Programme

Das Herz eines Boxers

Play by Lutz Hübner

PREMIERE: May 11, 2024

Content

Jojo has been sentenced by juvenile court. The punishment: painting walls in an old age home. Jojo ends up in Leo’s room in a bad mood, who doesn’t utter a word – until it turns out that Jojo isn’t actually guilty. Leo begins to talk about himself and admits that he is only keeping quiet so that the nurses will leave him alone. And it turns out: he used to be a boxing legend! Jojo tells Leo about friends who are not really friends at all and about the major insecurities regarding his future. Expectations begin to crumble on both sides and conversations about being excluded, about trust and the courage to take responsibility for one another develop. A friendship develops that challenges Leo and Jojo to jump over their shadows.

„Das Herz eines Boxers“ by Lutz Hübner, Hartmann & Stauffacher Verlag, Cologne.

Notes on sensory stimuli

Sensory impressions such as bright light, loud noises or sudden events can be overstimulating or overwhelming for some people. That’s why you’ll find a list of sensory stimuli in “Das Herz eines Boxers” here. They may be good to be aware of for you or someone who is attending the performance with you.

– There is bright and colourful light, rapid light changes, weak light and complete darkness. There is a moment when several spotlights with red light change rapidly. This creates a flickering effect.

– Loud music is played. At one point, sombre electronic music is played.

– There is an oversized rocking chair on the stage on which the actors sit. Sometimes they rock back and forth or jump down.

– The actors show big emotions such as despair, anger and joy.

– At one point, an actor falls from a small stepladder onto the floor.

– At one point, an actor takes a sip of tea. The person spits the tea straight back out in a fountain.

– At one point, an actor suddenly hits a picture on a pillar. The middle of the picture falls down and lands on the floor with a loud crash.

– From the second half of the play onwards, an actor has a painted black eye.

– In one scene, a knife falls out of an actor’s pocket. Later, the person holds it in their hand and looks at it for a long time.

– In one scene, an actor enters the stage in a full-body clown costume. The person is wearing a face mask. The face is unrecognisable for a few minutes.

If you have any concerns or questions, please contact us at ticket@jes-stuttgart.de. We are happy to work out how we can help together with you.

Content Note

The play deals with sensitive topics such as ageism and racism. There are moments in which violence is described. Offensive language is also used in places. In one scene in the play, thoughts of suicide are hinted at.

Ages 12 and up, grades 7 an up
Dauer: ca. 80 Minuten
Prices: Children/young adults €7.00, adults €12.00
Venue: Upper Foyer (Seating capacity 60)

Video: Adrian Schmidt

Besetzung

Acting

Production

Stage and costumes

Dramaturgy

Theater pedagogy

Lighting & Sound

Assistant Director

Technical

Equipment & Tailoring

Spieltermine

Sat 05.10.2024

19:00 Uhr

Mon 07.10.2024

11:00 Uhr

Tue 08.10.2024

19:00 Uhr

Wed 09.10.2024

11:00 Uhr

Aus heiterem Himmel

Based on the picture book by Jon Klassen

Translated from English by Thomas Bodmer.

Content

I like standing here, this is my favourite place, the turtle thinks to itself and sniffs at a flower. But what happens when a new friend shows up, but has a bad feeling about the place and would rather stand somewhere else? Do you then leave the place you have come to love? Do you insist that the other person come to me, no matter the cost? Or do we meet in the middle, unfamiliar to both of us?
With just a few words, the Canadian-American animator, illustrator and writer Jon Klassen has created a whole little universe of feelings around friendship in his new picture book “Out of the Blue” / “The Rock from the Sky”, full of fears and reservations, suspicions and wishes.

His picture book “The Rock from the Sky” is about searching for the right place, also in life, about friendship and destiny: No sooner has the armadillo lured the tortoise away from its favourite spot than a rock falls from the sky right where it was standing. There is not much talk about it, just as there is little dialogue at all, not even with the snake that joins them. But there are plenty of stories between the lines, full of longing, uncertainty and hope.

Patricija Katica Bronić has developed a playful realisation of the picture book for the stage as her first directorial work at JES.

Notes on sensory stimuli /
Storyboard

Sensory impressions such as bright light, loud noises or sudden events can be overstimulating or overwhelming for some people. That’s why you’ll find a list of sensory stimuli in “Aus heiterem Himmel” here. They may be good to be aware of for you or someone who is attending the performance with you.

– The audience sits around the performance area. The main performance area is a long wooden footbridge that runs diagonally across the room. There are seat cushions, seating pads and a few wooden benches to sit on. You can choose where you want to sit.

– The audience can see and observe each other.

– The actors sit in the audience multiple times. They make eye contact with the audience. Sometimes they act behind the audience, using the entire room.

– In one scene, a single wooden flower suddenly appears from the bridge. In a later scene, more wooden flowers and plants are unfolded from the bridge.

– There are sound and music recordings, sometimes with a deep, loud bass. In one scene, an actress sings softly. Sometimes nature and animal sounds, such as wind and birdsong, can be heard.

– There are rapid changes of light, flickering and pulsating light as well as coloured light. A disco ball hangs from the ceiling, sometimes creating small spotlights in the room.

– At the end of the piece, it suddenly goes completely dark for a brief moment. This is how the play ends. The light goes back on and the audience is allowed to clap. The actors take a bow.

The following moments in the play can be frightening . These moments can be a little scary:

1) At one end of the bridge, a large, round stage piece hangs from the stage ceiling. It falls down unexpectedly in the first third of the play. The fall is accompanied by a change of light and sound. A loud, crashing noise is played. The actors are startled.

2) A programmed spotlight slowly descends from the ceiling, the light moves through the room and changes colour. The audience can be briefly dazzled. Tense music is played. An actress reacts with fear, screams and hides in the audience.

3) Two actors jump from the bridge into the audience at the same time. Whoever is sitting in that exact spot could be frightened. The action is signalled in advance by the actors’ gestures. Speak to our evening staff if you do not want to sit in this spot.

4) At the end of the play, the programmed spotlight appears a second time. It is suddenly and unexpectedly covered by a green cloth that falls from the ceiling.

If you would like more information about the piece, you can take a look at our Visual Story Board. Here you can find out what to expect in the individual scenes. You will receive information on the most important events and scenes in the play as well as the sensory stimuli contained therein. The Visual Story Board, a kind of picture story, is written in simple language in German.

Click here to access the Visual Story Board.

If you have any concerns or questions, please contact us at ticket@jes-stuttgart.de. We are happy to work out how we can help together with you.

Notes on accessibility

Your first theatre visit

Are you visiting us for the first time? Is this your first visit to the theatre with your toddler? Or with the daycare center? Here you will find information about your visit to the theatre and about accessibility to the performance “Aus heiterem Himmel”.

It is important to us to create a relaxed environment and atmosphere. During “Aus heiterem Himmel” you can leave the theatre at any time. So if you feel overwhelmed or you need to get something, you can leave the theatre at any time. You can also return at any time.

Want to know more about a visit to JES? You can find our FAQs here.

Ages 4 and up, daycare, grades 1-2.
Duration: 45 minutes
Prices: Children/young adults €5.50, adults €8.00
Venue: Upper Foyer (Seating Capacity: 60)

Video: Adrian Schmidt

Besetzung

Acting

Maximilian Schaible

Estelle Schmidlin

Suramira Vos

Inszenierung & Entwurf Bühne

Patricija Katica Bronic

Kostüm & Umsetzung Bühne

Music

Fabrizio di Salvo

Lighting & Sound

Jupp Bertels

Dramaturgy

Christian Schönfelder

Theater pedagogy

Assistant Director

Technical

Equipment & Tailoring

Spieltermine

Thu 24.10.2024

10:00 Uhr

Fri 25.10.2024

10:00 Uhr

Sun 27.10.2024

11:00 Uhr

Land behind the Curtain

A fantasy play
Based on a story of Laurence Cook and Josie Dale-Jones

Content

Hero has been waiting for a long time. A really long time. For an adventure, for an exciting journey full of challenges, dangers and dragons! Then he finally gets a call that changes everything. Hero is suddenly in a land that has fallen out of balance: Exclamation Face has stolen Questionhead’s hat. Since then, no one has been able to ask questions anymore and everything is in chaos. Together with Sidekick, Hero sets out to find the hat – but not everything works out the way Hero had always imagined an adventure would…

With “Land behind the Curtain”, JES invites you to immerse yourself: Into an imaginative world full of surprises and funny twists, but also full of dangers and doubts that have to be overcome. We ask ourselves the big questions of all fantasy tales:

What is worth fighting for? Does it even make sense to fight? Is there no other way? And does one person always have to save the world alone, or does it not take at least two, or even many more?

Notes on sensory stimuli

Sensory impressions such as bright light, loud noises or sudden events can be overstimulating or overwhelming for some people. That’s why you’ll find a list of sensory stimuli in “Land behind the Curtain” here. They may be good to be aware of for you or someone who is attending the performance with you.

– Loud music and individual sounds as well as quivering noises.

– Use of colorful, moving lights, bright light and a signal light.

– Low light and darkness as well as rapid light changes.

– Use of fog.

– Stage elements are shifted and suddenly appear and disappear.

– The actors play several characters and often change their costumes.

– The actors show great emotion.

If you would like more information about the piece, you can take a look at our Visual Story Board . Here you can find out what to expect in the individual scenes. You will receive information about the most important events and scenes in the play as well as the sensory stimuli it contains. The Visual Story Board, a kind of picture story, is written in German simple language.

Download Visual Story Board PDF

If you have any concerns or questions, please contact us at ticket@jes-stuttgart.de. We are happy to work out how we can help together with you.

Ages 11 and up, grades 5–8
Duration: approx. 80 minutes (without a break)
Prices: Children/young adults €7.00, adults €12.00
Venue: Hall (Seating Capacity: 165)

Besetzung

Performer

Production

Stage and costumes

Music

Author

Dramaturgy

Theater pedagogy

Sound

Lighting

Assistance

internship

remodelling statist

Technical

Equipment & Tailoring