Portofino-Ballade by Peter Rinderknecht

In collabration with the Ishara International Puppet Festival 2008, Ranga Shankara and Goethe - Zentrum, Hyderabad. [dated January 2008]

Portofino-Ballade by Peter Rinderknecht Pro Helvetia – the Swiss Arts Council presents Peter Rinderknecht’s PORTOFINO – BALLADE

Bangalore
Fri 18 Jan'08 at Ranga Shankara at 11:00 am & 7:30 pm. 
 Sat 19 Jan'08 at Ranga Shankara at 11:00 am & 7:30 pm. 
 Partner: Ranga Shankara

Hyderabad 
Wed 23 Jan'08 at ITC Hotel the Kakatiya at 7:30 pm. 
 Thurs 24 Jan'08 at Vidyaranya High School - Matinee show 
 Thurs 24 Jan'08 at Vidyaranya High School at 6:30 pm
Partners: Goethe-Zentrum and ITC Hotel the Kakatiya

Delhi 
Ishara International Puppet Festival 2008 
Sun 27 Jan'08 at the Amphitheatre, India Habitat Centre at 6:30 pm. 
Partner: Teamworks Production

The actor, director and author, Peter Rinderknecht has been one of the most important personalities in theatre for young audiences in Switzerland for over two decades and travels the world with his plays. With his open form of story telling Peter creates his own theatre world, in which reality and fantasy merge. Portofino – Ballade is a play with music and puppets for curious people from the age of 7 plus. Mr Cuckoo pops out of the clock on the hour, every hour, year in, year out. That’s his job. His son hangs out in the back room, bored to death. He doesn’t want to take over his father’s job; he wants to make his own way in the world. Playing a double bass that opens up like an advent calendar, a musician takes us into the land of "what if? “. What if double basses were clocks? What if cuckoos were men? A poignant story of family and freedom and what they really mean.

By: Peter Rinderknecht 
Director: Andreas 'Paulchen' Günther with Peter Rinderknecht 
Music: Res Wepfer 
Scenery and Puppets: Benno Widmer

For more information on Peter Rinderknecht click here.