stage.
South America
Axioma Teatro (Paraguay)
El gran Tresoro / The great Treasure
To visit the aliens, who were in Lingen in 2014, the children are going on a journey trough a funny, magical and mysterious galaxy.
They meet exotic residents full of lights and colors with special qualities, who give hints to find the small treasures that finally build the big treasure.
Es Artes Teatro (El Salvador)
2 minutes to midnight
During the civil war a group of children tempt their fate and take control of the world.
When they can do it right, why should not the rest of the world?
Laboratorio teatral la caja negra (Colombia)
Juego de Ninos
The audience embarks on a journey where they see the life of puppets and hear about different stories with topics from the daily life of the children.
During the play the children are playing with the senses, the ears and the eyes of the audience.
Pequenos Creadores Teatro (Mexico)
Una Historia de Gemelos (A Story of Twins)
Flor and Faustino are twins, who want to explore the world.
When school begins, only Faustino is allowed to go and Flor must stay and help at home.
Because that is not fair the two of them decide to switch roles every other day: both go to school and to do the housework alternately.
Will someone notice the exchange?