After last year's sensational success – the chaos troupe returns with three projects
»Loli Jackson auf der Suche nach dem Sinn von Allem«: Rumpel Pumpel’s debut production is performed on a market stall converted into a mobile stage. Follow the German monkey agent Loli Jackson through an “entirely normal” working day: a producer needs a monkey for his next early evening family serial. Workmen come to visit, and a shady private detective tries to put her under pressure. Then Loli encounters a talented guenon. Is this the answer? Possibly! “Illusion and allusion. Speed and humour. Gloriously silly and over the top!” writes the Süddeutsche Zeitung. (Duration approx. 50 minutes )
»Im Brandzeichen des Astronomischen Pferdes«: A show about real men! Along with the cowboys Jimmy Blu and Willsson González, immerse yourselves in the stiff, leathery world of the Wild West with a strong smell of crude oil. Two rough sky hounds saddle up their wildest stallions and ride through the prairie for you with the hottest stories in their saddle bags. The venue is again a market stall converted into a stage. Nachtkritik.de’s verdict: “In an entertaining Western show Rumpel Pumpel Theater takes aim at the patriarchy that remains fixated on embarrassing ideals of masculinity.” (Duration approx. 45 minutes)
»Das Hotel im Karussell«: The successful world premiere from Kunstfest 2024 also returns! Performed on a carousel, the sharpshooting fairground revue about the self-proclaimed queen of the fair Lassie Jason, her barker Disco alias Steffen, an ancient curse and a notorious detective. Travel with us to the land of Graf Adelmann zu Bad Reiniger and sample the scent of freshly bathed cheeks! Here too, the Süddeutsche Zeitung was very impressed: “Hilarious, outrageous, boisterous and anarchic outdoor theatre, low threshold and high energy, below the belt and over the top. Bold characters, barnstorming, sensational. Fast, clever, throwing themselves into it. In short: Massive fun!” (Duration approx. 55 minutes)
Concept & direction: Rumpel Pumpel Theater
With: Lisa Jopt, Marie Scharf, David Simon, Johannes Lange, Pirmin Sedlmeir
Produced by: Franziska Bald, Jonas Hennicke
Set & costumes: Anna Sun Barthold-Torpai (Agentur für Alles), Johanna Hlawica, Max Lindner,
Kristin Buddenberg
Music & composition: Pirmin Sedlmeir, Ron Schickler, Hajo Wiesemann
Co-produced by: Thüringer Theaterverband e. V., LOFFT – DAS THEATER, Kunstfest Weimar 2025
Funding: Gefördert vom Fonds Darstellende Künste aus Mitteln der Beauftragten der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien, Sparkassenstiftung Weimar – Weimarer Land, Sparkassen-Kulturstiftung Hessen-Thüringen
Sponsored by: Weimarer Wohnstätte