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Anyone who didn't know that theater is magic should urgently see you both on stage! So much poetry and so much depth in a small fine production like "Freunde" is (unfortunately) far too rare to find. Our young and old spectators were very enthusiastic today and I am happy to pass on the praise of the adults to you: "That was something very special!". I look forward to next time.

pohyb's and company played Helme Heine's “Freunde” – a good-humored finale to the “Mosbacher Buchwochen”. Mosbach The high art of sending three protagonists into a turbulent life with only two “playmakers”; In Helme Heiner's classic children's book "Freunde" the two experienced multitasking actors Maike Jansen and Stefan Ferencz also relied on the power of imagination. "Kindler's Buchhandlung" invited to the wonderful finale of the "Mosbacher Buchwochen" on Friday afternoon in the singers' home. With all sorts of “Ah! Oh! Prrrt!” two strange beings in checkered knickerbockers and dungarees combined conquered the space in front of the plain stage. Even as they put the audience in the correct seating arrangement, the two revealed themselves to be friends who were just as snapped as they were fooling around again in high spirits. A red cloth was enough for Maike Jansen to transform himself into a magician who easily makes his teammate disappear. A few bars of bandoneon or a glockenspiel were enough for the "soundtrack". Because the greatest gift, the human imagination, the players knew how to cheer with gestures, pantomime, body language, hints and an easy-to-understand fantasy language. A triangle became the sound of the morning church bells, with which the piece began. “Every morning Franz von Hahn wakes the farm. Jonny Mauser and fat Waldemar are helping him with that.” These rather succinct words from the narrator were followed by a chamber play of slapstick. Small accessories such as a straw hat with pig's ears or a rooster's beak stuck over the nose were quite enough to indicate "friends". With a lot of “Shaba! Shaba! Boo!” meanwhile Jonny struggled with an oversized hammer. While Waldemar's bacon rind threatened to burst with laughter out of sheer anticipation of the wake-up call. The friends later cycled across the stage as minifigures. The sometimes slightly arrogant rooster turned into a daring motocross rider. Meanwhile, Waldemar was more enthusiastic about the tangible things in life. The trio's pirate boat capsized with the rooster, pig and mouse. But just the whistling cannonballs that rumbled over the village pond or the wacky ballet of underwater diving and sheer drowning was great cinema. The spectators were also enthusiastic about the expressive grimaces that an imaginary spitting out of a cherry stone could lead to. Even without special effects, “pohyb's and the likes” succeeded in captivating the audience and making the hall go dead quiet at times. As quiet as in the evening when suddenly a starry sky shone over the farm and a shadow play in the game ended the fantasy journey.

My children and I have been able to experience pohyb's and friends for the second time in Landshut. We were now also in the SAMS play in the Stadttheater. Here is my experience report: although the Stadttheater visit with perfect stage and technology and pee was not even 1 week ago, the children haven't talked about it once(!) since the visit! It's been a few weeks since your theater with the 3 friends and only yesterday they remembered something about you ("schubba-schubba...") and we had so much fun with it together! Thank you for leaving so much room for imagination with your minimalism! We just think you're great!! Merry Christmas! Baier family, Landshut

SLAPSTICK CHAMBER GAME IN MAYEN. They call themselves "pohyb's and friends", Maike Jansen and Stefan Ferencz. Both have been on the road with productions for children and adults in Germany and abroad since 2004 in order to make fun and amusing theater with simple, reduced means. Their pantomime, mask play, slapstick, clowning or impromptu play inspired the visitors from the kindergartens just as much as the rapid change of characters, the situation comedy, words, voices, the noises, but also the whole atmosphere and background music. That was top class, this event, to which the Reuffel bookshop had invited its little customers in the large conference room of the Mayen town hall. Mayen's head of town, Wolfgang Treis, who welcomed the little visitors in his capacity as host, saw this event as a great contribution to cultural life in the Eifel town. After that there was crackling tension in the theater air. Until, yes, until two strange creatures in checkered knickerbockers and dungarees combined with all sorts of "Ah-Oh-Prrrt" conquered the space in front of the simple stage. The two revealed themselves as friends who snapped up just as quickly as they did hilariously fooling around. And when the morning church bells rang, the scenery quickly changed to the atmosphere of a farm, which was “awakened” by “Franz von Hahn”, so to speak. Jonny Mauser and the fat Waldemar helped him. Simply delicious, the young guests loved it. One salvo of laughter was followed by another. Then, so to speak, a chamber play of slapstick. Small accessories such as a straw hat with pig's ears or a rooster's beak put over the nose were enough to indicate the "friends" in this show based on Helme Heine's classic children's book "Righte Friends dream of each other". Meanwhile, Jonny struggled with a lot of "Schaba-Schaba-Boo" with an oversized hammer. There was suspense until the happy ending. Great praise from the Kiga supervisors who traveled with us. “This was just the thing for our kids to let their imaginations run wild.

IDSTEIN. pohybs and the like inspire the Idstein audience. tense faces in children and adults; the hall in the Bischof-Dirichsheim-Heim is full of big and small people holding their breath: What is happening on the stage? Is it possible, almost without words, just a few noises, with perfectly coordinated pantomime, with gestures and facial expressions that accurately depict the situations and characters down to the last detail, to bring Helme Heine's three friends to life? If you don't believe that, or at least want to convince yourself, we warmly recommend the theater company Pohybs and company, behind which Maike Jansen and Stefan Ferencz are hiding. The Catholic public library and the witch book shop had invited her to Idstein. Redemptive laughter when the giant hammer from the tiny mouse finally lands on the gong. The entire farm cackles, moos, barks, in short, is awakened. The proud Franz von Hahn has spoiled the fun and stolen the show. But there is still crowing. What follows is a wild bike tour over hill and dale, no mountain too steep, no valley too deep, to the village pond. Brilliantly portrayed by the bicycle pole and a spluttering Maike Jansen, who makes you sweat the difference in altitude. Now it's time to play hide and seek and the children will help the mouse to look for the missing pig. It's hard to believe how well it's camouflaged by a flower. Jonny Mauser can't find his friends, instead he discovers an old boat and all three find themselves on a clownesque pirate raid until the boat capsizes. Almost everyone can't breathe underwater - luckily fat Waldemar can save the dripping faucet. Such adventures bring with them a decent hunger, only the cherries really hang a bit too high. After all three have cycled home in the evening, they swear eternal friendship. At the end, at the very end, the stars twinkle over the night sky of Mullewapp and the three friends dream of each other, because real friends do everything together. "Ju-ungs, Ju-ungs", you can still hear them calling and the audience applauds enthusiastically... Hopefully Idstein will be able to see a lot more poetic children's theater from this lively troupe. By the way, "pohyb" is Slovak and means movement. And the two actors really moved enough.

Duo "pohyb's and friends" enchant young visitors in the Burglichtspiele Gusatvsburg. The enchantment persists. When you return from the darkness of the Burglichtspiele hall into the light after the delightful acquaintance of the gentlemen "Franz von Hahn" and "Jonny Mauser" and the fat little pig "Waldemar", you no longer feel like this reality, this grey, standardized, desperately self-important, where fun and pleasure threaten to become unaffordable. First-class actors On the pavement, on the way to the bus, the imagination pulls antics. One imagines that this inexorably real could do with some of that enchanting pantomime and onomatopoeia that tickled the imagination, with which the poetic children's theater "pohyb's and friends" presented its guests. Two - namely top-notch actors Stefan Ferencz and Maike Jansen - play three. And enchant. Total silence The children are as quiet as a mouse, only to burst out laughing after a pantomime or word gag from the adventure world of "Freunde" in Helme Heine's book of the same name. So that we don't forget: the philosophy of the charming 45-minute play for children from the age of four is of course "right friends help each other". Or: "They even dream about each other at night." And it lands where it should land: in the most receptive child's understanding. Attempts to capture funny onomatopoeia are deciphered on the steno pad. This becomes "schoppo" or "zuckoah", followed by "chabhpfpfneknakna" or "schooha", as well as "tntntn" or "tftftf" and finally "boahboahboah". Ah prospos: The way Maike celebrates the "Kikerikiiii", imitating the rooster in his weighty excited pride on the farm dunghill, that has class. Laughing and beaming Stefan is in this class freely nothing. Rarely does one see such sophisticated, witty and at the same time effortless body language, which finds the most beautiful echo in the laughter and radiance of children's faces. Stage designs are reminiscent of dealing with transparent paper from the days of childhood. Illuminated, the "friends" behind them appear from time to time as silhouettes. Mainspitze; Claus Langkammer