However, the effort to establish an ambitious theater in Zürich met with little success at first, and until 1933 the theater was rarely thought of outside of Switzerland. It served initially as a music hall or vaudeville stage. History. With the help of these artists, the theater achieved great success, staging many anti-fascist works, importantly the world-premiers of several plays by Bertolt Brecht. Newsletter. Märy Dominik Flaschka Theatre: Theater am Hechtplatz Gruppe: Shake Company. Learn how and when to remove this template message, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Schauspielhaus_Zürich&oldid=970699736, Articles needing additional references from August 2020, All articles needing additional references, Infobox mapframe without OSM relation ID on Wikidata, Articles containing explicitly cited English-language text, Articles with unsourced statements from October 2008, Wikipedia articles with WORLDCATID identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 1 August 2020, at 21:43. Upon their refusal, UBS AG, a Swiss banking group, stepped in to purchase the building and arranged a new lease arrangement with the Neue Schauspiel AG. The large theatre has 750 seats. In 1968 she starred alongside Ruedi Walter and Margrit Rainer as Olly Moreen in Die kleine Niederdorf-Oper at the Corso Theater … Then in 1938 it was leased to the Neue Schauspiel AG, a company founded by the city of Zürich in order to save the theater from its financial difficulties. Besides these there are also chanson singers and pantomimes that perform regularly. From 2000 to 2004 the theater experienced with Christoph Marthaler as director a new artistic blooming and was chosen as theater of the year twice by Theater heute (Theater Today), the most important and widely read German theater publication. The culture of plays, dramas and other acts of entertainment are showcased in this small theater that features Swiss cabaret, clowns and children's plays mainly. During this time it saw world premiers of such important playwrights as Max Frisch, Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Carl Zuckmayer, Georges Schehadé, Botho Strauß and Yasmina Reza. Flatev 22m. Theater, dramas and plays were a means of entertainment before the television sets. Check Your Inbox, We’ve Sent You Instructions On How To Reset Your Password. Buchupureo 7m. The Schauspielhaus Zürich (English: Zürich playhouse) is one of the most prominent and important[citation needed] theatres in the German-speaking world. On Theater am Hechtplatz Torelli embodied the title roles in various musicals, so in 1965 in "Bibi Balù", in 1967 in "Golden Girl", in 1968 "Pfui Martina" and in 1972 in "Viva Banana". Das Theater am Hechtplatz wurde 1959 eröffnet und ist ein Kleintheater direkt beim Bellevue in Zürich. While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of our listings, some venues may be currently temporarily closed without notice. The theater culture in Europe has been around for a really long time, it was the region that gave the world a good amount credible writers. Password Should Be 8-16 Characters Long, Alphanumeric With One Special Character, Password Should Not Be More Than 50 Characters. 2015 Ost Side Story. Opernhaus Zürich Schubertiade 11m. From 2000 to 2004 the theater experienced with Christoph Marthaler as director a new artistic blooming and was chosen as theater of the year twice by Theater heute (Theater Today), the most important and widely read German theater publication. The building was constructed in 1892 as the Volkstheater am Pfauen (People's Theater on the Pfauen Square) with a Bavarian beer garden and a bowling alley. Please confirm status on the venue website before making any plans. During this time the Schauspielhaus Zürich was the largest free stage in the German-speaking world, as stages in Germany and Austria were strictly regulated. Please check your starting point or destination location, New Password and Confirm New Password Do Not Match, Geolocation is not supported by this browser, Keyword Should Contain At Least 3 Characters, Keyword Should Contain Only Alphanumeric Characters, Email Should Not Be More Than 100 Characters. Jetzt Anmelden. After the rise of the Nazis in 1933, however, many important actors and directors immigrated to Switzerland from Germany and Austria. It is also known as "Pfauenbühne" (Peacock Stage). If you click "Log in with Facebook" and are not an cityseeker user, you will be registered and you agree to the cityseeker, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Theater_am_Hechtplatz_-_Hechtplatz_2015-11-06_16-27-40.JPG, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0. Theater, dramas and plays were a means of entertainment before the television sets. Rheinfall, Schaffausen 23m. The theater culture in Europe has been around for a really long time, it was the region that gave the world a good amount credible writers. Founded in 1959 as a Cabaret, it's owned and provided by the government of the city of Zürich. Master of Arts (Englisch, Geschichte, Kriminologie) Theatre 2017 – 2018 Dornrösli.