The Fish Who Found the Sea

The „Parkettgarderobe“ in the National Theatre in Munich is transformed into an underwater world for the production Wie der Fisch zum Meer fand (The Fish Who Found the Sea). The young audience encounters a group of fish dancing their way through the sea. Among this group is a fish that thinks so hard about its ability to swim that it panics and no longer knows how to move at all. Only after a long search does he realise that he is in exactly the right place. The production for children aged four and over is based on a picture book with a story by Alan Watts, a British philosopher and writer. The Fish Who Found the Sea is the first and only story he wrote for children. Central to all his works is an examination of the conditions for contentment and happiness.

Munich-based director Franziska Angerer integrates ballet scenes from Charlotte Edmond's Generation Goldfish into her production. This is a choreography that the young choreographer brought out in 2021 as part of Today is Tomorrow at the Bayerisches Staatsballett. Four scenes from Generation Goldfish will be rehearsed with dancers from the company. Another performer (Judith Seibert) and the sound artist Christine Börsch-Supan will create a dialogue between different art forms with the story by Alan Watts. The music heard in the production is produced live by Christine Börsch-Supan and composer Katya Richardson has playfully translated the bubbling water sounds into electronic sounds.