Unsere Grube (OUR PIT)
based on the picture book of the same name by Emma AdBåge
Theatre for all from the age of 5 Young FFT Theatre & Performance
Our “pit” is the most wonderful place to play. With all those weeds, tree stumps and rocks, anything is possible! Only the adults see it differently: too dangerous! Why do adults always get in the way? Why are the games they suggest always so boring? What are the adults afraid of? For this production, pulk fiktion teams up with youngsters to bring Emma AdBåge’s storybook “Unsere Grube” (“Our Pit”; known in English as “The Hole Behind the Gym”) to the stage. Together, they navigate the social confines of play: between rules and freedom, fear and a spirit of adventure. Since May 2024, the JUNGEpulk youth group has been meeting regularly with the participating artists and exploring its own artistic visions for this play. JUNGEpulk is intended to become a long-term part of pulk fiktion’s work and is constantly evolving.
cast
pulk fiktion is a Cologne-based performance group founded in 2007. It consists of a heterogeneous throng of artists from the fields of theatre, music, performance art, video art and interactive media who develop productions for children, teens and adults in various constellations. Its productions have been invited to numerous national and international festivals and have been distinguished with several awards. pulk fiktion was awarded the George Tabori grant from Fonds Darstellende Künste in 2016 and has received top funding from the grant Spitzenförderung Kinder- und Jugendtheater des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalens since 2019.
Directed by: Hannah Biedermann
Performance: Mohammed Marouf Alhassan, Simon Brinkmann, Julia Hoffstaedter
Scenery & costumes: Ria Papadoloupolu
Music: Simon Brinkmann
Dramaturgy: Lisa Zehetner
Art outreach: Hannah Dijksma
Tech: Peter Behle, Gerd Weidig
Production management: Lise Wolle
Financial management: transmission
NRW young talent scholarship holder for independent children’s & youth theatre: Martha Kleinhempel
JUNGEPulk youth group: Sima Razmjo Airamloze, Laureano Jäkel Botano, Elsa Müller Dacristan, Fynn Gregorius, Mila May, Ecenaz Ökmen, Mejrem Sadrijaj.
Performing rights:
Original publication: Rabén & Sjögren, Stockholm, Sweden 2018 and
German publication: (translated by: Friederike Buchinger) Beltz & Gelberg, Weinheim 2021
credits
Sponsored by the City of Cologne Cultural Office, the Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia and Fonds Darstellende Künste with the support of the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture & Media.