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By Eric Duvall

By Ruth Kastner

For about 15 years Matthias Kuchta has been visiting »Schortens Community Centre«.

On stage, in front, on the right: a peasant, his face almost grotesquely distorted. In the background, on the left, an old woman whose »mask« – absurdly funny – tells a lot of stories of lifelong bitterness.

Bad Segeberg, Juin 12, 2001

Firing the children of the world with enthusiasm
Matthias Kuchta’s puppet theatre has toured Hongkong, Japan and the USA.

Matthias Kuchta pulls the strings.

Lille Kartofler makes children happy
Puppeteer Matthias Kuchta has been on stage for 20 years.

Matthias Kuchta’s rendering of the classic Grimm fairy tale Snow White is anything but grim
it’s delightful! A must to see!

Matthias Kuchta and his puppet theatre toured Hong Kong, Japan and the US
he fires the children of the world with enthusiasm.

The Princess on the Pea:
Enthusiastic children loved to assist in test-featherbedding.

Attendance-record at Remscheid summer festival and Lille Kartofler puppet theatre
bringing puppets to life.

A great teller

Reward the good
punish the bad. Protestant education authority invited for fairy tale training

Children’s eyes were shining.

Snow White: spring-clean for accommodation
new interpretation of Grimms’ tale / Great versatility. One child was moved to tears.

Vivid power out of dead paper
puppeteer Matthias Kuchta made children appreciate the symbol world of fairy tales / Educational training seminar.

Kids got enthusiastic about life-sized figures.

Puppet theatre enchanted old and young.

Children love Lille Kartofler

Impressively demonstrated by educationalists:
Fairytales as reflections of a rough reality.

The delightful world of puppets:
A departure from the norm »the puppeteer prances around the stage as he acts out the tale«.

German puppeteers bring life to potatoes
It’s so easy to fall in love with Matthias’ puppets.

Of puppets and small potatoes
Lille Kartofler Defies all language barriers