A nerdy nerd and his empathetic alternative show it to the grown-ups

Rico (Karina Pele) and Oskar (Isabella Campestrini) are as different as day and night. Rico just needs a bit longer for everything, but he is warm and empathetic. Oskar is a nerd, a know-it-all. But it fits together very well on a friendly basis. When Rico is bequeathed the stone collection of a deceased neighbor, a merry round of games begins.
With his adventures of “Rico and Oskar”, Andreas Steinhöfel has created a successful children’s series that has also been filmed. “Rico, Oskar and the Theft Stone” premiered yesterday in the Linzer Kammerspiele. Tanja Regele directed and turned the material into a lively hustle and bustle with many multiple roles, which above all – and that’s what it’s all about – was well received by the young audience.
Angelika Katzinger contributed the costumes and the stage. Your stage design was a one-storey cuboid, which made a lot of the fast action permeable and supported the sometimes high tempo of the action in terms of comprehensibility. The clothes worn by the two leads were rather odd, hard to imagine teens dressing like that. In terms of clothing, however, Katzinger implemented the nudist scene in a funny way.
The two main actresses led the way harmoniously through the plot, Sofie Pint, Nikolaj Maximilian Klinger and above all Friedrich Eidenberger convinced with versatility and wit. The “brawl” between fence and thief in slow motion was staged really deliciously, the same applies to the translation – for example of the word bikini – into sign language. In the second part, the action then picks up speed, also because Rico’s explanatory comments become shorter.
There are many enigmatic statements attached to the play that are not necessary at all because they complicate things and turn them into a play by “adults for children”. There was no need for the obligatory parent-child conflict or the desperately emphasized idea of ​​diversity (even “gifted” children like Rico have heroic potential).
Conclusion: Solid, funny theater by actors who love to play for children and young people (from 9).

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