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Schön und Gut: «Unter freiem Himmel»

Name: Schön und Gut: «Unter freiem Himmel»
Start: 2027-05-13T19:30:00+02:00
End: 2027-05-13T23:59:00+02:00
Location: Herrenacker 23, 8200 Schaffhausen, Switzerland

Herrenacker 23, 8200 Schaffhausen, Switzerland
Schaffhausen, Switzerland
Thu, May 13, 2027 (7:30 pm - 11:59 pm)

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Description

Only every 50 years is the open-air play «Die Blutbuche» performed in Grosshöchstetten, and only on a single evening, because at the end of the play the tree is cut down. Now the time has come again, the theater fever is gripping the whole village. But director Mrs. Gut soon reaches her limits, because the mayor Kellenberger – in the role of the freedom hero Wüthrich – does not listen to anyone, the extras Hans and Heiri say a lot, but always the wrong thing, and Mr. Schön – as Vogt Hünigwald – does not care about clinging to old traditions anyway. In other words: everyone rides and talks past each other. When Schön resorts to a radical means in the wild dispute over interpretive power, freedom, and democracy, suddenly much more than a play is at stake. Can the Latvian Agneta save the performance? Will the village come together? And what does the tree actually say about the whole story? Not to mention Mr. and Mrs. Meise on its branches... SCHÖN&GUT are Anna-Katharina Rickert and Ralf Schlatter. Since 2003, they have been performing their poetic and political cabaret on the small stages of German-speaking Switzerland. In 2004, they received the Salzburger Stier for their work, in 2014 the Swiss cabaret prize Cornichon, and in 2017 the Swiss small arts prize. «Unter freiem Himmel» is already the seventh act by schön&gut and once again brings witty satire, boundless imagination, wordplay, singing, and plenty of flying role changes. And maybe a whole new story at the end. BY AND WITH Anna-Katharina Rickert and Ralf Schlatter DIRECTOR Roland Suter
COSTUMES Lilli Krakenberger
STAGE Peter Affentranger

Highlights

Poetic and political cabaret with Ralf Schlatter and Anna Katharina Rickert
Unique performance of the open-air play «Die Blutbuche»
Witty satire and flying role changes

General Information

The play «Unter freiem Himmel» is performed at the Stadttheater Schaffhausen and addresses the challenges of staging a special open-air play. The cabaret artists Schön&Gut have been bringing their mix of satire, singing, and wordplay to the stage since 2003.