For more than 50 years, the Theater am Hechtplatz has stood for high-class entertainment. The cobblestones in the foyer are reminiscent of the former taxi stand, which the architect Ernst Gysel integrated into the theatre building in 1959 on behalf ...
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Johannes Millius
Lively on the finish
‘Im Abgang lebhaft’ navigates the tension between a love story and a pre-printed sympathy card. Johannes R. Millius on a journey to his innermost self – past the southern slopes of La Rioja, the Zähringer Pharmacy in Bern and crates full of Lego bricks. A spoken-word evening, oscillating between offering condolences and breaking down. With heart, mischief, absurdity, poetry, madness – and an urn.
It is the story of a love that ended too soon and yet remains. Where memories suddenly speak louder than words, Millius finds humour in the dust of transience. Love and death meet on equal terms – sometimes awkwardly, sometimes tenderly. An evening that offers comfort without becoming kitsch, and makes you laugh when you least expect it.
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Monday, May 24, 2027
19:30
Johannes R. Millius is, after Sina, Tschugger and various FIFA presidents, the canton of Valais’s latest desperate attempt to come across as somewhat likeable to the rest of Switzerland. Far removed from all the clichés, he nevertheless sounds like a holiday on the Bettmeralp and a skiing camp in Fiesch. And, of course, he knows everyone you know from Valais – presumably even through family connections. Somewhere between Valais humour and quiet melancholy, he shows that even death sounds a little warmer in the local dialect.
Theater am Hechtplatz
Hechtplatz 7
8001 Zürich
+41 (0)44 415 15 15
Accessibility:
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Mobility
Tickets
You can reserve wheelchair spaces directly in our ticketing system. Our box office team will then contact you for more detailed information about the size of your wheelchair and provide you with further information.
Seats
The wheelchair space, cloakroom and our theatre bar are barrier-free. The wheelchair space and the space for the accompanying person are located near the stage (rows 1-4), directly by the door and can be requested in the ticket shop or at the theatre box office. As soon as we have received your enquiry, our box office team will contact you to enquire about the dimensions of the wheelchair and determine the optimum seating solution based on this.
Toilets
There is a spacious, barrier-free WC at Limmatquai 4 directly behind the theatre (Zürcherhof 1st floor, next to the lift) and a Züri-WC at Bellevue (at the back between the VBZ ticket office and Deli-Snack on the Bellevue service island). Both are accessible with a Eurokey. If you need assistance from the theatre team when going to the barrier-free WC or would like to use one during the interval, please report to the cloakroom.
Sight
For people with a visual impairment, we recommend a seat in rows 1 to 3.
Blind dogs
Blind dogs may be taken into the theatre. Please either book seats in the ticket shop on the far left of the wall or on the far right of the door or contact the theatre box office. We are also happy to place guide dogs outside the theatre in a quiet place.
Ticketing
Our ticketing system is not yet barrier-free. To order tickets, please contact our theatre box office directly: Tel. +41 44 415 15 15 (free of charge) / Tue - Sat, 4 - 7 pm
Hearing
For people with a hearing impairment, we recommend a seat in rows 1 to 3.
Do you have any questions? Please contact Christina Teuber, co-director of the theatre at Hechtplatz:
Email: christina.teuber@zuerich.ch
Phone: +41 44 412 54 59 (available Tue, Wed, Thu, 10 am - 5 pm)
