schön&gut

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UNDER AN OPEN SKY Only once every 50 years is the open-air play "The Blood Beech" performed in Grosshöchstetten, and only on a single evening, because at the end of the play, the tree is cut down. Now it's that time again, the theater fever is gripping the entire village. But director Frau Gut soon reaches her limits, because Gemeindepräsident Kellenberger – in the role of the freedom hero Wüthrich – refuses to be told anything, the extras Hans and Heiri say a lot, but always the wrong thing, and Mr. Schön – as Vogt Hünigwald – is generally uninterested in dwelling on old traditions. In other words: everyone rides and talks past each other. When Schön, in a fierce dispute over interpretive power, freedom, and democracy, resorts to a radical measure, much more than a play is at stake. Can Lettin Agneta save the performance? Does the village pull together? And what does the tree itself say about the whole story? Not to mention Mr. and Mrs. Meise on its branches. The seventh act of schön&gut once again brings witty satire, boundless imagination, wordplay, singing, and lots of flying role changes. And perhaps at the end, a completely new story. 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. Text and production — Anna-Katharina Rickert and Ralf Schlatter Direction — Roland Suter Duration — 115 minutes, including intermission