GUGUS!
Rebecca Weingartner
Junge Theaterwerkstatt am Zoo
So. 2.11. | 15:00 Uhr, German premiere, 14:00 Uhr Warm-up Mo. 3.11. | 10:00 Uhr, Workshop to follow Di. 4.11. | 10:00 Uhr, Workshop to follow
For ages 8 and up
Duration: approx. 55 minutes
Language: gibberish
Tickets: Solidarity pricing system €8 / €12 / €21 / €36
Group reservations for 10 or more people (via Airtable).
The admission price is €5 per person. Advance payment only.
Inhalt
“Gugus” is a Swiss German word that means both “hello” and “nonsense” – and that is exactly what this show is about: moments devoid of any purpose that are simply fun. Inspired by the Dada movement*, GUGUS! invites us to leave behind all pressure to achieve, grow up or make the most of ourselves and rediscover the delights of the absurd. Two circus artists come together on stage and transport the audience into a world full of acrobatics, dance, onomatopoeia, music, rows and nonsense. They hover in the air, transform themselves into strange characters and play with gravity while normal life is put on hold. In GUGUS!, Weingartner, well known for engaging sensitively with social issues, again creates a space in which both young and adult audiences are welcome to get involved and join in. This completes her acclaimed trilogy for young audiences. Following EQUALITY! and SOLIDARITY!, GUGUS! is a comic play about the freedom to lose ourselves in play – and to find ourselves and each other by doing so.
* Dada is a crazy art movement whose artists mix everything up to show that the world sometimes has no meaning.
Tip: Following the performances on November 3 and 4, you can take part in a workshop with the Rebecca Weingartner Company.
We have no information about the content or sensory stimuli of this production.
Credits
Artistic Direction: Rebecca Weingartner
By and With: Guilhèm Charrier, Demian Bucci / Louis Lamer
Dramaturgy: Luzius Heydrich
Music & Composition: Donath Weyeneth
Costume Design: Jakob Hodel
Stage, Lighting & Technical Support: Claudio Bagno / Eric Scherrer
Choreographic Assistant: Antoine Ragot
Vocal Coaching: Marena Whitcher
Residency: Tanzhaus Zürich
Production: Pascal Moor / Spring Production
A production by Company Rebecca Weingartner, in co-production with ROXY Birsfelden. Supported by the Fachausschuss Darstellende Künste BS & BL, the Ernst Göhner Stiftung, the Stiftung Corymbo, the Kulturfonds der Société Suisse des Auteurs (SSA), the BLKB-Stiftung für Kultur und Bildung, the Schweizerische Interpretenstiftung SIS, the Werner Hasenböhler Stiftung, and Pro Helvetia.
The guest performance is presented as part of “A Better Place”, a project by Künstler*innenhaus Mousonturm within the framework of the Junge Theaterwerkstatt am Zoo, in cooperation with TheaterGrueneSosse and Paradiesvogel e.V., supported by the Dezernat für Kultur und Wissenschaft Frankfurt am Main and the Kulturfonds Frankfurt RheinMain.
Photos: Maria Cheilopoulou & Matthias Wäckerlin