Looking for a Monster
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Hanus Hachenburg was a prodigal poet and writer in wartime Czechoslovakia. In 1943, while a thirteen year old prisoner in Theresienstadt (Terezin) concentration camp, he wrote a puppet play, 'We are Looking for a Monster', but it was never performed.
Puppeteer and filmmaker Gary Friedman discovered Hanus’ play in a Jerusalem archive in 1999 and two years later, fulfilled a pledge he had made to Hanus. He mounted an acclaimed stage show in Cape Town, South Africa, performing the play for the very first time. |
The puppet show was filmed in Sydney in 2008 and is part of a documentary film based on the project. To view an extract of the documentary, (click here).
'Looking for a Monster' project has subsequently developed to include an educational schools' component, which is based upon identity, tolerance, diversity and providing students with the opportunity to tell their own stories. You can view an example of the most recent High School work (click here) and the Primary School work (click here).
'Looking for a Monster' project has subsequently developed to include an educational schools' component, which is based upon identity, tolerance, diversity and providing students with the opportunity to tell their own stories. You can view an example of the most recent High School work (click here) and the Primary School work (click here).
