„More realistic than a live opera” this entry in our visitors’ book sums up the philosophy of Lindau’s puppet theatre. When the audience forget that they are “only” viewing puppets then we have reached our goal. And only when you believe that you can hear the puppets breathing, see joy or sadness in their faces, discover success or pain, then the puppets movements are flawless. Perfect mimicking of human movements is the key element of the puppet theatre.

The birth of each movement lies in the music. Not one intonation is coincidental. The same can be said for each movement. When a figure takes a step, sits down or stands up, it is inspired by the musical score. However, it is not possible to transfer and reproduce the exact original ideas which the composer had in his mind. Nevertheless, one can only presume that the major works in the musical composition don’t just respond to detailed feelings or evocation of the music, but most likely took a detailed analysis of how the music could be transferred into a scene. Pictures and music are Inseparable and are connected together to form a unit. An Opera is always artificial, it isn’t just a spectacle accompanied by verse and that’s why the whole active movements in a puppet theatre are chorographically abstract. That is why every movement conveys its meaning.