Program

FLÄZEN

Festival ZirQus

Date: Fr 05.09.2025
Time: 17:40 hour
Location: Aussenplatz
Price: Hutsammlung
Duration: 80 minutes
Age: From 10 years

Festival ZirQus 2025

Past dates:

  • 03. September 19:20
Linus Rieser

85 people lie in the middle of Zurich and look up at the sky. Nothing is happening. Are they sleeping? Are they resting? Are they thinking? Are they getting ready for something? Are they acting?

Compagnie Trottvoir spreads out large mattress beds in Swiss city centers. It invites the audience to make themselves really comfortable and do nothing together. By pausing in the midst of hectic city life, the FLÄZEN performance creates a space of calm, community and intimacy. This is where performative reflection on doing nothing takes place: Who can afford to take breaks at all? What could happen if everyone who does nothing did something? Where does doing nothing become political? Is it even possible to do nothing?

The performance collective examines the political dimension of doing nothing and raises questions about social justice and privilege. It uses means from live radio plays, circus, theater and music.

FLÄZEN is a co-production of Zirkusquartier Zurich and celebrates its premiere at the ZirQus 2025 festival!

Trailer

Company

Linus Rieser

Compagnie Trottvoir

Compagnie Trottvoir is a collective that experiments with the languages of circus, theater, music and performance. From 2012 to 2018, it developed invigorating performances in public spaces to provide low-threshold access to the performing arts. Two productions for the theater space were created in 2020 and 2023. Trottvoir is interested in trying out interactive formats. The company deals with socio-political issues and surprises us with new and different perspectives on our reality.

Supported by

Collective developmentValeria Stocker, Moritz Grenz, Josef Stiller, Valentin Schroeteler, Laurence Felber, Theresa Ehrenberg
PerformanceMoritz Grenz, Josef Stiller, Valentin Schroeteler, Laurence Felber, Theresa Ehrenber
Artistic coaching and final direction:Caroline Schenk
Production managerNikolai Ulbricht
Co-productionSüdpol Lucerne, Zirkusquartier Zurich, Theater Roxy Birsfelden
Sponsored by:City of Lucerne / FUKA Fund, Lucerne Plus, Elisabeth Weber Foundation

Public information

This show is part of the ZirQus 2025 festival. You can find all information about the festival here

Hat collection
The show is based on a hat collection. This means that there will be a collection after the show and you decide your ticket price. Payment in cash or twint.

Free seating
Please arrive 10 minutes in advance.

Warm clothing
Please wear warm clothing so that you can be comfortable outdoors for 80 minutes.

Wheelchair accessibility
The Zirkusquartier is wheelchair accessible. You can find more information here.

Age
Please note the age information.

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