THE STILT WALKERS

This unique ensemble is composed of approximately twenty actors, performing theatre with acrobatic skill on the smallest stage possible - the stilt. The stilt actor has to conquer his performance-area first. Independent from stage and technology he turns streets and squares into theatre halls. Therefore this kind of theatre, exposed to the rough conditions of the market-place, is influenced by different elements: The most essential parts of the text have to be extracted and the jist of them cought on to. The audience itself is an integral part of the performance. So "Theatre on Stilts" is one of the most vivid and direct ways of expressing urban culture. With actually more than 14 productions of very different character, the Stilt Walkers have marked and developed this genre considerably, since their start in 1983.