Markus Zohner Theater Compagnie
The Markus Zohner Theater Compagnie is a free, international theater group based in Lugano / Switzerland . It was founded in 1987 by the Swiss actor and director Markus Zohner and has since toured around the world with her various productions . The company has specialized in productions that present important topics and theater texts with little external effort and by concentrating on the work of the actors.
Members of the company
- Artistic director: Markus Zohner
- Direction: Patrizia Barbuiani , Markus Zohner, Alessandro Marchetti
- Acting: Patrizia Barbuiani, Santiago Bello, Luca Domas, Alessandra Francolini, Igor Mamlenkov, Markus Zohner, David Matthäus Zurbuchen, Alessandro Marchetti, Luisella Sala.
- Incidental music: Gabriele Marangoni (composition, execution), Lucia D'Anna (violoncello), Ayumi Togo, Federica Napoletani (both soprano)
- Stage design: Nando Snozzi
- Interaction Designer: Sandro Pianetti
- Dance: Lucía Baumgartner
- Technical management: Martin Wieser
- Video / Film / Photo: Patrick Botticchio
- Audio: Marco Viale
- Assistance: Elisabetta Preite
Productions in the repertoire
- EVA & ADAM, staging by Patrizia Barbuiani, with Patrizia Barbuiani, Rob Wyn Jones
- HA! HAmlet by William Shakespeare , with Patrizia Barbuiani and Markus Zohner
- Odyssey, Homer
- Erotic and comical stories from 1001 nights, with Patrizia Barbuiani and Markus Zohner
- Words in Progress - Romeo & Juliet, with Patrizia Barbuiani, Gabriele Marangoni
- APOCALYPSE 2072 | end.begin, with Alan Alpenfelt, Mattia Martelli, Markus Zohner, David Matthäus Zurbuchen. Band: Black Fluo
- Proust in Prison, with Alan Alpenfelt and Markus Zohner
- La Colpa - The Guilt, with Andrea Baldassarri, Camilla Delpero, Gabriele Matrangoni, Francesca Sproccati, Markus Zohner, David Matthäus Zurbuchen
- CAPPUCCETTO INFRAROSSO (infrared cap), with Patrizia Barbuiani, Luca Domas, Gabriele Marangoni, Alessandro Marchetti, Federica Napoletani, Roberta Nicolò, Nando Snozzi, Ayumi Togo, Markus Zohner, David Matthäus Zurbuchen
- "Radio Frankenstein". Play about the Italian neurosurgeon Prof. Sergio Canavero , who is planning and preparing a head transplant for humanity. Cooperation and co-production with the Joint Research Center of the European Commission . World premiere: September 9, 2017, Lugano / Switzerland, English premiere: October 5, 2017, Joint Research Center, Ispra / Italy. Text and direction: Markus Zohner, with Patrizia Barbuiani, Santiago Bello, Luca Domas, Alessandra Francolini, Igor Mamlenkov, David Matthäus Zurbuchen.
More productions
- PALPITATION, director: Alessandro Marchetti, with Ursina Gregori and Markus Zohner
- The story of the soldier by Charles Ferdinand Ramuz and Igor Stravinsky , staging: Markus Zohner, with Patrizia Barbuiani, Ursina Gregori, Sibylle Hauert, Markus Zohner, Saarbrücken Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Burkhard Kinzler
- White Cherry Chechov - Der Kirschgarten , by Anton Pawlowitsch Chekhov , staging: Markus Zohner with Cie, with Patrizia Barbuiani, Gabriele Grawe, Stefania Mariani, Columbina Vujanovic, Nathan Prentice, Markus Zohner
- THE LAST SUPPER by Markus Zohner and Jeton Neziraj, with Shengyl Ismaili, Adriana Matoshi, Edona Reshitaj, Arben Zharku, Shkelzen Veseli, Vedat Haxhiislami, Ani Biba, Lucía Baumgartner ( choreography and dance ), Gabriele Marangoni, music .
- Hans Christian Andersen - The Double Life of a Strange Poet, director: Patrizia Barbuiani, with Stefania Mariani, Rob Wyn Jones, Daniel Meininghaus, Gabriele Marangoni (music), Annette Fischer (soprano)
- Kalevipoeg -The Cool Estonian Epic, creation and direction: Markus Zohner, with Katariina Lauk, John Sarapson, Tanel Saar, Margo Teder, coproduction with VAT TEATER Tallinn
- Domitilla e la Stella delle parole perse (Italian) by Patrizia Barbuiani, with Stefania Mariani
- Dio Femmina - God female, with Patrizia Barbuiani and Gabriele Marangoni
- Don Juan after Lord Byron , with Adele Raes, Markus Zohner, David Matthäus Zurbuchen
Important international theater projects of the company
- ImproBaltics 1992–1997, Tallinn , Riga , Daugavpils , Vilnius
- Markus Zohner Flying Theater Academy for Central Asia 2001–2004, flying theater academy for theater professionals from Central Asia , which held master courses with important European theater teachers in Almaty / Kazakhstan for three years .
- KOSOVO.BLOOD THEATER.PROJECT 2006/2007, a multi-month theater project in coproduction with Multi Media Center Pristina , with Swiss and Kosovar theater professionals on issues in post-war Kosovo.
Awards for the company
- Grand Prix: “Best Performance of the Festival” 2005 International Theater Festival “RAINBOW”, Saint Petersburg / Russia for “KALEVIPOEG - The Cool Estonian Epic”, creation and staging: Markus Zohner
- Grand Prix: “Best Performance of the Festival” 2005, International Theater Festival Novgorod / Russia for “KALEVIPOEG - The Cool Estonian Epic”, creation and staging : Markus Zohner
- Grand Prix of the audience at the 21st and 22nd Fajir International Theater Festival in Tehran / Iran 2003 and 2004
- Best performance at the International Drama Festival in Lahore / Pakistan
- Audience Grand Prix at the Male Scena International Theater Festival in Rijeka , Croatia
- Grand Prix at the 11th Festival du Rire de Rochefort , Belgium
- Grand Prix at the 6th Banaanikala International Theater Festival in Tallinn , Estonia
- Special prize of the jury and the public in Vevey , Switzerland
- Schweizer KleinKunstPreis 2000 / Swiss Independent Theater Award
- Grand Theater Critic Award at the Novgorod International Theater Festival , Russia