Series & Specials 2023/24
Series 2023/24
enterspaces
Under the label enterspaces, various programmes are designed for BIPoC and their allies that enable encounters, the reception of art, exchange and empowerment in a safer space. Inspired by the series Exit Racism, founded by Thelma Buabeng and Laura Paetau, curators Brandy Butler and Miriam Ibrahim continue the idea and practice of creating environments in the theatre that are less discriminatory and of establishing new opportunities for exchange and dialogue. For the 23/24 season, they continue asking how a theatre can create new and safe(r) spaces for marginalised people in an urban society.
Existing formats such as the BIPoC audience group, talks, workshops and the lecture series will continue to be programmed in the new season. In addition, the curators expressly welcome suggestions, requests and feedback.
Contact: enterspaces [at] schauspielhaus.ch
Graveyard Shift
Launched as a radio show in 2020 and continued as a festival the following year in the theatre garden at Schiffbau, this cooperation with the legendary Bad Bonn has now found its final form: a nomadic concert series at the Pfauen and Schiffbau, Graveyard Shift is dedicated to the performativity of music in the context of theatre, beyond clear-cut genres.
23/24
Graveyard Shift: Ahya Simone, 05. November 2023, Pfauen-Kammer
22/23
Graveyard Shift: JJJJJerome Ellis, 16. November 2022,Pfauen
Graveyard Shift: KLEIN, 7. Januar 2023,Schiffbau-Box
Graveyard Shift: Lotic & joyo, 25. April, Schiffbau-Box
21/22
Graveyard Shift: Space Afrika, Tapiwa Svosve, Asma Maroof, 24. Februar 2022
Graveyard Shift – Does Spring Hide Its Joy von Kali Malone, Lucy Railton and Stephen O'Malley, 18. November 2021
Offene Bühne
Offene Bühne is organised and hosted by the five young people selected to take part in the Theaterjahr. Aimed at young people who want to express themselves artistically, it takes place every second Saturday of the month at the Matchbox in the Schiffbau. The Offene Bühne has no limits, except for the maximum length of your contribution: ten minutes. You can register in advance by sending an email to theaterjahr [at] schauspielhaus.ch or spontaneously on the evening of the event. Free admission.
Performers Rule
For several years now, the Performers Rule series has allowed ensemble members of the Schauspielhaus to direct. Each season, the field of directors is expanded to include a staff member from the Schauspielhaus. Theatre management and dramaturgy don’t get a say. Here, the performers call the shots. Perfomers Rule!
SHZ-Lesereihe
Last season, the Schauspielhaus Zürich welcomed authors Theresia Enzensberger with Auf See, Simon Froehling with Dürrst, Hengameh Yaghoobifarah with Ministerium der Träume and Sharon Dodua Otoo with Adas Raum to the Pfauen stage. The reading series will continue as part of this season’s programme, bringing you performative and staged readings of new publications with the ensemble as well as conversations with the writers, moderated by Nina Kunz and Miriam Ibrahim.
Schauspielhaus Stadtgespräch
The Schauspielhaus Zürich has often been the talk of the town during the last season. A lot was written, argued, discussed and thought about. Also during the 23/24 season we would love to continue the dialogue with our audience in the city and will regularly invite people to exchange ideas in smaller groups with ensemble members and Schauspielhaus staff in various locations.
Security
Thelma Buabeng is back! After its successful launch 22/23, stand-up comedy series Security is returning to the stage. Here, the former ensemble member is reuniting musician Celina Bostic as well as special guests! Buabeng brings the characters from her web clips Tell Me Nothing From The Horse to the stage: five women, five points of view and 1,000 pressing social issues – political, satirical, improvised.
Specials 2023/24
Schiffbau-Fest
15. & 16. September 2023
Schauspielhaus Zürich, moods, Restaurant LaSalle, Venice Bar and other locations
The Schiffbau is alive and well, inviting you to a big party.
The Schauspielhaus Zürich, the Jazz Club Moods, the Restaurant La Salle and the Venice Bar join forces and show Zurich what the Schiffbau has to offer over two days. With music, guided tours, workshops, performances, readings, meeting places, eating and drinking together, we are creating a programme for everyone. The ensemble and everyone else at the Schauspielhaus look forward to giving you a look behind the scenes, discovering more theatre together and celebrating the season opening 23/24 together.
Publikumsgipfel #2
January 2024, Pfauen
In January 2023, the Schauspielhaus Zürich invited its audience to an audience summit. Employees from various departments of the theatre sat on the Pfauen stage, with the audience in the auditorium: a group of people who were divided in their hopes and ex- pectations of theatre, but united by the common concern of where the Schauspielhaus is headed, could head or should head. This big, collective conversation with the city about theatre definitely needs to continue in the 2023/24 season.
Porny Days Film Kunst Festival
November 2023, Schiffbau
The Porny Days are an institution in Zurich. Due to the great opening ceremonies, but above all, because of the organisers’ unrelenting pioneering spirit: Once a year, curiosity about sex and body-related topics takes over all of Zurich.
With panels and screenings, Porny Days will also be a guest at the Schauspielhaus in 2023.
Sonic Matter Festival
30. November through 3. December 2023, Schiffbau
Schauspielhaus has been associated with the Sonic Matter since the festival’s beginnings. Once again, concerts by the exciting platform for experimental music will take place in the Schiffbau, this year the festival opening.
Swiss Dance Days
28. February through 3. March 2024, Schiffbau-Halle
The Swiss Dance Days are coming to Zurich! The biennial festival, where Swiss dance companies showcase themselves to an international audience, offers a rare opportunity to get a thorough impression of Switzerland’s contemporary dance landscape. Schauspielhaus is delighted to join other Zurich establishments and to host this unifying event together with the Swiss dance network Reso.
Tanzfestival Steps: Die Flüstertüten
Choreography: Yasmine Hugonnet / Cie. Arts Mouvementés
17. & 18. May 2024, Schiffbau-Box
For ages 6 and up
The art of ventriloquism is an impressive, age-old artistic practice. People who mastered it were considered possessed, sorcerers and witches, especially in past centuries. The Lausanne choreographer Yasmine Hugonnet mischievously explores the history of ventriloquism, and gives a placeless yet enveloping voice to the female gender, whose stories have remained mute for centuries. For Steps, Yasmine Hugonnet adapts her dance cabaret for a young German-speaking audience.
Blickfelder
30. May through 9. June 2024
The Blickfelder Festival presents international theatre and dance productions for young audiences, bringing to life collaborations between local schools and cultural institutions. Every other year, Blickfelder occupies a public space in the city of Zurich through a diverse cultural programme and opportunities for participation. The Schauspielhaus is one of the most important partners of the festival.
Wetterleuchten
Open-Air Cinema at Schiffbau Garden in June 2024
In June, the theatre garden in the Schiffbau atrium will once again be turned into a summer cinema. In cooperation with the cinemas Riffraff & Houdini, we will show a total of nine films, welcoming you to enjoy a collective cinematic experience with drinks and under the open sky amidst sprawling greenery.
More Information
Spiilplätz
26. bis 29. Juni 2024, Schiffbau-Box und weitere Orte in Zürich
After being held in Bern, Basel and Lucerne, Switzerland’s largest meeting of theatre youth clubs is finally coming back to Zurich! Twelve youth clubs from all over Switzerland will meet at the Schauspielhaus, Kulturmarkt and Theater GZ Buchegg to show the works they have created over the year, accompanied by supporting programme of workshops and after-show discussions for the participating for the participating young audience.
ZKO im Pfauen
Concert series by Zürcher Kammerorchester
For ages 5 and up
For the past years, Schauspielhaus Zürich has provided a home for the Zurich Chamber Orchestra on the Pfauen stage. Stories about adventures and fantastic dreams will be accompanied by classical music, a magical experience for the whole family. Nobody is too young for classical music!
Series & Specials 2022/23
Wetterleuchten
Open Air Cinema in the garden
From 2. - 18. June 2023, the theater garden at Schiffbau, will become a movie theater. In a screening series curated in cooperation with the Zurich cinema Riffraff, the Schauspielhaus welcomes guests to a shared viewing experience with drinks, under the open sky amidst flourishing plant life.
Schauspielhaus Stadtgespräch
After the audience summit at the Pfauen, we will continue the dialogue with our audience in the city and, as part of our new debate format in the Schauspielhaus Stadtgespräch, regularly invite small groups to exchange ideas in different districts.
enterspaces
Making room, welcoming each other and being there for one another!
The new series enterspaces will bring voices and perspectives of BIPoC cultural practitioners1, scholars and activists to the topic of “resistance and change in theater” in various lectures.More Information
Upcoming activities:
enterspaces: Talk about Change, Diversity and Art
enterspaces: Allyship & Solidarity Workshop
Graveyard Shift
Having started as a radio show during the lockdown and continued as a festival in the theater garden, this cooperation with the legendary Düdinger Club Bad Bonn takes over the stages of the Schauspielhaus.
Nex event: Graveyard Shift: Lotic & joyo ann 25 April, 20:30 Schiffbau-Box
22/23
Graveyard Shift: JJJJJerome Ellis 16 November 2022
Graveyard Shift: KLEIN 7 January 2023 in der Schiffbau-Box
21/22
Graveyard Shift: Space Afrika, Tapiwa Svosve, Asma Maroof 24 February 2022
Graveyard Shift – Does Spring Hide Its Joy von Kali Malone, Lucy Railton und Stephen O'Malley 18 November 2021
SHZ-Lecture Series
Scenic evenings with guests & friends. The new Schauspielhaus literature format with staged readings from current German-language novels and discussions with authors. More Information & passed activities
Exit Racism – Die Podiums-Reihe über Rassismus
“Exit Racism. Learning to Think Critically of Racism” is the title of the interactive manual by the German anti-racism trainer Tupoka Ogette. The Schauspielhaus Zürich takes its call to action as a starting point for a critical examination of its own institutional and social structures and regularly invites guests who deal activistically, scientifically or artistically with the complex effects of racist power relations.
More Information and passed Events
Open Stage
The Offene Bühne (german for open stage) is a series of events organized and run by the five young people of the Theaterjahr and offers all young people the opportunity to express themselves on stage in 10-minute contributions.
Every second Saturday of the month. Registration: theaterjahr [at] schauspielhaus.ch
Performers Rule
If a member of the ensemble wants to realize his or her own ideas without going through the theater management, the Kammer will be the place to do so. Performers Rule! Five times a year, images and texts, music and visions of the ensemble can become reality there.
Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne ←→ Schauspielhaus Zürich
International Showcase 23. – 26. Februar 2023
The Schauspielhaus Zürich and the Théâtre Vidy in Lausanne are closely connected as partners. Not only do some artists work for both theaters, but also guest performances and co-productions have linked the two theaters and their audiences for several years. So it’s time to pay an official visit.
Everything Has Seasons / Grünton
Garden festival in the atrium
In the final weeks of the season, the theater garden in the atrium will become a soundbox for a series of musicians and artists, as it did in the summer of 2021. For three days, everything will revolve around listening, outdoors in the open air and in the company of the spirits and souls of the garden. Grünton is a cooperation with Bad Bonn.
Series & Specials 2021/22
Wetterleuchten - Kino im Schiffbau-Atrium
An drei Wochenenden im Juni wird der Garten im Innenhof vom Schiffbau zum Sommerkino. Gemeinsam mit den Kinos Riffraff & Houdini und einem Screening des Black Film Festival Zurich zeigen wir in der Reihe Wetterleuchten insgesamt neun Filme und entwerfen ein facettenreiches, wildes und widerständiges Bild von Natur. Luft, Wasser und Erde rahmen thematisch jeweilsein Wochenende.
Infos und Tickets: Wetterleuchten - Kino im Schiffbau
TELL TV – Wissen, was passiert
Neuigkeiten aus den Proben von Milo Raus neuester Inszenierung Wilhelm Tell. Premiere: 23. April 2022.
Mehr Informationen auf diese Seite
#StandUp4Peace – Krieg in der Ukraine
Auf dieser Seite finden Sie alle Aktivitäten des Schauspielhaus Zürich sowie weitere Hinweise rund um den Krieg in der Ukraine.
Graveyard Shift
Als Radioshow begonnen und im Juni 2021 als Festival im Garten des Schiffbaus fortgesetzt, wandert die Kooperation mit dem Bad Bonn nun auf die Bühne: die nomadische Konzertserie Graveyard Shift wird in der Spielzeit 2021/2022 an verschiedenen Orten im Schauspielhaus Zürich stattfinden.
Exit Racism – Die Podiums-Reihe über Rassismus
«Exit Racism. rassismuskritisch denken lernen» ist der Titel des interaktiven Handbuchs der deutschen Anti-Rassismus-Trainerin Tupoka Ogette. Mit konkretem Wissen über die Geschichte des Rassismus und dessen Wirkungsweisen, Unterstützung in der emotionalen Auseinandersetzung mit dem Thema, Übungen und Lesetipps ist es Teil der antirassistischen Leseliste des Schauspielhaus Zürich – hausintern und auf Socialmedia (#educateyourself).
Weitere Informationen zu zukünftigen und vergangenen Podien
EXIT Moria – Die Podiums-Reihe über Migration
Die Podiums-Reihe “Exit Moria” will auf verschiedenen Ebenen über Migration (und somit auch über uns) diskutieren – über Migration als Tatsache, über Solidarität und Aktivistismus, über die Schweiz und die Stadt, über diskursive Frames und konkrete Projekte.
Weitere Informationen zu zukünftigen und vergagenen Podien
Casting Willhelm Tell
Milo Rau inszeniert Wilhelm Tell. Nun sucht der Regisseur für das Stück mittels Castings diesen Herbst nicht professionelle Darsteller*innen – und folgt hierfür Tells Spuren in die Innerschweiz. Gesucht werden Bewerber*innen aller Geschlechter, Körper, Alter und Berufe; jeglicher politischer Gesinnung und mit oder ohne Pass; vom Land, aus Dörfern und Städten.
Mehr Informationen zum Casting
Dürri am Draht
Fast 100 Schauspielhaus-Mitarbeitende aus unterschiedlichsten Abteilungen haben in einer wochenlangen Lese-Session Dürrenmatts beiden Erzählungen «Die Mondfinsternis»und «Das Hirn»zusammen eingesprochen. Entstanden sind fast fünf Stunden Hörmaterial von professionellen und nicht-professionellen Stimmen, vielseitig, roh, überraschend. Zu hören sind diese «Stoffe» nun auf unserer Telefon-Hotline Dürri am Draht, die Sie kostenlos unter +41 44 258 72 70 Tag und Nacht unbeschränkt anrufen können.
Blickfelder Festival
In den verschiedensten Zürcher Kulturbetrieben wird Blickfelder für zehn Tage Produktionen im Bereich Theater, Tanz, Bildende Kunst, Literatur und Musik präsentieren und die Stadt an den unterschiedlichsten Orten um Spass und einem kritischen Austausch zu gesellschaftsrelevanten Themen erweitern.
Offene Bühne
Premiere: 11. September 2021,
Schiffbau-Matchbox
Jeden zweiten Samstag im Monat. Anmeldung möglich unter theaterjahr [at] schauspielhaus.ch
Hier kann der Nachwuchs seine Talente auf die Probe stellen! Einmal im Monat öffnet das Schauspielhaus Zürich die Bühne für Darbietungen von allen für alle. Explizit willkommen sind junge Talente, die erste Bühnenerfahrungen sammeln wollen. Auf der Offenen Bühne darf alles gezeigt, vertont, verlesen werden, was raus will.
Series 2020/21
Everything Has Seasons – Gartenfest im Schiffbau
Everything Has Seasons lädt zur vorsichtigen Feier dieser Lebenskünste und Überlebenskünste ein, dazu, sich der geteilten Welt des Gartens mit allen Sinnen zu öffnen. Und sucht dabei selber nach fruchtbaren Synergien und Kollaborationen mit Akteur*innen der Stadt.
Wetterleuchten - Kino im Schiffbau
Grünton - Musik & Sounds im Schiffbau
Corona-Passionsspiele
Die Corona Passionsspiele von Nicolas Stemann & Ensemble zeigen analog zu den Stationen des Kreuzweges von Jesus eine moderne Leidensgeschichte der Menschheit zu Zeiten von Corona auf: Isolation, Einsamkeit, Trennung der Generationen, Verletzlichkeit, Verschwörungen, Wut und Ungewissheit.
Rückblick: Das Corona-Passionsschiff (Sommer 2021)
Rückblick: Corona-Passionsspiele Vol. 4 (Frühling 2021)
Rückblick: Corona-Passionsspiele Vol. 3 (Winter 2021)
Rückblick: Corona-Passionsspiele Vol. 2 (Herbst 2020)
Rückblick: Corona-Passionsspiele Vol. 1 (Frühling 2020)
Pfauen-Debatte
Der Pfauen gehört erneuert – der Pfauen gehört erhalten! Rettung vs. Zukunft. Abriss vs. Neubau. Die geplante Pfauen Modernisierung wird in der Öffentlichkeit gerade heiss diskutiert.
Weitere Informationen zur 1. Debatte
Weitere Informationen zur 2. Debatte
EXIT Racism – Die Podiums-Reihe über Rassismus
«Exit Racism. rassismuskritisch denken lernen» ist der Titel des interaktiven Handbuchs der deutschen Anti-Rassismus-Trainerin Tupoka Ogette. Mit konkretem Wissen über die Geschichte des Rassismus und dessen Wirkungsweisen, Unterstützung in der emotionalen Auseinandersetzung mit dem Thema, Übungen und Lesetipps ist es Teil der antirassistischen Leseliste des Schauspielhaus Zürich – hausintern und auf Socialmedia (#educateyourself).
EXIT Moria – Die Podiums-Reihe über Migration
Die Podiums-Reihe “Exit Moria” will auf verschiedenen Ebenen über Migration (und somit auch über uns) diskutieren – über Migration als Tatsache, über Solidarität und Aktivistismus, über die Schweiz und die Stadt, über diskursive Frames und konkrete Projekte.
Tender Talks – Gespräche über Nähe in Zeiten der Distanz
Im Februar und März lädt das Schauspielhaus alle 14 Tage zwei Persönlichkeiten ein, in einem Zweiergespräch auf Zoom sprechend und denkend miteinander in Kontakt zu kommen.
Streamy Thursday
Im Rahmen der Reihe "Streamy Thursday - Theater zu Haus" streamen wir jeweils donnerstags ausgewählte Produktionen live. Tickets für die Live-Streams sind jeweils ab Montag der jeweiligen Vorstellungswoche, ab 19 Uhr erhältlich.
Open Haus
Das Schauspielhaus Zürich öffnet die Pfauenbühne für freischaffende Künstler*innen aus Theater, Musik, Literatur, Tanz, Performance oder Comedy. Die Einnahmen gehen an die Künstler*innen. Hierfür wurde ein Open Call veröffentlicht.
Aufgrund der Schliessung unserer Theatersäle ab 12. Dezember 2020 konnte erst eine Open Haus Vorstellung stattfinden. Ab Januar 2021 werden ausgewählte Produktionen im Rahm der Open Haus Reihe live gestreamt.
Offene Bühne
Premiere: 12. Dezember 2020,
Schiffbau-Matchbox
Jeden ersten Samstag im Monat ab Oktober 2019. Anmeldung möglich unter offenebuehne [at] schauspielhaus.ch
Hier kann der Nachwuchs seine Talente auf die Probe stellen! Einmal im Monat öffnet das Schauspielhaus Zürich die Bühne für Darbietungen von allen für alle. Explizit willkommen sind junge Talente, die erste Bühnenerfahrungen sammeln wollen. Auf der Offenen Bühne darf alles gezeigt, vertont, verlesen werden, was raus will.
Series 2019/20
All Mine! – Mrs Berg and her Guests
Zurich-Premiere: 01. Oktober 2019,
Pfauen
Sibylle Berg welcomes you to the Pfauen! For an evening with stars, surprise guests, and sensations galore. In short – with other people. And also: drinks and music and film and dance and anything else that can distract us from life.
Asmara – A Party Cycle by Asma Maroof
Opening: 13. September 2019,
Pfauen-Foyer & -Kammer
“Just start pressing shit, it doesn’t have to sound right. Just start.” Asma Maroof aka Asmara is an integral part of the nightlife of Los Angeles. As well as appearing in major clubs throughout the world, she used to be the resident DJ of Mustache Mondays, a queer party in LA, which has been taking place every Monday evening for the past ten years. Asmara creates an electrifying mix of club music and dancehall music as well as hip-hop-inflected vocals. And now, Asma Maroof has joined the ensemble of the Schauspielhaus Zürich. Everyone should look forward to the opening party – and to many more nights that will see the Schauspielhaus Zürich vibrating to her basses and filling up with dancers.
Open Stage
Premiere: 5. Oktober 2019,
Schiffbau-Matchbox
On every first Saturday of the month from october 2019. Registration possible: offenebuehne [at] schauspielhaus.ch
This offers offspring an opportunity to test their talent! Once a month, the Schauspielhaus Zürich will open its stage to performances by everybody for everybody. We would particularly like to welcome young talents keen to get their first experiences on stage. On the open stage, everyone is free to show, set to music or read whatever needs to come out.
Gefahr-Bar
Premiere: 17.Oktober 2019
Pfauen-Foyer & -Kammer
Hooray! The Gefahr-Bar is coming to Zurich! Vague thoughts, temporary songs, nebulous lyrics, tyrannical costumes, unprotestant bites, unusual investment tips, crazy Wilhelm Tell hairstyles and much more! … well, just Gefahr-Bar… dubidu schubidu whistle innocent-look whistle … Part 1!
Hiroshima-Salon
Premiere: 24.Oktober 2019
Pfauen-Foyer & -Kammer
Since 2010, the actress Sachiko Hara has been invitning people in irregular intervals to salons that thematically revolve around her home country Japan and oscillate between performance, lecture and show. The “Hiroshima Salon” is her personal encounter with the dropping of atomic bombs. After the 30-minute solo performance “Hiroshima Monster Girl”, she will discuss the new nuclear arms race with guests.
The L-Literature Series
from 2020
The L-Literature Series has grown into the largest and most well-known reading series in the German-speaking world. It is a cooperation between the Tages-Anzeiger, the Orell Füssli Thalia AG and the agency Apollo8 of cultural manager Reto Bühler, who invented the series. The list of international writers that have taken part in the series is long and can be found elsewhere – here is just a short selection: T.C. Boyle, Zadie Smith, Siri Hustvedt, Jonathan Franzen, Jonathan Safran Foer, Taiye Selasi, Bret Easton Ellis, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Wolf Biermann, Hans Magnus Enzensberger, Douglas Coupland, Henning Mankell, Martin Walser, Éric Emmanuel-Schmitt, Cees Nooteboom, Michael Ondaatje, David Sedaris, Margaret Atwood, Donna Leon, Édouard Louis and many more. After 17 years and 77 readings, the L Series found a new venue: The Schauspielhaus Zürich.
