Theater on the Winkelwiese

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Venue of the theater on the Winlkelwiese: Villa Tobler in Zurich
Memorial stone for Maria von Ostfelden in the facade of the Villa Tobler

The Theater an der Winkelwiese in Zurich is a small theater in the basement of the Villa Tobler built by Gustav Albert Wegmann . It has been known for avant-garde theater productions since the 1960s and is known as the "center for contemporary drama in Switzerland."

history

The architect Jakob Zweifel opened the self-financed theater for the actress and director Maria von Ostfelden , who fled from National Socialism and who had appeared with unconventional theater productions at alternative venues since the 1950s. In April 1964, Doubt rented the basement, and in June the theater opened with Harold Pinter's The Caretaker .

Abstract stage sets, masquerading in both classic and modern dramas and collage-like incidental music by Yehoshua Lakner shaped the style. Until 1970, the stage saw itself as a counterpoint to the aesthetics of the productions in the Schauspielhaus Zurich , which was also noticed by international critics . It has shared this resolution with the Theater am Neumarkt Zurich since 1966 .

activities

Today the Theater an der Winkelwiese is one of the city-subsidized theaters. It does not have its own ensemble and shows its own productions (around 6 productions per season) in en-suite operations .

World premieres (selection)

  • Katja Brunner : from the legs too short , drama, created in the in-house author project “Dramenprozessor” 2009/2010, world premiere at the Theater an der Winkelwiese March 31, 2012 (awarded the Mülheim Dramatist Prize 2013)

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Daniele Muscionico: The Zurich Theater Winkelwiese - Small House, What Now? Neue Zürcher Zeitung , November 23, 2015

Coordinates: 47 ° 22 '12.6 "  N , 8 ° 32' 48"  E ; CH1903:  six hundred eighty-three thousand six hundred and eighty-nine  /  247182