Supermarket ladies
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| Original title: | Supermarket Ladies - The musical to have a say |
| Original language: | Swiss German (various dialects) |
| Music: | Roman Riklin |
| Book: | Dominik Flaschka , Roman Riklin , Eric Hättenschwiler (mini-musical) |
| Lyrics: | Roman Riklin |
| Original direction: | Dominik Flaschka |
| Premiere: | 28th September 2018 |
| Place of premiere: | The tent , Uster |
| Playing time: | 2 hours and 20 minutes |
| Place and time of the action: | today, behind the scenes of a supermarket branch |
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Supermarket Ladies - The Musical for Co-determination of Dominik Flaschka (Book, dialogues, director) and Roman Riklin (book, music, lyrics) is a Swiss Comedy - Musical , in which the audience can direct the course of history by voting. The story takes place behind the scenes of a fictional supermarket branch, in which three shop assistants rebel against their evil boss.
The musical was produced by Just4Fun Entertainment on behalf of Migros . The premiere took place on September 28, 2018 in DAS ZELT in Uster . The musical toured Switzerland with DAS ZELT until June 2019. On this tour a total of 47 performances took place in Uster, Aarau, Lucerne, Zug, Chur, Zurich, Basel, Bern and St. Gallen.
The production was nominated for the German Musical Theater Award 2019 in the categories Best Musical and Best Director (Dominik Flaschka) and was also nominated for the Swiss Comedy Award 2019 in the Ensemble category .
action
The three friends and supermarket salesmen Paula, Conny and Ilse are fed up with being bullied by their annoying boss. When the tyrant is put out of action for three days due to a chain of unfortunate circumstances, the three ladies sense their chance and take the reins of the supermarket into their own hands. The store experiences surprising changes. The chaos is inevitable, but the end is not, because the audience sits at the trigger and decides the progress of the story.
Music numbers
first act
- Every morning on the sixth - Paula Bernasconi & employees
- Nöd zum Glaubens (1) - Ms. Äberli, Ms. Tanner, Ms. Schmidmeister
- Oh, my God (1) - Paula Bernasconi
- Oh, my God (2) - Paula Bernasconi
- Ice cream, two, three - Fritz Eggenschwiler, Fitness-Buslen & employees
- Tra-Tra-Trallala - Fritz Eggenschwiler & Kasperli figures
- Asshole - Paula Bernasconi, Ilse Calanda, Conny Gerber
- Oh, my God (3) - Paula Bernasconi
- Min Stern - Paula Bernasconi
- Rosaroti Brülle - Ilse Calanda & Thomas Herzig with rockers
- Bölima - Böneli Stierli
- Greenland - Fritz Eggenschwiler with fish fingers & seal ice cream
- I'm involved - employees, Fritz Eggenschwiler, Inuit
Second act
- Welcome to the supermarket - employees
- Nöd zum Glaubens (2) - Ms. Äberli, Ms. Tanner, Ms. Schmidmeister
- Just it Musical - Conny Gerber & Nick Bodenmann & employees
- I want to be a Thütschi - Barbara Hutzenlaub
- All or nothing - Ilse Calanda with Paula Bernasconi & Conny Gerber
- Hamam - Pietro Fontana with staff
- Backe, backe, Chefeli - Pietro Fontana with staff
- Attention attention! - Geneviève Poirette with canton police
- The way to happiness - Paula Bernasconi, Ilse Calanda, Conny Gerber with colleagues
- Three coconuts for Cinderella, mini-musical - staff
- Schneewittli and the seven fruit dwarfs, mini musical staff
Trivia
- At nine points in the play the audience can choose between two options. Voting takes place using a noise meter .
- Depending on the audience 's choice , the staff in the Ladies Supermarket either rehearse the mini fairy tale musical Snow White and the seven fruit gnomes or three coconuts for Cinderella . The audience also determines whether Nick Bodenmann or Conny Gerber the Snow White, respectively. the Cinderella, is supposed to play. As an encore, the mini-fairy-tale musical determined by the audience is performed in the cast determined by the audience. The two mini-fairy-tale musicals are medleys made from stupid variations of the songs from the musical.
- Depending on the audience's choice, the icy villain is thawed in the hammam or in the bakery. This decision results in a different set, different costumes and a different song on the stage.
- Fritz Bisenz ' fictional character Barbara Hutzenlaub (known from the Coemdy group Acapickels ) was built into the musical.
- In the middle of the song Will ich e Thütschi bin an audience vote takes place. Depending on the outcome of the election, the song has a different final refrain.
Reviews
- “This musical is a declaration of love for Switzerland. - Switzerland with its density stress, its trade unions and its diverse inhabitants; and with votes that sometimes seem more, sometimes less useful, but are always taken very seriously. Carefree and yet well-considered, “Supermarket Ladies” brings everyone's everyday experiences and worries onto the stage in a setting that everyone knows. With a lot of self-irony and a little self-praise, the Flaschka / Riklin duo celebrates Switzerland, the Swiss - and the courage to rebel. "(Flavia Bonanomi in Aargauer Zeitung, September 28, 2018)
- “A musical doesn't always have to take the politically decent route. But if the initial situation is feminist, then there should be no room for problematic abuse. Especially not as whitewashed musical gags. "(Naomi Gregoris in bz Basel, May 24, 2019)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ This musical is a declaration of love for Switzerland. Retrieved on October 7, 2019 (Swiss Standard German).
- ^ SRF: Swiss Comedy Awards live on TV for the first time. Retrieved October 7, 2019 .
- ↑ German Musical Theater Prize - The 2019 nominations. Accessed October 7, 2019 .
- ↑ SUPERMARKET - LADIES. In: Just4Fun Entertainment & Shake Company. Retrieved on November 9, 2019 (German).
- ↑ The “Supermarket Ladies” visiting Basel. In: Telebasel. May 27, 2019, accessed on November 9, 2019 (Swiss Standard German).
- ↑ Flavia Bonanomi in Aargauer Zeitung, September 28, 2018
- ↑ With baguette against patriarchy: How Migros is caught in the cliché trap. Accessed November 9, 2019 (Swiss Standard German).