Experience culture. Poetry Slam in Hamburg

L’ATTACHEMENT (Regie: Carine Tardieu)

L’ATTACHEMENT (Regie: Carine Tardieu)

Mini Furniture: Chairs for Children

What functions can a chair have? Would children rather move, rock and play than sit still? Seen from a child’s perspective – do they even need a chair? The exhibition “Mini Furniture: Chairs for Children” at the MK&G invites visitors to playfully explore these questions as they examine and try out different seating options, always with children in mind. A selection of over 130 historical and current children’s chairs from the private Reinke Collection and the holdings of the MK&G illustrates child-friendly furniture over two centuries in a wide range of different designs: from traditional highchairs and nineteenth-century models such as the “Stabelle”, to Art Nouveau and Bauhaus chairs, and onward to 1960s pop design and the furniture of today. Iconic chairs meet up here with lesser-known designer objects covering a broad spectrum, including miniatures of classic adult chairs such as the “Panton Junior” by Verner Panton, chairs in which the child can be fixed in place, as well as pedagogical play and reform furniture that supports children’s motor, social and creative development.

The exhibition encourages visitor participation at interactive stations: children can, for example, climb onto rolling “Wirbel Wichtel” chairs and paint colourful traces of their trajectories, making visible the connection between furniture, movement and play. With an oversized peg-board game, they can try out different seat heights – and playfully discover varied postures. At a stamping and painting station, visitors big and small can devise their own chair designs and exercise their creativity with the help of the four exhibition mascots – Dös, Wackel, Hotzl and Pling. Certain areas of the exhibition also let visitors test items such as an armchair or a gaming chair.

The design of the exhibition was developed by Max Guderian and the graphics conceived by Larissa Mantel.

The exhibition is sponsored by the Exhibition Fund of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg and the Hans Brökel Stiftung für Wissenschaft und Kultur.

MJ - Das Michael Jackson Musical

An event in the series MJ - The Michael Jackson Musical in Hamburg

Around the story of the creation of the 1992 “Dangerous” world tour, MJ – The Michael Jackson Musical presents some of the most popular and best-selling songs in music history and goes far beyond the star’s unique moves and unmistakable sound – with rare insights into the team spirit and creative power that made Michael Jackson a legend.

Elaborate casting process

The auditions for this extraordinary musical production have already begun. Stage Entertainment Germany Casting Director Ralf Schaedler explains: “It’s a huge challenge for our team to find a performer who can match the charisma of Michael Jackson: an artist who walks, moves, sings, and possesses his artistic aura almost exactly like him – but isn’t an imitator. Furthermore, the musical depicts Michael Jackson’s work over several decades. Therefore, we are looking for boys around 10 years old, teenagers in their late teens to early 20s, as well as performers to portray the adult Michael Jackson.”

Jana Nagy, Artistic Director for Child Performers at the Stage Theater an der Elbe, adds: “We are looking for boys who enjoy performing. The most important requirement is a love of singing and dancing. Theatre experience is not necessary. We look forward to receiving many applications from young talents who want to step into the role of a world star and perform in front of a large audience.”

award-winning creative team

A top-class international creative team has developed MJ – The Michael Jackson Musical: The book is by two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage (“Ruined”, “Sweat”). Direction and choreography are by Christopher Wheeldon OBE, Associate Artist of the London Royal Ballet, who won the Tony Award for Best Choreography of a Musical for MJ and whose previous award-winning directorial work includes “An American in Paris”. The set design is by Tony Award and two-time Emmy Award winner Derek McLane (“Moulin Rouge! The Musical”), the lighting design by acclaimed six-time Tony Award winner Natasha Katz (“An American in Paris”), costume design by Tony Award and Emmy Award winner Paul Tazewell (“Hamilton”), sound design by Tony Award and Olivier Award winner Gareth Owen (“Come From Away”), projection design by two-time Tony Award nominee Peter Nigrini (“Dear Evan Hansen”), and hair and wigs by two-time Emmy Award nominee Charles LaPointe (“The Color Purple”). Musical supervision is by Tony Award nominee David Holcenberg (“Matilda”), who, together with Tony Award winner Jason Michael Webb (“The Color Purple”), is also responsible for the orchestrations and arrangements.

MONOCHROME – Black and White as a Language

The exhibition MONOCHROME presents a selection of black-and-white photographs by Hamburg-based photographer svensøn. Reduced compositions of light, structure, and geometry define his visual language. Architecture and human presence merge into calm, graphic works that exist between documentation and abstraction.

The focus on black and white sharpens the viewer's perception of form, rhythm, and atmosphere. The result is a body of work that reveals the familiar in a new, timeless way.

Nan Goldin: The Ballad of Sexual Dependency, 1992

This legendary visual diary by American artist Nan Goldin captures the life and death of an entire generation – presented as a slide show with a soundtrack ranging from Maria Callas to The Velvet Underground.

Neugrabener Markt

On Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays there is always fresh produce from the region in the Marktpassage.