Theater Winkelwiese

Here are some stories waiting for you and more ... Theater Winkelwiese has been producing and presenting contemporary theater for more than 50 years. In the beginning, the founders Maria von Ostfelden and Jakob Zweifel had premiered and popularized authors such as Samuel Beckett, Eugène Ionesco and Harald Pinter in Switzerland. In the 60s and 70s, the Kellerbühne, located on the edge of the old town of Zurich, established itself as the center of the Avangarde and evolved over time into a theater space for contemporary author theater. For many viewers, the Winkelwiese theater has become a valued and valuable venue in the cultural landscape of Zurich - a theater with a history. Based on the contemporary author's theater, the theater Winkelwiese brings to the stage a lively and pulsating theater, which searches for up-to-date and socially relevant materials and stories and offers strong narrative voices a platform. The Winkelwiese campaigns for the optimization of a theater that intervenes and courageously tests something visionary; a theater that sees itself as a meeting place and place of encounter and exchange - come together, speak, listen. At the interfaces to music, fine art and film, the Winkelwiese shows national and international guest performances, co-productions with the independent theater scene and two or three in-house productions. In addition, it promotes the promotion of young and new theater authors and wants to motivate free theater groups to develop materials for the stage with authors. A house that puts the storytelling in its midst, maintains a playful way of dealing with it, and supports new narrative forms for the stage.