The Schauspielhaus Zürich is the largest spoken theatre in Switzerland and one of the most renowned theatres in the German-speaking world. Seven international in-house directors create the artistic programme with an ensemble of actors, performers and dancers. Under the directorship of Benjamin von Blomberg and Nicolas Stemann, the theatre has been pursuing an interdisciplinary, transdisciplinary and integrative approach since the 2019/20 season. In the two venues Pfauen and Schiffbau, around 20 new productions are on the programme every year. Thanks to surtitles, all performances are also accessible to English-speaking visitors.
The Schauspielhaus Zürich has a colourful history. A key part of this history was shaped by the German artists who found refuge in Zurich in the 1930s and ...
09.12.2026
19:00
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Schauspielhaus Zürich
I am awaiting the arrival of the Devil
“Still, if the world at large is to know me as I desire it to know me – me of the flesh, me of the peculiar philosophy and the unhappy spirit – I shall have ...
09.12.2026
20:00
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Schauspielhaus Zürich
TAGE DER OFFENEN TÜRCHEN
With a daily programme of surprises, we welcome the winter season and invite you to experience moments of wonder, laughter and special encounters! From 1 to ...
10.12.2026
17:00
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Schauspielhaus Zürich
ARCHIVES OF FEELINGS – WORLD PREMIERE, in French with German and English surtitles, Premiere party afterwards
At the end of a wedding celebration, eight characters remain. They are the remnants, who spontaneously form a family – people who, in all their fragility, ...
10.12.2026
19:00
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Schauspielhaus Zürich
DER KLEINE PRINZ – Closed school performance
Asteroid B612 is an unusual celestial body: the sun sets there forty-three times while only a single day passes on Earth. It is home to a sheep, a few ...
11.12.2026
10:00
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Schauspielhaus Zürich
TAGE DER OFFENEN TÜRCHEN
With a daily programme of surprises, we welcome the winter season and invite you to experience moments of wonder, laughter and special encounters! From 1 to ...