Kasperls Spuikastl
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| Member of | Verband Bayerischer Amateurtheater |
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| Headquarters | Munich |
| Country | Germany |
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| Website | kasperlsspuikastl.de |
Kasperls Spuikastl is a hand-puppet theatre in Munich, Bavaria, Germany, run by Traudl and Peter Schröder. It plays traditional Kasperl theatre in Bavarian, with pieces for children and for adults, and initiated the annual Kasperl theatre festival at the Markus Wasmeier open-air museum on the Schliersee.[1][2]
History
According to the group, its two puppeteers came up with the idea, built the puppets and the booth themselves and write all the pieces.[3] It has performed regularly at the Wasmeier open-air museum since 2013, and in 2016 it initiated the museum's annual summer Kasperl theatre festival, which it has organised and directed artistically since then; the comedian Gerhard Polt is the festival's patron.[4] During the spring 2020 lockdown the group recorded its new play Kasperl und der Hexendampf as a video. In October 2025 the Bayerischer Rundfunk filmed a rehearsal and a performance for its Abendschau.[1]
Repertoire
The repertoire consists of plays of about 30 minutes for children from three or four years, Christmas plays, and pieces for adults. The children's plays feature the stock figures of Kasperl theatre, such as the grandmother, the devil, the robber, the witch and the crocodile, in titles such as Kasperl und da bäse Deife, Kasperl und da dumme Räuba, Kasperl und da Rote Ritta and Kasperl und da scheene Prinz.[5] For adults and young people the group staged Das Spiel vom Dr. Faust – oder: Das Böse sitzt auf einem Baum, which it showed at the Faust-Festival München in 2018.[1]
Venue
The group has no permanent stage of its own; in 2026 it appeared regularly in Munich on the Alte Utting and at the Wirtshaus am Bavariapark, and at the Wasmeier museum on the Schliersee.[1]
Awards
At the Larifari Bavarian amateur theatre prize of the Verband Bayerischer Amateurtheater e. V. (2018/2019 round, presented in 2020), Das Spiel vom Dr. Faust won second place in the puppet theatre category.[6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Kasperls Spuikastl, Kasperls Spuikastl, retrieved 19 October 2026. Archived on 20 October 2026.
- ↑ Impressum, Kasperls Spuikastl, retrieved 19 October 2026. Archived on 20 October 2026.
- ↑ Wer meine Chefs san, Kasperls Spuikastl, retrieved 19 October 2026. Archived on 20 October 2026.
- ↑ Kasperltheater-Festival im Markus Wasmeier Freilichtmuseum, Kasperls Spuikastl, retrieved 19 October 2026. Archived on 20 October 2026.
- ↑ Was ma fia Stückl spuiln, Kasperls Spuikastl, retrieved 19 October 2026. Archived on 20 October 2026.
- ↑ Preisverleihung 2020, Verband Bayerischer Amateurtheater e. V., retrieved 19 October 2026. Archived on 15 October 2026.