Puppet show for adults and children aged 10 and over. Approx. 45min in German, subtitles and non-verbal play.

The “Venus of Willendorf” is a small Venus figurine that was made around 30,000 years ago and was rediscovered in Lower Austria at the beginning of the 20th century. Since its discovery in 1908, it has kept a number of scientists busy trying to find out what this “Venus” might have symbolized for the people of the Palaeolithic Age. The small, round figure has been the subject of a number of misinterpretations: From a prehistoric fertility goddess, to a kind of primordial mother, to the idol of the body positvity movement. In our puppet show, we ask ourselves what the Venus of Willendorf would say about all these theories. Would she have an opinion on all the opinions about her? In the form of a table puppet, “our” Venus awakens from her stone stillness and takes a stand.
In addition to the central element of the Venus puppet, her three puppeteers will also act as actresses and enter into a dialog with the Venus.