Michael Hatzius | KulturImZelt Braunschweig

In the organizer's words:

Festival KulturImZelt 2025

📍 Bürgerpark, Braunschweig

🗓 August 21 - September 21, 2025

- More than 50 shows from the fields of live concerts, readings, cabaret & comedy. -

Including:

Michael Hatzius is many things: puppeteer, satirist, actor - and not least the charismatic mediator between man and lizard. Born in Berlin in 1975, he discovered his fascination for puppetry at an early age and developed an art form from it that goes far beyond the classic slapstick comedy.

The focus of his current stage program is - how could it be otherwise - the well-known lizard: wise, ageless and always with the necessary distance to everyday madness. With its unmistakable dry humor, it takes a critical but charmingly detached look at the present, past and possible futures.

But the lizard is not alone: she is accompanied by an illustrious troupe of idiosyncratic creatures. The quarrelsome pig couple Steffi and Torsten fight their way through the everyday life of a toxic relationship with sharp comments. The choleric tick's quick-tempered nature is enough to set anyone's nerves on edge, while a shy chicken searches unwaveringly for his place in the world in search of stability and meaning. Not forgetting the whole flock of ducks, who comment on the collective events with their sharp quacking.

The ensemble is rounded off by a woke unicorn, who celebrates his very own search for identity between glitter and gender issues, as well as a grumbling carrot who, as part of the security staff, ensures order - at least in her own, somewhat stubborn sense.

Michael Hatzius combines puppetry, cabaret and improvisation in a unique way to create a total work of art that is both hilarious and thought-provoking - a satirical feast with depth and bite.