Last christmas i gave you my heart!!

Last preparations for the last Kukulu tour this last month of the year! Tomorrow I'll be on my way to Vienna again, and I will be playing our show about Lulu and Joshua. Lulu is Joshua's dog. He found him one day under the Christmas tree (of course!).

I wish you all a beautiful Christmas and I hope you will find under the Christmas tree a dog too!!

:D JOKING!! Have good one, enjoy, eat and relax! See you next year with more lemons and puppets and hopefully some good stuff to read about.

recommendations of the last month

Shortly before leaving to Vienna for the Kukulutour, we managed to go see one movie at the Film festival in Ghent. We picked The Selfish Giant a British film by Clio Barnard. (Of course we had no idea, who she is.) But not only that the director was personally there and she introduced us a bit into the topic before the film, we could also ask a few questions after the movie. But as everyone was deeply moved after watching, not so many questions were asked. And you know what? The movie won!! So it's not just my subjective recommendation ;) Find the trailer here.

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My recommendation number two is: Let yourself be portrayed by children. Look what happened in Vienna. This is me by three different kids, seeing me playing the show about Mia and her talking handkerchief at the very same time :) I just love the way my hairstyle changes... 

Recommendation number three: Go to puppet theatre! 

There has been done a new show by theater Froe Froe together with theater Tieret, both from Belgium. It's called Labyrint and it's a "VJ - acting - 3D - concert with all the masters of the puppetry". I am sooo curious :) They are going to be tripping around Belgium, so you better check out the play list HERE. 

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Some recommendations for this month? Have a good one and get your ice skates ready!! :D

All you need!

I know it's been months... But honestly the blogger wasn't really my best friend for a while and I was busy with many other amazing things (like festivals and drama and taking pictures of our cats and posting them on instagram... oh, and did I mention the flu?)

"Es ist so weit" and I am heading to Vienna, the heart of Europe, for a small tour again!! Well, not so small, 8 shows in one week, I think it's not so bad...

As I am already few days obsessed with packing and not forgetting anything for the trip, I decided to introduce you to the mystery of one traveling puppeteer. So here's just a fragment of all you need if you take your puppets (and yourself) abroad.

Absolutely the most important is a suitcase. Never leave your suitcase at home! It's the item which defines a puppeteer. Right? 

You never know, when you'll need it. It totally solves many kinds of situations. It makes people wonder, it confuses, it makes children laugh and scream. (It manipulates them a little bit too.) And of course it makes bubbles!

How to make the 13 hours of driving a bit more bearable? Yes, I've got some music. And a radio. But let's be honest here. The german radio stations aren't really a pleasure to listen (and I am going to drive around 700 km through Germany). But this time I am having a great evil plan!! I will listen to audio books!! 

Did you know it was snowing in Munich already? I chose Andersen's fairytale about the Snow Queen, here's the nostalgic slovak version. (Isn't it a bit disturbing, that I still don't have the winter tires?)

When I cross the boarder with Austria, and I will be able to tune FM4, I'll know I am close. And than they say: You're at home, baby. (It's their slogan. It's not like they would really tell me, that I am at home.) 

But will it still feel like home? Let's see. Grüß Gott!

Puppeteers Diary

Here is my article 'Puppeteers Diary' in the Austrian magazine for free theatre, 'Gift'. The issue arrived yesterday, thank you Freie Theater, you made my day! I called it a 'diary' because I'm writing about my personal experiences in Austria and Belgium, where I lived and tried to exist as a puppeteer. Yeah, such a happy topic :) Soon it should be possible to read the article online. 

Happy Valentine's Day!

three creatures I met last week in Vienna and two interesting guys I met yesterday in Ghent

Meeting a fluffy goat (third from the left, first pic) or, mechanical puppets (the one with a hat was opening and closing his mouth) can be sometimes very refreshing. Especially, when there is not much of cultural events going on. Or I just don't have the time/energy/money to join them.  Or I have to work on my own 'cultural events' and I need inspiration. May we have a very inspiring new week!! 

why do I love Vienna

It's been beautiful to be back in Vienna. 

I lived there for three years and evethough I 

never wanted to stay forever, I miss it sometimes. 

There are few things which make Vienna special to me... 

The parks and forest around.

The warm maroni on every corner of the street (in this time of year)

The clean and always-on-time U-bahn

The expositions! There is always something to see.

(this time Nude Men - Leopold Museum till 28 of january 013)

The extraordinary christmas markets. Coming soon!!

after the show...

When the show is over, the kids in kindergartens draw me some pictures. Not always. But if they do, I'm very happy. I already have a huge collection! Here are some drawings from the two previous days. Sometimes they also draw me. It's really sweet to see, how they see me:) 

Popoty at the house of Mr. Proffesor

The cat Popoty and his fish

the gold fish Gaga 

GAGA

Not sure..

Lena and the fish puppet

Popoty returns

And here I go again, after 10 months, visiting viennese kindergartens and entertaining the little ones with my crazy puppets. The story about Popoty is somehow really working well. The kids are so enjoying. The kindergarten teachers too ;) My german is reappearing in my head. 

Three wonderful shows are over. Three more still coming up this week! Exciting and nostalgic at the same time. It is sooo nice to be back! 

On monday my friend Tereza joined. She is the author of the puppets and the stage. And she was spying on the audience during the show. I enjoyed seeing the kids from another perspective ;) Hope you enjoy it too!