Zinnober!

Description

A piece of wood becomes a child, the child becomes a student, the student becomes a minister – and finally the president. Zinnober is the root being to whom, as if by magic, the abilities of others are attributed. With empty phrases and much noise, the little one comes to power. But who really controls whom here? Zinnober himself or those who give him words and form?
The production by Theater Marie questions the manipulative system of authoritarian power with a mix of acting and puppet theater. Between truth and fiction, science and magic, the adaptation of E. T. A. Hoffmann's fairy tale by the current Swiss literature prize winner Martina Clavadetscher shows how easily a society can be deceived and how difficult it is to stop this wrong path.
ZINNOBER! is a theater evening about projections and responsibility, appearance and reality – and about the ever-present lure of power. Coincidences with the current world situation and incumbent government officials are unfortunately unavoidable.
○"Clavadetscher's multi-layered text exercises much criticism: of us, of the media public, but also of the religiously underpinned worldview of the tech bros – there are also points of connection for this in E. T. A. Hoffmann." Aargauer Zeitung
ZINNOBER! | Theater Marie WITH Johanna Dähler, Pascal Goffin, Priska Praxmarer, Milva Stark
DIRECTOR Jan Stephan Schmieding
STAGE Michel Schaltenbrand
COSTUMES Gwendolyn Jenkins
PUPPET CONSTRUCTION, PUPPET PLAY COACHING Priska Praxmarer SOUND DESIGN Daniel Steiner
LIGHT DESIGN Andreas Bächli, Michel Schaltenbrand
DRAMATURGY Manuel Bürgin
PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT, MEDIATION Andrea Brunner ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Dominic Schibli
TECHNICAL Andreas Bächli, Tonio Finkam
SOUND Markus Luginbühl, Peter Luginbühl
MAKEUP Alexandra Scherrer
CO-PRODUCTION Kurtheater Baden, Bühne Aarau

Highlights

• Adaptation of E. T. A. Hoffmann's "Little Zaches called Zinnober"
• Direction: Jan Stephan Schmieding
• With Johanna Dähler, Pascal Goffin, Priska Praxmarer, Milva Stark

General Information

ZINNOBER! is a theater production by Theater Marie that addresses the manipulative nature of authoritarian power. The production combines acting and puppet theater and offers a critical examination of contemporary society and its leaders.

Location

Parkstrasse 20, 5400 Baden, Switzerland

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