Matthias Kuchta (D), Andra und Manfredi Siragusa (A)
Reading with Music: Fairy Tales with a Happy Ending
From 14 years | Duration: 90 minutes
MINORITEN GROSSER SAAL
Thursday March 20, 2025
|
9:00
p.m.
Matthias Kuchta, beloved by generations of children in Wels kindergartens and a charismatic storyteller, concludes this year’s festival with a fairy tale reading.
Fairy tales always have a happy ending, and so should the festival. After a week of lively festival events, we invite you to a relaxing evening with a fine glass of wine, enjoying romantic, humorous, and thrilling fairy tales, accompanied by equally enchanting music from the Duo BabelArt. And if they haven’t passed away, they’re still playing today!
About the Group:
The Lille Kartofler Puppet Theater from Langenfeld, Rhineland, is the brainchild of puppeteer Matthias Kuchta. For 35 years, he has been staging the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm and Danish fairy tale poet Hans Christian Andersen with his strikingly large fabric puppets. A true crowd magnet, Kuchta has performed in Osaka, Vancouver, Boston, Paris, Copenhagen, Dublin, and Rome. He has been a beloved and regular guest at the Puppet Theater Festival in Wels for many years.
Andra Siragusa (EST): Puppeteer, puppet maker, CliniClown in Upper Austria. She studied Education and German Studies in Salzburg and worked for many years as a social educator for children and adolescents. She completed her puppet theater training in Wels from 2007 to 2010.
Manfredi Siragusa (I): Actor, puppeteer, theater director, and CliniClown in Upper Austria. He studied acting at the Teatro Biondo Stabile in Palermo. In addition to acting and directing, he also leads theater workshops. Together, in 2010, they founded the babelart THEATER in Upper Austria. Since then, they have created numerous theater productions and performed at international festivals.
