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LA SUPRISE GUEST AT THE THEATER HOBBIT. On the other hand, you don't take anything away from her if you tell a little about how Maike Jansen and Stefan Ferencz manage to ensure that their idea of "la surprise" actually corresponds to the Duden 2b definition. There is a delicate beginning that first puts the smallest mask in the world in the right light, staging it unpretentiously and quietly. In pairs, the little red nose lies on something like a pedestal, waiting for the other noses to awaken it. How the two artists manage to ensure that the focus remains on the small, round things up to this transformation and allow them to be experienced as a very conscious process should remain secret here for the sake of a surprise. But this much: It works! And then “la surprise” picks up speed. With all their clownish, mimic, and artistic skills and slapstick and physical theater elements, “pohyb's and the like” captivate their audience. Three parts follow that are spontaneous, sometimes astounding, meaningful, comical, and of course, always surprising. Situations develop with lightness and a desire to play, which evoke happiness, self-knowledge and thoughtfulness in the audience. It becomes particularly intense and complex when the two stand close together, laughing and crying suddenly become an almost symbiotic couple, touching the emotional world of each individual viewer. Maike Jansen and Stefan Ferencz are professionals who make great theater in their new play with the smallest mask in the world. The two react subtly to the audience with harmonious improvisation and spontaneity, take people seriously, carefully hold up a mirror to them, leave them with dignity and show that humor can be a "lightener". Shortly before the final end, there is an all-encompassing poetic climax: it becomes quiet. A text follows. Almost a beacon. Definitely a finale that gives "la surprise" another surprising dimension! C. Roeder, Plastic Theater Hobbit
