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Schauspielhaus Zürich
Happy End Abschlussfestival
Wu Tsang, Tosh Basco, Asma Maroof, Josh Johnson
June 03 – June 08, 2024
Moved by the Motion: Wu Tsang, Asma Maroof, Tosh Basco, Josh Johnson
Schauspielhaus Zürich
Schauspielhaus Zürich
Fri, June 07, Closed
Sat, June 08, 19:30 – 22:30
Sun, June 09, Closed
It has been an eventful time and we want to celebrate it with a big party in the form of a week-long closing festival — with you, the ensemble, our in-house directors and all the staff of this big theatre, from June 3 – 9 2024. As with our inaugural festival five years ago, each member of the in-house directors, with whom we have connected over the past five years, will present a production that is important to them and that was created at the Schauspielhaus Zürich. In addition, there will be concerts, happenings, speeches, debates — and finally the party on June 8 2024, which we want to call the House of Wokeness party, taking up a polemic that has been raised against us.
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Schauspielhaus Zürich: Schiffbau-Halle
Schiffbaustrasse 4
8005 Zürich
Schiffbaustrasse 4
8005 Zürich
Events
Moved by the Motion takes on the famous tragedy 'Carmen'. Originally written by Prosper Mérimée and transformed into one of the most iconic operas of all time by Georges Bizet, Carmen’s tale has been adapted in numerous ways, inspiring popular culture and remaining in the collective consciousness through its controversy. Carmen is a rebellious bird, a wanderer, a hustler, a factory worker, a polylingual, shape-shifting lover, stateless and ungovernable.
In collaboration with writers Sophia Al-Maria and Fred Moten, Moved by the Motion digs through the many layers of Carmen’s legacy while taking the canonical source material further. Bizet’s original score weaves together with musical interventions by composers Andrew Yee and Asma Maroof to create a hybrid opera-theatre piece. Working seamlessly with language, movement, image and song, Moved by the Motion forms a genre-bending adaptation that reinterprets the themes that Carmen embodies: love, loss and liberation.
In collaboration with writers Sophia Al-Maria and Fred Moten, Moved by the Motion digs through the many layers of Carmen’s legacy while taking the canonical source material further. Bizet’s original score weaves together with musical interventions by composers Andrew Yee and Asma Maroof to create a hybrid opera-theatre piece. Working seamlessly with language, movement, image and song, Moved by the Motion forms a genre-bending adaptation that reinterprets the themes that Carmen embodies: love, loss and liberation.
Sat, June 08, 19:30 – 22:00 | EN/DE