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The play is currently performed every day in the beach hall on Spiekeroog as part of the summer theatre programme: here the director has turned the memories of contemporary witnesses on Spiekeroog into a play, SANDBANK, by the theatre "Das Letzte Kleinod".
The sandbank stands for everything forbidden on Spiekeroog, because people are not allowed to bathe on the bank because of the danger of being swept out to sea and drowning. Here, in a sports hall, with just the old sports equipment and a few other props found on the island in old children's homes, all the stages of the journey to the health resort are told and acted out. The caregivers also have their say, and the disappointment of the children about their parents sending them away is also addressed. A great performance by the four actors, two boys and two girls are portrayed, who at the same time stand for many other children, good acting, multi-layered, great and long-lasting applause.

»The play is extremely well executed.« He heard his own sentences from the mouths of the four actors. For him, it was a healing moment.
Pasemann found the scene under the tanning lamp particularly moving: »Gymnastic rings represent the oversized protective goggles in the performance. Girls and boys had to stand on the cold tiled floor, barefoot, dressed only in their underwear, so that they would get a healthy complexion.«

On the way to the ferry sepia-coloured posters can be spotted, with children fighting exuberantly against the sea waves. This is how the theatre group "Das Letzte Kleinod" from Schiffdorf in Lower Saxony announces their sixth production developed exclusively for Spiekeroog, SANDBANK.
With SANDBANK, Kleinod director Jens-Erwin Siemssen focuses on a specific episode. He does not use the children's holiday image of the poster, but works on the partly traumatising stays of children who were sent away to the health resorts on the island, to recover in the historical gem of the beach sports hall. (...) In order to avoid a depressing theatre evening, four actors perform in the usual Kleinod manner with found objects from the venue. In this case, gym class utensils. Box elements are used to create stage sets, hula hoops are used to suggest rattling bronchial tubes, and feelings of closeness and being trapped are also portrayed. Director Jens-Erwin Siemssen leaves hardly a sentence unillustrated, with the choreography of bodies and objects developing a fascinating drive.