And above us the big wagon

Garage stories by women from Chemnitz [formerly ›The Archaeology of Things‹]

Photo: Nasser Hashemi

The Chemnitz puppet theatre took the audience on a journey to the seemingly everyday things and stories that can be found in garages. In August 2025, a garage as a "wonder box" became both the protagonist and the venue, focussing on the memories of its owners, tracing communities and telling of lived ruptures. The players and the audience went on a joint search for spaces for the future and asked what was missing.

 

When? August and October 2025

Where? Chemnitz, Kulturhaus Arthur (open air) and at the Figurentheater im Spinnbau

European Capital of Culture The Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media Free State of Saxony European Capital of Culture

This project is cofinanced by tax funds on the basis of the parliamentary budget of the state of Saxony and by federal funds from the Beauftragter der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien (Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media), as well as funds from the City of Chemnitz.