What age is Fish Fasch suitable for?

The event is suitable for children from 8 years old and also for adults.

When does the performance start?

The start is on October 11, 2026, at 3:00 PM.

How long does the station theater last?

The performance lasts about 90 minutes and is expected to end around 4:30 PM.

Where does the event take place?

At Brecht House Augsburg, Auf dem Rain 7, 86152 Augsburg.

How much do the tickets cost?

Children from 8 years pay 5 euros, adults 10 euros, each including admission to Brecht House.

Is the event suitable for families?

Yes, the poetic station theater is explicitly aimed at young audiences and accompanying adults.

Poetic Brecht Theater for Children Transforms Augsburg's Birthplace into a Stage

Name: Fish Fasch – Theater parcours through the birthplace of Bertolt Brecht
Start: 2026-10-11T15:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-10-11T16:30:00+02:00
Location: Brechthaus

Fish Fasch: Brecht becomes a living theater parcours at the Brecht House

At the Brecht House Augsburg, the birthplace of Bertolt Brecht transforms into a walkable stage filled with language, music, and poetic images. Fish Fasch guides children from 8 years old and adults through the museum's rooms and opens an unusual perspective on Brecht's childlike verses, his love for play, and his sharp wit.

When the museum becomes a stage

The production relies on movement, closeness, and transformation. Karla Andrä sings, acts, and recites, while Barbara Weigel's animated video sculptures bring individual objects from the exhibition to life. Thus, a stage experience is created that shimmers between acting, video, music, and station theater. The theatrical atmosphere thrives on the immediate encounter with space and text.

Brecht for Children's Eyes and Ears

The foundation consists of children's poems by Bertolt Brecht, including verses that sound both playful and profound. This is where the dramatic strength of this format lies: it does not tell didactically but opens doors. Children encounter Brecht not as a monument but as an author with imagination, irony, and a fine sense of language. For families, a cultural journalistic access to Brecht's work is rarely articulated so clearly.

Rooms, Objects, Reactions

The individual stations lead through various rooms of the Brecht House and encourage the audience to look anew time and again. The museum presentation transforms into a lively staging that intertwines collection, biography, and performance. This approach delivers a strong audience reaction, especially for young visitors: curiosity, wonder, and an immediate engagement with the scenes.

A Poetic Access to Brecht's Birthplace

The historical craftsman's house in Augsburg's old town provides the ideal framework for this performance. Here, the aura of the location combines with a carefully developed station theater that makes Brecht's life and work sensually experienceable. The production illustrates how powerful theater can also be within a museum when direction, stage design, and sound space are aligned.

Conclusion: Those who love children from 8 years old, literature, and live theater will experience with Fish Fasch an original, clever, and atmospheric visit at the Brecht House. This stage experience awakens a desire for language, play, and Brecht - live on site.