What's actually better: being born or not being born? You can't choose the time and place of your birth. Yet these are precisely the essential coordinates for the starting point from which...

FUEL

Mannheimer Rosengarten

Little brothers are a nuisance. They are loud, always play differently than you want them to – and chase you out of your mother's bed: Hoshe is now too big and Elli is old enough to sleep alone in the children's room. But Elli doesn't feel comfortable there. How can she know that in the dark, when the lights are out, everything will stay the same and nothing will change? Because one night it happens. Elli finds herself in the house of the octopus lady. Here, door knobs, walls and floors come to life, she meets her goldfish Mr Puddles again – and ultimately learns that even the lady, despite her suction cups, ink and tentacles, has fears that she can only overcome with Elli's help.

Sidney Corbett

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Nov 16, 2025

FUEL · Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz

Oct 31 - Nov 24, 2025

Octopus lady · Deutsche Oper Berlin

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