Antigone in Butscha

By Pavlo Arie
Translated from ukrainian by Sebastian Anton
Staging: Stas Zhyrkov

A war photographer is at the centre of this production. A war photographer who lives with her husband in Zurich and repeatedly sets off from there to the crisis regions of the world. She wants to depict the suffering that, without her documentation, would simply happen pointlessly, unrecognised by the world and politics. She thereby hopes to contribute to reducing this suffering. Her profession might also be a bit of an escape from the all too tranquil everyday life with her husband, from the life in Switzerland that has become a bit too comfortable, from the indifferent preoccupation with herself. The fact that her husband, on the other hand, wants nothing more than to stabilise this contemplative life and start a family, to have children, is yet another reason for her to leave for faraway places. Her next operational area: Butscha, in Ukraine.

On 24 February 2022, the Ukrainian director Stas Zhyrkov fled Kyiv with his family. Since then he has been living in exile. With Antigone in Butscha, the Schauspielhaus Zürich continues its tradition as a theatre in exile and invites Stas Zhyrkov as a Related Artist at Risk to show his view of the war, of history and of how Western Europe deals with it.

 

With Vitalina Bibliv (im Video) / Michael Neuenschwander / Matthias Neukirch / Karin Pfammatter / Lena Schwarz / sowie als Expert*innen im Video Sebastian Anton / Gottfried Breitfuss / Tabita Johannes / Daniel Lommatzsch
Staging
Stas Zhyrkov
Stage Design
Lisa Chiara Kohler
Costume Design
Paulina Barreiro
Music
Bohdan Lysenko
Video
Max Wuchner
Light
Christoph Kunz
Dramaturgy
Katinka Deecke
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Audience Development
Silvan Gisler
Artistic Mediation T&S
Manuela Runge
Touring & International Relations
Sonja Hildebrandt
Production Assistance
Sarah-Maria Hemmerling
Costume design Assistance
Julia Zangger
Rehearsal translation
Sebastian Anton
Production intern
Kristina Malyseva
Stage Design intern
Luzia Vogt
Inspection
Michael Durrer
Soufflage
János Stefan Buchwardt
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Supported by Gesellschaft der Freunde des Schauspielhauses (gfs)

  • 2 hours
  • World premiere: 4 May 2023, Pfauen
  • Pfauen
  • German with English subtitles
  • 🛈 Introduction 30 min before the play on 12., 15., 17., 26., 31. May, 16. & 28. June 2023


    Trigger warning: This production contains depictions of violence and original film clips from Butscha during the war.

    On 15 and 21 May 2023 we will offer Ukrainian instead of English surtitles. More dates will follow in June.

    Hinweis: Um Künstler*innen in Kriegen und fragilen Kontexten zu unterstützen, können Sie der global agierenden Nichtregierungsorganisation Artists at Risk spenden: www.artistsatrisk.org

    People with F, N and S protection status can reserve a free theatre ticket via email to theaterkasse@schauspielhaus.ch
Introduction: Katinka Deecke, Dramaturgy
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Thursday 01.06. 20:00 Pfauen
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Sunday 04.06. 16:00 Pfauen
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Friday 09.06. 20:00 Pfauen
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Friday 16.06. 20:00 Pfauen
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Saturday 17.06. 20:00 Pfauen
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Tuesday 20.06. 20:00 Pfauen
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Wednesday 28.06. 20:00 Pfauen
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