Liquid Skin - reviews

FLAMINGO BAR - figuren theater tübingen
So much is expressed with so few movements....This silent puppeteer and his team of puppets make us aware of this truth, that nothing lasts. It is like life, a mosaic, full of small poignant events which reveal the various aspects of human predicament, sometimes joyful, sometimes sad. THE HINDU, 05.04.01

While the puppets are up to their amorous antics, Soehnle is visible to the audience. It is testament to the man’s talents that this does not detract the audience from believing that the puppets are indeed driven by their own set of emotions and moving of their own will and accord...Soehnle brilliantly incorporated two skits in which a man sneaks his pet dog to the opera. The whole house roared with laughter at this antic... Bravo!“ NEW STRAITS TIMES, 15.05.99

Frank Soehnle could be called a "universal artist" who has successfully blended all the arts to create one of the most exciting theatre evenings Bangkok has known for some time...“ BANGKOK POST, 22.05.99

The manipulation was precise and impeccable....It was flawless in execution and brilliant in design.
PUPPETRY JOURNAL, USA, 12.99

It should be hard to believe that sticks, rags and strings could elicit so much emotion, laughter and curiosity, but the German puppeteer Frank Soehnle makes it easy to accept.... Yet the puppets are exquisitely suggestive and their movements hint fleetingly...one terrific hour of fun. NEW YORK TIMES, 11.09.98 top

NIGHTVISIONS - figuren theater tübingen
Like Samuel Beckett, who brought a new dimension into modern theatre after the war, Frank Soehnle is doing the same for the world of puppetry. (...) Surrealist, macabre, and even grotesque at times, his homunculus creatures evoke feelings of wonder and repulsion. It is exciting theatre and definitely shouldn’t be missed. BANGKOK POST, 29.06.9

The form of the play was a unique mixture of dance, acting and fine art. It was fascinating, funny and dangerous. (...) The whole show was entertaining, thoroughly explored and choreographed. The sheer intensity of the work, tightly packed with ideas and images, was remarkable.
THE SUN, Malaysia, 10.8.93

CHILDREN OF THE BEAST - figuren theater tübingen
„...two brilliant artists - actor and puppeteer - some of the most skilled puppetry and object manipulation one is likely to see anywhere - "Children of the Beast" is that rare and wonderful thing: an exploration of the darkest forces in human nature that leaves the spectator shaken and stirred but not drained and despairing.“
TOTAL THEATRE MAGAZINE, 02.03 top

version française - veuillez cliquez ici LIQUID SKIN Visually striking. A few days later I still have images in mind. EVE CALINGAERT, BELGIAN PLAYWRIGHT The scientific possibilities to let creative metamorphoses turn into dangerous manipulations become the creed of a modern kabala. A wordless and artistically fertile collaboration. Very strong images fit for Documenta. SÜDWESTPRESSE Disturbingly beautiful paintings of movement and sound speak of becoming and passing… Suzon Fuks' artistic black and white video installation gives the impression of melting time and dissolving faces… Bobvan, with his refined collage, catches the sound of our times. STUTTGARTER NACHRICHTEN The strong presence and precision of Ellison ally with Cunningham’s magnetism and sensitivity. AN AUDIENCE MEMBER As a wanderer between worlds, James Cunningham peels himself from a membrane to live on in a fading body, which still holds the memory of the gold of kings. STUTTGARTER ZEITUNG
igneous Body in Question \| Thanatonauts \| Others figuren theater tübingen Flamingo Bar \| Nightvisions \| Children of the Beast BODY IN QUESTION - igneous A stylish work that seamlessly integrates movement, spoken and written text, animation and an extraordinarily live-looking puppet. Director Fuks has collaborated with Cunningham to craft a multi-layered and intensely personal work – THE ADVERTISER, Adelaide A moving alliance of dance, video, vibrant musical score, a triumph of creative expression and dance over all our human frailties - SUNDAY HERALD SUN, Melbourne Reinventing the choreographic space, Cunningham throws himself into startling body-to-body tussles with his puppet to find new artistic strings. A flag-ship show of the festival. - TELERAMA, Paris top
THANATONAUTS, Navigators of Death - igneous a stunning example of the best of contemporary performance. It clearly demonstrates Igneous’ ability to collaborate with a wide diversity of creative forms and artists, and to successfully create a performative language that is a unique synthesis of these forms and artists. REALTIME MAGAZINE, National, Australia Meditative, human and, at times, humorous (...) it deserves a wide audience THE COURIER-MAIL, Brisbane OTHER WORKS - igneous “Cheating Death” a novel fusion in multimedia and dance, overwhelming in all its aspects, packed with agile movements from the two forms (contemporary dance and Kalaripayattu) keeping the audience riveted to their seats - THE HINDU, Chennai “The Hands Project” - tremendously innovative in its use of different media and imaginative multi-dimensional space - Jennifer Lindsay, Lecturer Performance Studies, Sydney Univeristy “Thanatonauts” (live performance, 2001) impressed me by its depth and integrity of research, in both content and the mediums of performance. Two apparently disparate styles (post modern dance and South Indian martial arts) are integrated into a seamless and contemporary kinetic language Cheryl Stock, Head of Dance, Queensland University of Technology top

FLAMINGO BAR - figuren theater tübingen So much is expressed with so few movements....This silent puppeteer and his team of puppets make us aware of this truth, that nothing lasts. It is like life, a mosaic, full of small poignant events which reveal the various aspects of human predicament, sometimes joyful, sometimes sad. THE HINDU, 05.04.01 While the puppets are up to their amorous antics, Soehnle is visible to the audience. It is testament to the man’s talents that this does not detract the audience from believing that the puppets are indeed driven by their own set of emotions and moving of their own will and accord...Soehnle brilliantly incorporated two skits in which a man sneaks his pet dog to the opera. The whole house roared with laughter at this antic... Bravo!“ NEW STRAITS TIMES, 15.05.99 Frank Soehnle could be called a "universal artist" who has successfully blended all the arts to create one of the most exciting theatre evenings Bangkok has known for some time...“ BANGKOK POST, 22.05.99 The manipulation was precise and impeccable....It was flawless in execution and brilliant in design. PUPPETRY JOURNAL, USA, 12.99 It should be hard to believe that sticks, rags and strings could elicit so much emotion, laughter and curiosity, but the German puppeteer Frank Soehnle makes it easy to accept.... Yet the puppets are exquisitely suggestive and their movements hint fleetingly...one terrific hour of fun. NEW YORK TIMES, 11.09.98 top NIGHTVISIONS - figuren theater tübingen Like Samuel Beckett, who brought a new dimension into modern theatre after the war, Frank Soehnle is doing the same for the world of puppetry. (...) Surrealist, macabre, and even grotesque at times, his homunculus creatures evoke feelings of wonder and repulsion. It is exciting theatre and definitely shouldn’t be missed. BANGKOK POST, 29.06.9 The form of the play was a unique mixture of dance, acting and fine art. It was fascinating, funny and dangerous. (...) The whole show was entertaining, thoroughly explored and choreographed. The sheer intensity of the work, tightly packed with ideas and images, was remarkable. THE SUN, Malaysia, 10.8.93 CHILDREN OF THE BEAST - figuren theater tübingen „...two brilliant artists - actor and puppeteer - some of the most skilled puppetry and object manipulation one is likely to see anywhere - "Children of the Beast" is that rare and wonderful thing: an exploration of the darkest forces in human nature that leaves the spectator shaken and stirred but not drained and despairing.“ TOTAL THEATRE MAGAZINE, 02.03 top