We honour and respect Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as the traditional custodians of Country. Always Was, Always Will Be Aboriginal Land.
A gigantic musical battle for survival
Stefanie Oberhoff / Gütesiegel Kultur * (Stuttgart) + Snuff Puppets (Melbourne)
Flies from all over the world swarm into town, settling on walls, crawling across squares, and perching on roofs, creating an unbearable buzz.
In response, a towering sixteen-metre-high Kasper (Punch) arrives with a giant fly swatter, determined to end the chaos.
The show culminates in an aerial dance of death with a message of collective resistance.
The audience may ask: Do we resemble the flies, aiding our own self-destruction?
Show History
Premiere – Internationales Figurentheater-Festival Erlangen Nürnberg Fürth Schwabach – May 2025
Moers Festival – June 2025
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Credits
Concept / Construction & Performance: Stefanie Oberhoff, Nick Wilson, Erin Hall, Rebecca Rutter (Fizzy Fingers), Andy Freer, Jule Bröcker, Anne Brüssau, Helga Lázár, Bella Titov, Frederic Ehlers, Pino Lordes Fels, Lal Lucie Keusch, Anne Bellmann, Anni Krausche, Ronja Rienecker, Lucile Hoffmann, Silvan Hahn, Justin Kabangu, Claudia Sill, u. a.
Acrobats: Belina Sörensen, Bella Titov, Till Nollmann
Composition / Live Music: Johannes Werner, Christoph Ogiermann, Mireila Vendrel de Alamo, Huguette Tolinga
Erlangen Choirs: Kantorei St. Matthäus Erlangen, Erlanger Kneipenchor
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Stefanie Oberhoff of Gütesiegel Kultur * (Stuttgart) has collaborated with Snuff Puppets (Melbourne) for eight years on 13 productions in Kinshasa, Melbourne, Stuttgart, Wuppertal, Berlin, Münster, Moers, Kraków, Osnabrück, Gdynia, Tennant Creek, Cal Rosal, Tokyo & Erlangen. See Punch Agathe
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Kasper Kills Flies Pitch PDF for presenters
Coproduction with the International Puppet Theater Festival Erlangen. Supported by the City of Stuttgart / Department of Culture, Theater and Dance, and the Fonds Darstellende Künste Berlin (Performing Arts Fund with funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media) the Bavarian State Ministry and the City of Erlangen
We honour and respect Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as the traditional custodians of Country. Always Was, Always Will Be Aboriginal Land.