The Zirkusquartier is Zurich's place for contemporary circus, theater and dance...and the home of Zirkus Chnopf. It is a place for artists, young and old, professionals and amateurs. Since the occupation of the current interim use in 2014, the ...
Variety of cars
Autumn romance in the goods station
Saturday, 30 November & 07 December
from 18:30 - show starts: 19:30
Sunday, 01 December & 08 December
from 12:30 - show starts: 13:30
At the wagon variety show, circus wagons become the stage. December
from 12:30 - show starts: 13:30
At the wagon variety show, the circus wagons become a stage and the various artists take the audience into a wide variety of worlds with music, artistry, juggling and physical theatre.
This year, in Joyeux non-anniversaire, the audience is invited to a whimsical birthday party of a special kind and the duo Inalto Mare perform in J'ai ai.strong>J'ai raté le train, Je prends l'éléphant a humorous dialogue between hand balancing, juggling, contortion and lots of theatre. Praeludium in G invites you to a prestigious concert of percussion literature: two classical musicians bring hot grooves from the orchestra pit directly into the circus wagon. Elegant and clownish, they stumble over concert conventions. With Reverb , the Terratuliua company presents a manifesto of aerial artistry and takes the audience on a sensory journey with all their senses.
On the second weekend, Carola Kärcher creates a magical shadow play between light and canvas: A Shadow from Paris tells a story about the art of transformation and the courage to jump over one's own shadow.
The moderation and magic duo Migi (Variété Triché) & Jamil (Zauberart) will guide you through the evening with little magic tricks: the audience will move from show to show - from circus wagon to circus wagon and in between there will be delicious snacks and hot drinks from the bar. Let yourself be whisked away into a magical atmosphere and enjoy short programmes from a wide variety of genres on the smallest of stages!
Programme 2024
30 November and 01. December:
- Joyeux non-anniversaire
Artistry & Physical theatre - Praeludium in G
Drums & Physical theatre - Reverb
Air ring & Physical theatre - J'ai raté le train, je prends l'éléphant
Juggling & handstand
07. December and 08. December
- Joyeux non-anniversaire
Artistry & Physical theatre - Praeludium in G
Drums & Physical theatre - Reverb
Air ring & Physical theatre - A Shadow from Paris
Hand Shadow Theatre
Joyeux non-anniversaire
Cassandre & Nina
(Artistic & Physical theatre)
Late afternoon, two people at a table. Garlands, balloons, bright colours. You're sitting in the same position, it's your birthday and you're invited.
Come in, but watch where you put your feet because it's a bit messy... Make yourself comfortable. Once the candles are blown out, you can eat a piece of cake!
The two people will eat and breathe at the same time. They will dance and unwrap their presents at the same time. They'll stand up at the same time and say the same words - but that's normal, that's how they are!
Saturday 30 November / Sunday 01 December
Saturday 08 December / Sunday 07 December December / Sunday 07 December
Praeludium in G
Sämi Messerli & Simon Huggler
Drums & Physical theatre
From the orchestra pit straight into the circus wagon. Two classical musicians invite you to a prestigious concert of percussion literature. All they have with them is a snare drum, two chairs, two pairs of drumsticks and their agile bodies in a rigid orchestral costume. Playing from the drum, they work their way to the floor, over the walls to the ceiling, from the ceiling to their bodies and those of the audience in order to create an orchestra wagon instead of an orchestra pit. With hot grooves and the most serious ecstasy, they stumble elegantly and clownishly over the concert conventions that apply to the performers and spectators.
Saturday 30 November / Sunday 01 December
Saturday 08 December / Sunday 07 December
Reverb
Terratuliua - Physical Theatre Company
Luftring & Physical theatre
Reverb is a manifesto of aerial artistry that combines music, acrobatics and light to create a sensory journey. Beats, spins and silence guide the audience through the show as a common thread.
The piece aims to create a space that transports the audience into another environment outside of reality, a small space in which the main performer can move and fly. It plays with the sounds and textures of the place and encourages the audience to immerse themselves with all their senses.
Saturday 30 November / Sunday 01 December
Saturday 08 December / Sunday 07 December
J'ai raté le train, je prends l'éléphant
Inaltro Mare
Juggling & handstand
"J'ai raté le train, Je prends l'éléphant" (I missed the train, I'll take the elephant) is a creation devised and performed by a terrifyingly frightening ball juggler and a hand balancer with a reverse principle. It is an all-ages creation that appeals to everyone and excludes no-one. It is a clownish dialogue between hand balancing, juggling, contortion and lots of theatre. Created, performed and directed by circus duo Valentina Melotti and Cristobal Bascur.
Saturday 30 November
Sunday 01 December
A Shadow from Paris
Carola Kärcher
Hand Shadow Theatre
The creation of magical moments between light and canvas - this is how Carola Kärcher understands the art of hand shadow play. And with the simplest of means. The ability to work with hands alone is both a great source of inspiration and a challenge. Hand shadow theatre is about focusing on the essentials and ultimately on what is really necessary. This results in a mixture of magical shadow play, tenderness, comedy and philosophical depth, integrated into a story that is not only created on the screen, but also in the minds and hearts of the audience: A shadow from Paris tells a story about magic, the art of transformation and the courage to jump over one's own shadow.
Saturday 08 December
Sunday 07 December
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Saturday, November 30, 2024
19:30
CHF 35.- / 25.- / 15.-
Zirkusquartier
Hohlstrasse 256
8004 Zürich
kontakt@zirkusquartier.ch
Opening hours:
Das Zirkusquartier ist ausserhalb der Schulferien täglich ab 15 Uhr für die Kurse geöffnet. An Vorstellungstagen öffnet die Tür 60 Minuten vor Beginn und die Bar ist geöffnet.
Accessibility:
The auditorium is wheelchair accessible. The box office and bar are unfortunately on the 1st floor. The Circus Quarter does not have an elevator.