Sleeping Beauty Spinning at T-Werk Potsdam: Fairytale Stage for the Whole Family

Event: Schäfer-Thieme-Produktion presents: Sleeping Beauty Spinning or The Castle Behind the Thorn Hedge in Schiffbauergasse 4 E, 14467 Potsdam on 27. November 2026

Date and Time

27. November 2026 10:00

Location

Schiffbauergasse
Schiffbauergasse, 14467 Potsdam-Nördliche Vorstadt, Germany

About this Event

Theater

Mood

Festive

Venue Type

Inside

A fairytale stage experience with wit, warmth, and fine theatrical poetry

With Sleeping Beauty Spinning or The Castle Behind the Thorn Hedge, the Schäfer-Thieme production brings a fairytale to the stage that sounds familiar yet sparkles fresh. At T-Werk Potsdam, a classic for children aged 5 and up meets a lively staging that intertwines imagination, acting, and theatrical atmosphere.

When the fairytale starts to speak anew

The tale of Sleeping Beauty is one of the grand images of the fairytale world: castle, sleep, magic, thorn hedge. Therein lies the dramatic power. A contemporary stage version opens the view for playfulness, for the tipping moments between danger and security, and for the subtle comedic tones that reach young audiences particularly directly.

T-Werk as a house for vibrant children's theater

T-Werk in Schiffbauergasse has represented free theater, drama, dance, puppet theater, and family formats for many years. The venue provides the right setting for a performance that seeks closeness instead of distance. In this environment, the interplay of light, mood, rhythm, and set design has a particularly strong effect. The audience experiences not just a story, but a concentrated stage experience with direct presence.

Between tension and lightness

The appearance of a fairytale on stage lives from clear images: from costumes that make characters instantly recognizable, from movements that replace words, and from moments when silence tells almost as much as a sentence. Particularly in a production for children, the precision of direction determines the audience's reaction. Here, every gesture, every transition, every glance into the auditorium counts.

A morning for families and young theater explorers

The performance on Friday, November 27, 2026, begins at 10:00 AM at T-Werk Potsdam. Those who want to experience fairytales not only known but newly on stage will find a date with special charm here. The piece promises a theater morning that appeals to children and engages adults with its formal clarity and play with the fairytale material.

Conclusion: An evening of fairytales for imagination, a theater morning for the whole family

Sleeping Beauty Spinning or The Castle Behind the Thorn Hedge invites you to a colorful, intimate, and imaginative theater experience. Those who love classic fairytale images and want to experience them in fresh stage form should not miss this date in Potsdam.

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