Comments - Sam's Revue
The production
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Bottled beer and Brussels sproutsListenelement 1BAD KREUZNACH. “Sams-Revue” delights young audiences in the Bad Kreuznach box. There was cheering, excitement and merriment in the packed box: the young audience were over the moon when Maike Jansen and Stefan Ferencz from the “pohyb's and Co.” theater, invited by the “Leseratte” bookstore, brought the rousing “Sams-Revue” to the stage and playfully captivated the children. With a lot of sensitivity and improvisation, with clowning and slapstick, but only a few props and minimal costumes, the bright-eyed actors and mimes imaginatively staged anecdotes from Paul Maar's award-winning children's books. A black wall with a bright red curtain, attachable noses and only a few props and costumes - that's all the accessories the actors needed: the backdrop is transformed from a normal room wall with a door to a bed at a dizzying height and back again, becoming an obstacle for all the hunting scenes at crazy speed or slow motion, which, to the delight of the children, mostly end in breakneck falls or crazy braking thanks to their artistic body control. The focus of the children's theater is of course the cheeky and disrespectful mythical creature with its red brush hair, snout-like nose and blue wish spots on its face, which wittily and cheekily teases people and delights the audience with its Sams jokes. The play is a foray through the various Sams books and humorously strings together the anecdotes. The narrative characters form the bridges and quickly slip into the different roles, transforming into the shy Mr. Taschenbier or his landlady Mrs. Rotkohl, who is a real cleaning freak who kicks up loads of dust and torments her stressed-out tenants in every possible way. The children were delighted when Mr. Taschenbier, in his delightfully played helplessness, even fled to a chair so that the house dragon could mop up with a resolutely swung cleaning cloth. It's clear: This was not the only fight between "bottle beer" and "Brussels sprouts" - and of course the Sams kept getting in the way in a lovable and cheeky way. The little viewers had a lot of fun, squealed with delight and applauded enthusiastically. Allgemeine Zeitung, Heidi Sturm
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The fun with the SamsListenelement 2AICHACH. Children are delighted to see the cheeky star from the children's book. Who is funny, loud and rhymes really well? Who laughs a lot and is always happy? Who has blue spots all over their face? That's right, that can only be Sams. With a foray into the dream world of the book star Sams (author: Paul Maar), the theater duo "pohyb's and consorts" entertained around 100 children in the parish center at the Sams Revue organized by the Aichach City Library and Mayer Buch. It is not so much the words, but above all the facial expressions of the two actors that make the children laugh again and again. With only a few props, Maike Jansen and Stefan Ferencz know how to transform themselves again and again. The theater duo has specialized in children's books for six years. Their productions are a mixture of pantomime, slapstick, clowning and mask theater with elements of modern boulevard comedies. The actors rely on minimal equipment. You can tell which role they are playing by the little nose masks, otherwise there are hardly any props. They use noises and facial expressions to characterize situations. Everything seems spontaneous and random, but there is a sophisticated concept behind it all. The duo has woven their own story from various Sams books. The stressed-out Mr. Taschenbier is bullied by the landlady until the Sams shows up and teases the landlady and Mr. Taschenbier with his funny ideas. In short: The Sams has a lot of fun on stage. And so do the many little spectators in front of the stage. Aichacher Zeitung, (drx)
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Mixture of wordplay, slapstick and physical playListenelement 3KENZING. Sams Revue in the auditorium of the Kenzinger Gymnasium: A colorful foray through various adventures from the book series. The books by the writer and illustrator Paul Maar, born in 1937, are loved by younger schoolchildren. "The Sams is here," was the cry on Tuesday in the auditorium of the Kenzinger Gymnasium. The traveling theater "Pohyb's Konsorten" performed. Over 100 children and adults came to the "Sams Revue" organized by the youth welfare service and the bookshop Bücherwurm. The play is a foray through various adventures from the book series, performed by the acting duo Maike Jansen and Stefan Ferencz. The term "Pohyb" is Slovakian and means movement. This is the only way two people can cast four roles, with one actor and the other playing the "Sams", a cheeky mythical creature. Other ingredients are a little make-up, nose masks and sparse props. The mixture of wordplay, slapstick and clownish physical play is well received by the audience. The sounds are also very important: the squeaking of doors, the twittering of birds or the rumble of thunder - everything is created live on stage and attracts fascinating attention. The play begins with a surprise effect. Not a brightly coloured Sams - no, two stern-looking hall security guards greet their audience. In silence they begin an equally strict choreography. The pantomimic gestures and symmetrical step sequences have an astonishing effect: the hall is dead silent. The sound of two bells becomes an event. Only a concert of clapping directed from the stage breaks the tension. Smiles spread across the faces of the audience. The children will have to wait a full 30 minutes for the Sams. But there is no sign of boredom. First the actor Mike has to be helped along: "Can you play a sun with a sad face?" Then a cleaning Mrs Rotkohl chases the shy Mr Taschenbier across the stage. Without ever degenerating into slapstick, slapstick numbers and predictable "misfortunes" offer entertainment for young and old. The jokes are always met with loud laughter. In the Sams style, "tasty rhymes" are composed - until the Sams actually appears: With blue spots on his face, red brush hair and a snout-like nose, this creature is quite funny to watch. Anarchic and imaginative, he gives the shy Mr. Taschenbier exactly what he needs: a little more courage to live, chatting to people and simply doing what is fun. There is something special about the blue wish dots: they let even Mr. Taschenbier discover the joy of wishing - which can be quite complicated. For example, when he wishes for money, a chocolate coin first appears and, after a more precise definition ("real money"), huge, old bills appear. The wish for a car also turns out to be complicated. The wish for reversal ultimately becomes a success: when Mrs. Kale – "er, red cabbage" – wants to scold again or raise the rent, she always has to say the opposite. Angry shouts of flattery are met with happy children's laughter. "Everything was cool" and "everything was funny" say 9-year-olds Alisa and Anne when the show ends after almost an hour and a half. Badische Zeitung
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The young audience was absolutely thrilledListenelement 4
SANDHAUSEN. "Sams-Revue" gastierte in der Gemeindebibliothek (Werner Popanda).
Was geschieht, wenn zwei putzmuntere, überaus talentierte und profund ausgebildete Schauspieler und Pantomimen vor weit über hundert nicht minder hellwachen Buben und Mädchen auftreten? Dann passiert genau das, was Maike Jansen und Stefan Ferencz mit der nachmittäglichen Aufführung ihrer "Sams-Revue" in der Gemeindebibliothek gelang. Nämlich so viel Jubel, Trubel und Heiterkeit auszulösen, dass das junge Publikum schier aus dem Häuschen geriet.
Wesentlich hierzu trug natürlich der Namensgeber der Revue bei, also die enorm populäre Hauptfigur der Kinderbuchreihe aus der Feder des Autors, Illustrators und Übersetzers Paul Maar, der für sein literarisches Werk zigfach mit Preisen ausgezeichnet wurde. Und wer es immer noch nicht weiß, erfährt eben jetzt, dass das Sams nicht nur blaue Punkte im Gesicht hat, sondern auch rote Bürstenhaare, einen prallen Ranzen, Froschfüße und eine Rüsselnase. In dieser Rolle sieht man Maike Jansen und Stefan Ferencz anfänglich jedoch nicht, denn er betätigt sich zuerst einmal als streng dreinblickender "Einlasswächter" zum Saal, während sie im Saal die Gästeschar aufmerksam unter die Lupe nimmt.
Als alle ihren Platz gefunden haben, geht die Revue aber ab wie die Post, wobei sich die auf der Bühne von denen vor der Bühne gleich zum Auftakt wünschen, dass sie ihre Reime "goutieren". Das dieser in Erfüllung geht ist nach spätestens fünf Minuten überhaupt keine Frage, denn das Duo das auf den Künstlernamen "pohyb's & konsorten" hört, schafft es geradezu spielend, die Kinder in den Bann zu schlagen. Aber nicht nur das ist der Fall, denn die kleinen Samsfreunde werden obendrein regelmäßig und wirklich gekonnt in das Bühnengeschehen einbezogen und so zu einem Teil der Darbietung. Beispielsweise als Frau Rotkohl sich kräftigst als Reinemachfrau austobt. Die Vermieterin von Herrn Taschenbier, der in den Büchern die Rolle des Papas des Sams einnimmt, treibt es hierbei so bunt, dass ihr Mieter Zuflucht auf einem Stuhl suchen muss. Als Herr Taschenbier nach dieser Szene vorsichtig wieder am Kulissenrand erscheint und die Frage "ist sie weg?" stellt, ertönt ein lautes "Ja!" unisono aus den Stuhlreihen. Doch schier gar keine Grenzen mehr kannte der Frohsinn dann, als das Sams in Aktion trat.
(RNZ)
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Sams came on WednesdayExciting, grotesque and thought through down to the smallest detail... Ramstein: The popular children's book character is the hero of a slapstick revue The six children's books "Samsabenteuer" by Paul Maar, published between 1973 and 2009, have inspired generations to re-process the Sams' experiences in performances, musicals and films. On Wednesday, an interesting version of this fantasy world was presented in the Ramsteiner Haus des Bürgers on the initiative of the city library and the Doris Koch bookshop. Maike Jansen and Stefan Ferencz from the successful duo and traveling theater "pohyb`s & konsorten" specialize in such children's books: They edit and create their own scripts for productions in the genres of pantomime, slapstick, clowning, mask theater with elements of modern boulevard comedy. Maike Jansen studied at the circus and theater school in Ticino, Switzerland, with a focus on body language and acting. Stefan Ferencz learned pantomime at the Folkwang University in Essen. In Ramstein, both of them managed to create a self-conceived and meticulously prepared and realized version of the dream world of the Sams. The story of the stressed-out Mr. Taschenbier takes on sometimes exciting, sometimes grotesque features. He is harassed by his landlady, who starts sweeping the room in the middle of his peace and quiet. But then the Sams comes and sings very loudly. The fantasy creature Sams -... - inspires Mr. Taschenbier to make more of his life in such selected and acted episodes. Mr. Taschenbier also met a woman who he conquered with the help of the Sams. In short: the Ramstein production processes the first three Sams books with a wealth of episodes into its own story. In the style of the "Commedia dell'Arte", the scenic sequence is apparently created in interaction with the audience. But appearances are deceptive. Behind the spontaneity lies a sophisticated concept that uses all the effects and possibilities of director's theater to characterize different roles. Pantomime, circus exaggerations, slapstick interludes and a mixture of artistic body control and humorous helplessness did not fail to have their effect this time either. The Rheinpfalz
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No points, no wishes
Revue in der Bücherei: Frühstück mit dem Sams
Verl (mfo) Schon früh am Mittwochmorgen stürmen die Kinder der Bühlbachschule in die Verler Bücherei. Es wird wuselig, bis jeder seinen Platz gefunden hat. Doch plötzlich wird es still. Ganz ohne Worte werden die jungen Besucher von den Schauspielern und Pantomimen, Maike Jansen und Stefan Ferencz vom mobilen Theater . pohyb`s und konsorten, fröhlich zur „Sams-Revue“ begrüßt, zu der die Stadt im Rahmen der Literaturtage unter dem Titel „Ohne Punkt und Komma“, zuvor eingeladen hatte.
Eine außergewöhnliche und fröhliche Stunde, in der das Duo Paul Maars Geschichten facettenreich und nur mit kleinen Nasenmasken, viel Humor, schnellem Wortspiel und wenigen Requisiten auf der Bühne ein Gesicht verleihen, beginnt. Eine Stunde, in der sich Clownerie, Wortwitz, Slapstick und körperbetontes Spielen auf großartige Weise wunderbar vereinen, die Mädchen und Jungen gebannt an den Lippen der Künstler hängen und jede Geste, verfolgen.
„pohyb“ ist slowakisch und heißt „Bewegung“, erklärt Stefan Ferencz. Und von Bewegung innerhalb der fröhlichen, schnell wechselnden Szenen gibt es auf der „Bühne“ reichlich zu sehen. Vor allen Dingen in dem Moment, als Herr Taschenbier den Kindern und Frau Rotkohl zum ersten Mal das „Sams“ vorstellt, das es liebt rebellisch zu sein und ganz und gar seinen eigenen Kopf hat. Rothaarig, kess und eigensinnig ist es, mit vielen blauen Punkten im Gesicht und immer für einen Spaß zu haben. Am schönsten sind für die Kinder die Szenen, in denen das respektlose, witzige Sams seinen Schabernack treibt, oder als sich Herr Taschenbier wünscht, dass Frau Rotkohl, statt pausenlos zu schimpfen, ihm nur noch nette Dinge sagt, sie ihm „das doch gar nicht sagen wollte“, das kleine Sams deshalb sogar bleiben darf.
„Noch viel länger auf der Bühne bleiben“, das hätte nach Ansicht der Kinder auch das talentierte Ensemble gekonnt, bei dem sich die Kinder zusammen mit den Lehrern mit Applaus für die Darbietung bedanken. Warum sich die beiden dennoch verabschieden mussten, dafür hatte Herr Taschenbier eine ganz einfache Erklärung. „Ohne Punkte keine Wünsche“. Und eben genau die hatte Herr Taschenbier alle bereits in Anspruch genommen. Erstaunt zeigten sich eine begleitende Pädagogin darüber, dass die Kinder den Darstellern zu Anfang enorm aufmerksam folgten, obwohl diese nicht mit ihnen gesprochen hatten.
Westfalenblatt
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Where wishes cost pointsThe actors Maike Jansen and Stefan Ferencz from the mobile theater "Pohyb's and Co." put on a colorful Sams revue in the festival hall. Brühl. Cheeky, cheeky and only nonsense under his red mane - can he be a hero? Without a doubt! The little something in the diving suit, with the piggy nose and the blue spots on his face is more than just a character from the pen of children's book author Paul Maar. The Sams is a childhood memory, role model and cult all in one. Even today, four decades after its creation. It gaily toddle around the stage, cracks one saying after the other and is happy about every laugh it gets from young and old. Because the mobile theater "Pohyb's and Co." breathes life into the book hero. A world like in a picture book The two actors Maike Jansen and Stefan Ferencz have developed a colorful Sams revue in which they go on a foray into six of the children's books. So on Wednesday it was Saturday in the Brühl festival hall. The lively redhead had not missed the invitation from the local library and “Book Island”. “Clear the stage for Sams fun” was the motto on this afternoon, when numerous children’s eyes could not tear themselves away from the funny spectacle. “I’ve already seen the film,” admitted Giulia, a die-hard Sams expert. The nine-year-old was even more excited by the show on stage. With only a few props but all the more talent, the two actors conjured up a world like in a picture book. With pantomimic effects, a spark of artistry and a touch of slapstick, the stage couple took the crowd of children into the dull world of Mr Taschenbier, where the same monotony reigns from Monday to Sunday. Until one Saturday in May a fabulous whirlwind turns his life upside down. With great attention to detail, Maike Jansen and Stefan Ferencz made their way from one well-known book scene to the next. In their revue they absolutely succeed in the demanding balancing act of creating a story from many small episodes. They slip deeply into their roles and give the impression of merging with their protagonists - in a changeable way. Masters of performance Having just played the role of landlady Mrs. Rotkohl, Jansen transformed as if by magic into the fun-loving Sams character, only to mutate into Mr. Taschenbier's boss, Mr. Oberstein, in the blink of an eye. The duo used small props such as horn-rimmed glasses, hats and cardboard noses to help them. However, their own expressiveness prevailed. After all, the "Pohyb's and Co." theater is a master at changing voices and using facial expressions. Using all of their senses, they crawled through the first encounter between the "ape species" Sams and his "dad" Mr. Taschenbier, inspiring giggles and smiles with lively dialogue. Known for his pranks, the Sams in the festival hall didn't hold back with his pranks - and Mr. Taschenbier didn't hold back with his wishes. "I wish for a latte", "I wish for a car" - where wish dots had just been littering the Sams' face, they gradually disappeared. To the horror of the young visitors. The production was ultimately so appealing and captivating that they would have liked one thing more than anything: never ending. But the Sams didn't have a wish dot left on his face. Badische Zeitung, Vanessa Schäfer
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Successful afternoon for the Jingen and the old man
Hallo pohyb's & konsorten – War mit meinem Enkel (7 J.) in der Vorstellung. Er kannte natürlich Sams, aber ich hatte keine Ahnung. Mein Enkel war nach der Vorstellung jugendlich total begeistert und ich war altersgerecht auch begeistert, ich denke, wenn ich gehörlos wäre hätte ich dem Verlauf der Geschichte aufgrund der guten pantomimischen Gebärden ausgezeichnet folgen können. Ein schöner gelungener Nachmittag für den Jungen und den Alten. Mit freundlichen Grüssen, U. Frohme
