Internationales Schattentheater Zentrum

The price of the audience

1. Preis: Laku Paka/Deutschland:
Peter und der Wolf (S. Prokofjew)

2. Preis: Dorftheater Siemitz/Deutschland:
Die Bemer Stadtmusikanten

3. Preis: Controluce Teatro d´Ombre/Italien:
Canto a Orfeo

7th International Shadow Theatre Festival

in Schwaebisch Gmuend / Germany
16. - 21. October 2006

A review with photos

“Shadow Theatre and Music” was the focal point of the 2006 festival. Music played a central role in more than half of the productions. The programme included well-known pieces such as Strawinsky:s “The Firebird”, Rossini’s “The Barber of Seville”, Gluck’s “Orpheus and Euridyce” and Prokofieff’s “Peter and the Wolf”. This festival concentrated on how shadow players can change music into visual images and it promised to be especially exciting and interesting.

14 companies from 7 countries (Canada, Thailand, Sweden, Belgium, Italy England and Germany) presenedt 23 shows for children and adults and demonstrated the wonderful and fascinating technical and artistic possibilities which light and shadow have to offer.

Performers from all over the world came together in order to study the expertise of contemporary shadow theatre and to discuss in the “Shadow Café” what they have experienced. The special atmosphere generated at this festival is now legendary.


SchattenBildTheater/ Deutschland: Animare-Schattenklänge und Klangschatten	The Wandering Moon Performing Group/ Thailand: Tale of the Mekong River	Ripstop Productions/ Großbritannien: Over the Moon


Teatro Gioco Vita/ Italien: Der Feuervogel (I. Strawinsky)	Guests of the festival from all over the world	The shadow-café - the centre of the festival


Cie. Mossoux-Bonté/ Belgien: Light	Arbeitskreis Schattentheater: Künstlerische Leitung und Gästbetreuung	Mayor Leidig says good-by to the artistic director of the festival Mr. Rainer Reusch