Trophy

Description

Dressed as a thriller, the award-winning screenwriter and novelist Gaea Schoeters takes a look at the complexity of rule, power, and humanity while simultaneously questioning the still-present stereotypes with which the West views Africa. Her stirring novel caused a great sensation in the literary world. The Bernese theater director Roger Vontobel brings it to the stage as an oratorio and a requiem for the dominance of the white man.

Finally, the hunting license for the black rhinoceros is here, for which Hunter White paid an obscene sum on the black market. It's not about the money for him; he is delighted by the thought of finally hunting down the fifth of his Big Five and taking it home as a trophy. But then everything goes wrong, and poachers kill the rhinoceros intended for him. When the operator of the luxury lodge in the middle of the steppe compares the complex issues of species protection, tourism, and hunting with the protection of minorities, the white hunter falls into a disturbing fever dream. Has he really been offered the chance to hunt a human, the Big Six?

Highlights

• Play based on the novel by Gaea Schoeters
• World premiere as an oratorio in Winterthur
• Addresses power, stereotypes, and species protection
• Performance within the framework of modern theater

General Information

The play 'Trophy' is based on the novel by Gaea Schoeters and is performed at the Theater Winterthur. It combines elements of theater and stage to explore questions of rule, humanity, and the environment.

Location

Theaterstrasse 6, 8400 Winterthur, Schweiz

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