This event is wheelchair accessible.
Child Care October, 13
Audiodescription October, 1315.- / 25.- / 35.-
Thom Luz, the melancholy artificer of musical theatre, stages a «tourist trap» of the kind we sometimes encounter in our mountains. It resembles one of those rare and unusual attractions, one that has become as artificial as it is natural by dint of being promoted. On stage, a group manages the site, restoring and embellishing it, trying out new music and optical effects to attract onlookers between appearances of the phenomenon. As if by surprise, mass tourism invents a paradoxical dialogue with our all too precious capacity for wonder... A new poetic and musical creation skilfully composed by Thom Luz and his troupe.
«Thom Luz is a director who could stage even a cookbook.» (Marina Davydova, Leitung Schauspiel Salzburger Festspiele 2024)
Duration: Ca. 80 Min.
Website
Childcare on Sunday, 13.10.: For children between 3 and 10 years, free of charge. We can only offer childcare if you register by October, 6 via online form; meeting point at the box office 30 minutes before the start of the performance, further information: For families.
Aftertalk on Friday, 11.10. with the artists
Biografie
Thom Luz was born in Zurich and studied at the Zurich University of Music and Theater. He has directed in the independent theatre scene and at municipal theaters in Switzerland, Germany and France. In 2014, he was voted Young Director of the Year by the magazine «Theater heute». From 2015 to 2020, Thom Luz was resident director at Theater Basel. His productions have been invited to the Heidelberger Stückemarkt, the Autorentheatertage at the Deutsches Theater Berlin and the Kontakt International Theatre Festival Toruń, the Maillon Strasbourg and the Théâtre Nanterre-Amandiers Paris. 'Atlas der abgelegenen Inseln' 2015 at Schauspiel Hannover, «Traurige Zauberer» 2017 at Staatstheater Mainz and «Girl from the Fog Machine Factory» 2019 at Gessnerallee Zürich, he was invited to the Berlin Theatertreffen. His productions «When I Die», «Unusual Weather Phenomena Project» and «Girl From The Fog Machine Factory» have toured the world and have been seen in Berlin, Reykjavik, Buenos Aires, Marseille, Montpellier, Strasbourg, Amsterdam, Nanterre, Lausanne and Zurich. At the Deutsches Theater in Berlin, he staged Max Frisch's «Der Mensch erscheint im Holozän» in 2016 and Thomas Bernhard's «Alte Meister» in 2018. In 2019, Thom Luz worked with the Residenztheater in Munich and the Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin for the first time. In the same year, he received the Swiss Theater Prize. In the 20/21 season, he created «Lieder ohne Worte», another independent production in Zurich and Basel.
Credits
With Fhunyue Gao, Mara Miribung, Daniele Pintaudi, Samuel Streiff, Mathias Weibel
Direction Thom Luz
Musical Direction Mathias Weibel
Stage Design Duri Bischoff/Thom Luz
Sound Design Martin Hofstetter
Costume Tina Bleuler
Dramaturgy Stephan Müller
Light Design Thom Luz, Jens Seiler
Technical Direction Jens Seiler
Props Manfred Schmidt
Direction Assistance Fredi Thiele
Mask Consulting: Shalva Nikashvili
Production Management/Diffusion Gabi Bernetta
Production Thom Luz & Bernetta Theaterproduktionen
Coproduction Kaserne Basel, Gessnerallee Zürich, Théâtre Vidy Lausanne, Teatro Stabile dell’Umbria, Bühne Aarau
Supported by: Stadt Zürich Kultur, Fachausschuss Theater/Tanz BL/BS, Pro Helvetia, Migros Engagement, Landis & Gyr Stiftung, Kanton Zug
