70174 Stuttgart, Germany
3053 Münchenbuchsee, Switzerland
info@fiugrentheaterschneider.com
70174 Stuttgart, Germany
3053 Münchenbuchsee, Switzerland
info@fiugrentheaterschneider.com
pieces
In all of these projects I was both a player and a project manager. The figures and equipment are often built by yourself. You can find more information about the individual productions and the role in which I was involved in the individual projects.
Stage Body
Photo: Hannah Gottschalk
"Scaena Corpus"
Man and doll take measurements
From 12/14 years
Duration approx. 45 minutes
Body images, self-perception, ideals of beauty plague him - the body that wants to be on stage. How to withstand the gaze of the audience? How to deal with your own body? Designed as a puppet-mirror puppet game, an exploration of self-perception and that of others begins, a game about body images and ideals, an attempt to break through the expected in order to feel free and complete. One step, one journey, one encouragement.
Game, direction, concept and equipment: Lukas Schneider
Artistic supervision: Benno Muheim, Björn Langhans
Outside view: Emil Fischer
Mentor: Florian Feisel
Voice recordings: Josephine Hochbruck
Musical advice: Almut Lustig
Created as part of the bachelor's production in the puppet theater course at the Stuttgart University of Music and Performing Arts in collaboration with Das Weite Theater Berlin and Fitz Stuttgart, as well as a residency at the Stadelhofen Theater in Zurich
Funded by the Senate Department for Culture and Europe, Berlin
Premiere: September 23, 2022
Award for production: “Scaena Corpus”
Jury justification for the Fritz Wortelmann Prize 2023:
"Lukas Schneider and his team invite you to a very personal journey of examining your own body identities. In doing so, Lukas Schneider shows us body conventions, breaks them and pithily puts himself into perspective. Using a consciously chosen variety of figure-theatrical means, he intelligently creates an aesthetic one Kosmos, which allows the painfulness of artistic reflection to be experienced sensually. The production shows a high level of trust in the chosen form, skillfully oscillates between performative elements, scenes with precisely guided figures as well as cleverly used music and text material and creates the jump from the puppet about one's own body. All of this shows the remarkable courage of an individual artist and opens up a biographical inquiry into a larger social context."
Previous/planned performances:
| 23. 24.09.2022 | The wide theater, Berlin |
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| 28.09.2022 | Fitz, Stuttgart |
| 7. 8.10.2022 | West Wing, Leibzig |
| 24.06.2023 | Young Animation Festival, Wels Austria |
| 16.09.2023 | Fritz Wortelmann Prize, Bochum |
| April 24 | Fitz, Stuttgart |
| May 24 | Faith, Bochum |
| October 24 | EVH, Bochum |
The seventh planet
Emil Fischer and Lukas Schneider puppet theater
Photos: Pascal Vogel
"The Seventh Planet"
Based on “The Little Prince” by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
During his journey through the universe, the little prince ends up on the seventh planet, Earth. But it is no ordinary planet. There he meets the pilot who made an emergency landing and tells him about his experiences: about caring for his planet, the baobab trees, meeting the geographer and looking at the earth. Ultimately, the pilot manages to repair his engine just before the little prince's voice fades away into the stars.
With a mixture of poetic shadow theater, two-dimensional live animation, recorded texts, cello sounds, an airplane engine and a small visitor, a slightly different look is taken at the story of the little prince and the extraordinary earth.
Duration: approx. 30 minutes
For people aged 6 and over
Idea, construction and play: Emil Fischer
Idea, construction and play: Lukas Schneider
Cello: Hannah Dorothée Schmidt
Voice recordings: Liliane Merker
Outside view: Stephanie Rinke
Photos: Pascal Vogel
Premiere: Hohenrechsberg May 22, 2022
The doorkeeper
Photos: Pascal Vogel
"The Doorkeeper"
The doorkeeper moves light, space and time. Who meets him? Who crosses the threshold and what is guarded? What if man is in his own hands? A symbiosis ends the encounter between the doorkeeper and his visitor. Or is it the beginning, before time fades away and everything fades into infinite space?
New picturesque spaces and figures are continually created from light, objects, bodies, costumes and sound. The player faces his own guardian. A warm invitation to step before your own.
based on Kafka
Duration: approx. 13 minutes
For people aged 10 and over
Direction, acting, figure construction, equipment and technology: Lukas Schneider, Stuttgart
Artistic supervision of games and dramaturgy: Julika Mayer, Stuttgart
Artistic supervision of lighting design: Joachim Fleischer, Stuttgart
Photos: Pascal Vogel
Premiere: Stuttgart April 30, 2021
Give it to me
Photos: Marta Pelamatti
"Give it to me"
A stranded man is harassed in an alley one evening by a greedy rat for his last belongings and an absurd friendship develops.
Duration: approx. 12 minutes
For people aged 6 and over
Game, figure construction, equipment: Lukas Schneider, Stuttgart
Direction, puppet training: Stephanie Rinke, Stuttgart
Premiere: Stuttgart February 8, 2021
The sleep of reason gives birth to monsters
"The sleep of reason gives birth to monsters"
A short film by Lukas Schneider
Inspired by Caprico No. 43 "El sueño de la razón produce monstruos" by Francisco de Goya
Game, camera, editing, direction, sound: Lukas Schneider
Figure: Fundus HMDK, Puppet Theater course
Artistic supervision: Ricarda Geib, Julika Mayer
Created in June 2021 in the Stuttgart University of Music and Performing Arts Department of Puppet Theater
Experimental DNA
“Experimental DNA”
The year is 2018. Researchers announce the birth of designer babies. Let's start the product generator together and let the results surprise us. What will we choose?
A material theater experiment
Duration: approx. 10 minutes
For people aged 10 and over
Direction, acting, figure construction, equipment: Lukas Schneider, Stuttgart
Artistic supervision of the game and dramaturgy: Florian Feisel, Stuttgart
Premiere: Stuttgart July 12, 2019
The three of us
"The three of us"
Based on the picture book “The Two of Us Are Friends for Life” by Michael Engler (Tree House)
Rabbits and hedgehogs are the best friends around. But what if someone suddenly comes along? When the squirrel joins in, the two's friendship is put to the test. A poetic puppet theater with paper figures on the theme of friendship, jealousy and solidarity.
Direction, acting, figure construction, equipment: Lukas Schneider, Stuttgart
Artistic supervision of the game and dramaturgy: Margrit Gysin, Irene Beeli, Michael Huber
Completion of further training Liestal performances on May 26th / June 2nd 2018
played, no booking possible at the moment.
New figure
Jointed doll forest goblin "Ratzewutz"
The process started with drawings of the character. It was supposed to be a kind of forest goblin, where it wasn't exactly clear whether he was good or deceitful. It starts with a rough shape made of foam, covered with volumetric fleece. The nose and other areas are then supplemented and gradually sewn on. Finally, the whole thing is covered with doll jersey and painted. Additional costume pieces and hair and the goblin is ready and can wreak havoc on the world's stages.
Construction at the end of 2021
Waldkobold "Ratzewutz"
Jointed doll forest goblin "Ratzewutz"
The process started with drawings of the character. It was supposed to be a kind of forest goblin, where it wasn't exactly clear whether he was good or deceitful. It starts with a rough shape made of foam, covered with volumetric fleece. The nose and other areas are then supplemented and gradually sewn on. Finally, the whole thing is covered with doll jersey and painted. Additional costume pieces and hair and the goblin is ready and can wreak havoc on the world's stages.
Construction at the end of 2021