The witching hour

In an old, dusty theatre, a technician, a costume designer and a theatre director encounter a poltergeist who is making a racket and disrupting the show. Together with the audience, they make contact with the grumpy ghost. What is he missing – and what is needed for peace to return to the theatre? Through object theatre, puppetry, live music and light and shadow effects, a sensory and humorous world unfolds on stage, somewhere between the eerie and the comforting.

Geisterstunde invites the audience on a poetic, humorous and slightly spooky journey of discovery. The play tells the story of how courage arises when one approaches the unknown with curiosity – and that fear is often merely an expression of the imagination.

An imaginative play full of theatrical magic for everyone aged 4 and over.

Concept / Set design / Costumes / Lighting: Lea Niedermann
Concept / Performance: Max Gnant
Concept / Text / Direction: Fiona Schreier
Performance: Luna Schmid
Performance: Natalina Muggli
Set design / Costumes / Lighting: Linda Vollenweider
Music / Dramaturgy: Sarah Calörtscher
Theatre education support: Olivia Stauffer
Puppetry coaching: Annina Mosimann
Production manager: Delia C. Keller, vanderbolten.production

This event takes place as part of the Heimspiel funding programme. Heimspiel is a joint initiative of the Canton of Zurich’s Cultural Office, Schule+Kultur and Migros Culture Percentage.

School performance on 22 March 2027.