For their fans, the lizard is already a guru. The reptile full of experience, stories, and wisdom lays the cards on the table for us. Completely enlightened and perfectly highlighted by the multiple award-winning puppeteer Michael Hatzius, who seems to effortlessly vanish into the aura of the big-mouthed reptile.
Who leads whom and what holds the world together at its core? Can a chicken have spiritual experiences? How do pigs bully each other? What is a camel looking for on the straw of a tick? These are just a few questions from an animal cosmos that seems not so dissimilar from our own.
The audience is invited to a humorous audience with an open heart and a big mouth, where the viewer themselves may also be at the center of attention. One can look forward to exquisite improvisations.
"This evening does not feel like a solo. Puppeteer Hatzius has brought along a whole series of odd characters. There is the tick, who argues with the fairy tale prince, the rabbit, who is bullied by the carrot, or the chicken, which strives to overcome its laying inhibition through pelvic floor gymnastics. They are all connected by one thing: they are not cute, but either genuine nuisances or pitiable creatures... Hatzius adds a magnificent facet to the very lively puppetry scene. His nasty creatures stand out pleasantly from all the trivial cuteness. Essentially, the Berliner is the cabaret artist among puppet comedians. While he refrains from being blatantly and obviously political, much resonates within. Hatzius is unique in the industry. Only one being can overshadow him: the lizard." (Allgemeine Zeitung Mainz)
"The dramaturgy is tight, the density of gags is high, intelligent, original, and darkly humorous, filled with wordplay and improv inserts - the Ernst Busch graduate proves that puppetry also works for grown-ups." (Badische Zeitung)
"A bullseye. When Hatzius leans back in his office chair with the giant lizard on his lap, breathing life into this cigar-smoking mix of Ekel Alfred, all-knowing macho, and the godfather, the audience revels in a sensory high." (General Anzeiger Bonn)
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