Name: Our Grandma Rode a Motorcycle in the Chicken Coop as part of the Anne Frank Cultural Weeks 2026
Start: 2026-10-07T12:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-10-07T13:30:00+02:00
Location: Theater Traumbaum im KulturMagazin

A Poetic Time-Travel Theater about Courage, Memory, and Civil Courage

With Our Grandma Rode a Motorcycle in the Chicken Coop, the Traumbaum Theater presents an touching children's and youth theater piece that impressively connects the past and the present. As part of the Anne Frank Cultural Weeks 2026, a stage experience is created in Bochum that does not educate loudly but opens a topic of great historical and human significance with images, figures, and fine humor: Civil courage in small ways.

A Chicken Coop as a Stage of Memory

The starting point sounds playful and mysterious at the same time: A chicken coop full of junk, therein hidden the rooster Heini, who turns a music chest into a time machine. From this poetic device, the piece develops a lively dramaturgy in which Rosa's granddaughter learns why her grandma once rode through the chicken coop on a motorcycle and how she saved a friend's life. Thus, a theater evening arises that makes historical experience tangible not as abstract teaching material but as an atmospherically dense storytelling.

A Staging Between Ruhr Area History and Present

The Traumbaum Theater sees itself as a children's and youth theater with a clear social compass. The production traces the childhood and youth of an entirely ordinary heroine between 1925 and 1945 and builds a child-friendly bridge between the past and the present. This dramaturgical decision lends authority to the piece: The time of the Nazi dictatorship does not appear as mere background but as a moral resonance space in which responsibility, humanity, and compassion become visible. The piece is intended for school classes from grades 1 to 5 as well as for families and theater enthusiasts seeking a clever, accessible form of memory culture.

Theater Atmosphere with Heart, Wit, and Stance

The staging thrives on contrasts: from the hustle and bustle of the junk grows a narrative full of surprises, from childlike curiosity a story about courage, solidarity, and the power of observation. Theater atmosphere is created here not through grand effects but through the closeness of the characters, playful transformation, and immediate audience reaction. Young viewers especially experience that civil courage is not a distant heroism but an attitude that begins in everyday life. This makes the evening memorable and emotionally accessible.

Why This Stage Experience Is Particularly Effective Now

In a time when memory culture is continually renegotiated, this piece strikes an important chord: It combines historical consciousness with a warm, understandable imagery. The performance invites reflection on responsibility, tolerance, and human decency without overwhelming the young perspective. Those who cherish theater as living education, as an emotional experience, and as a cultural encounter will find a strong event in the Bochum cultural calendar.

The audience can expect a warm-hearted, clever, and carefully told performance that touches, resonates, and sparks discussions. Our Grandma Rode a Motorcycle in the Chicken Coop is a theater appointment that is not only attended but taken along. Experience it live now and dive into this special story together with children and young people.