The Silly Augustine - A Circus Fairy Tale by Otfried Preußler

The circus has come to town - and with it the world-famous silly August, king of jesters and star of the ring. While the popular clown delights audiences twice daily, his wife Augustine has her hands full in the trailer behind the circus tent: she helps the clown children Gugga and Guggo with their homework, looks after the clown baby Guggilein, washes the colorful costumes, cooks, bakes, and keeps the circus wagon in order. Deep in her heart, though, she dreams of performing as a clown in the ring herself.

The silly August has little understanding for his wife's artistic ambitions - and is annoyed by the director, who wants to keep modernizing the program. Then Augustine gets an unexpected opportunity to perform in the ring. Will she manage to make the audience laugh?

Since September 2025, Junge Bühne Mainz has been performing this production in the Grand Theater Hall at M8 Mainz. The stage adaptation of Otfried Preußler's children's book classic about emancipation and equality plays out on two levels: on the stage and in a real circus ring in the center of the hall.

Suitable from age 6.