Festival ZirQus 2025
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| Duration: | 5 days |
| Age: | For all ages |
Over five days, the ZirQus festival brings together the diversity of contemporary circus at Zirkusquartier in the heart of Zurich. The broad program of shows and workshops offers circus to marvel at, try out and discover!
Bar, food, concerts and a circus program invite you to linger – come by, celebrate with us the diversity of artistic forms of expression, the shared experience and enjoy the relaxed atmosphere at the freight station!
Program 2025
CERAMIC CIRCUS
Julian Vogel, Cie. unlisted
A spectacle unfolds to the beat of the drum roll. A bicycle that defies habit. A glitter hit on roller skates. Plates dancing on the finest rods. In the midst of this sensory overload, the calm of a spinning ceramic ball. The unnoticed becomes monumental, the fragile becomes strong. Pure, simple, clear and yet daring and luminous. With Ceramic Circus, Julian Vogel creates his own circus and makes the audience forget all expectations.
60 min | From 7 years | ZQ stage | Without language
FLÄZEN
Compagnie Trottvoir
In FLÄZEN, the audience lies down on a large mattress bed in the middle of the city. In this space of peace, community and intimacy, an auditory and performative reflection on the political dimension of doing nothing takes place. FLÄZEN is a co-production of Zirkusquartier and celebrates its premiere at the ZirQus festival.
80 min | From 10 years | Open-air | Language: DE
Jusque-Là
La Lune Bleue
Jusque-Là deals with the dreams of our childhood. What if we dared to be Powerpuff Girls, to follow our wildest passions and spread nothing but pure joy? Three circus artists give expression to their dreams through a mixture of floor and aerial acrobatics, dance, theater and live music.
40 min | For all ages | Open-air | Without language
PSS PSS
Compagnia Baccalà
In Pss Pss, two contemporary clowns on an empty stage are inspired by the era of silent movies. Camilla Pessi and Simone Fassari captivate the audience with breathtaking acrobatics and poetic misadventures and leave the laughter reverberating long after the performance.
65 min | From 9 years | ZQ stage | Without language
PASTERNE
Collectif TBTF
SHOOTING SNOW WHITE
Anna Lisa Grebe
A physical theater performance and a f*cking modern fairytale: In this one-woman solo performance, Anna Lisa Grebe embodies the various characters of the fairy tale “Snow White” and also stereotypes, behaviors and clichés. Through exaggeration and the presentation of her own physical and mental nakedness on stage, she radically exposes the absurdity of a patriarchal system in which we still live. Always with a smile on her lips, she invites us on a journey into the glass coffins.
60 min | From 16 years | ZQ-Buhne | Language: EN
UMGEKEHRT
Alma Gruber: Artist in Focus
Alma Gruber would love to turn the world upside down, but that’s not possible. So she turns herself inside out. Like an almost empty soap bottle. Up is down, inside is outside – and as a soap bubble it flies free.
The Artist in Focus format offers a platform to circus performers at the start of their career.
20 min | Work-in-Progress | From 6 years | ZQ-Buhne
ELLIPSE N°1
Mano Vos: Artist in Focus
Mano Vos wears his Cyr Wheel – not the other way around. He seeks a balance between tension and letting go. Movement is at the center of the creation as he explores the fine line between control and surrender. The Artist in Focus format offers a platform to circus artists at the beginning of their career.
20 min | Work-in-Progress | From 6 years | ZQ-Buhne
Info
Festival area
The festival area opens 30 minutes before the first program item.
Hat collection
The shows and workshops are based on hat collection. This means that you set your own price. Payment in cash or twint.
Guide prices
Shows: CHF 35.- / 25.- / 15.-
Workshops: CHF 25.- / 20.- / 15.- / 5.- (children)
Reservation / Registration
The shows and workshops work without reservation, first come first served!
Food & drink
The bar opens together with the festival site. There will be chips, ice cream and a festival menu in the evening.
There is no obligation to consume: you can also bring your own picnic.
Festival Dinner
You can register online or on site at the bar for the Festival Dinner on September 5.
Inclusion
All people are welcome at the ZirQus festival. The festival site is wheelchair accessible. Contemporary circus usually works without language. All shows are based on hat collection, which means you decide your ticket price.
Awareness
The ZirQus festival aims to be a place of experience and joy. To ensure that everyone feels comfortable, we would like you to visit the festival in a conscious and mindful way. The Zirkusquartier opposes all forms of discrimination. Everyone needs to help if we are to live together respectfully.
Timetable
Wednesday 03. Sept
Festival site opens at 13:30
14.00 – 16.00: Circus course for children
Training hall | From 5 years | To come and go
16:30 – 17:10: Jusque-Là
La Lune Bleue
Outdoor area | For all ages | Without language
18:00 – 19:00 Ceramic Circus
Julian Vogel, Cie. unlisted
ZQ-Bühne | From 7 years | Without language
19:20 – 20:40 LOUNGING
Compagnie Trottvoir
Outdoor area | From 10 years | Language: DE
Thursday 4 Sept
Festival site opens at 17:30
18:00 – 19:30 Circus partner acro workshop
Training hall | From 14 years of age
20:00 – 21:00 Ceramic Circus
Julian Vogel, Cie. unlisted
ZQ-Bühne| From 7 years | Without language
21:15 – 22:45 Open training
Training hall | From 18 years | To come and go
Friday 06. Sept
Festival site opens at 15:30
16:00 – 17:30 Dance acrobatics workshop
Training hall | From 11 years
17:40 – 19:00 LOUNGING
Compagnie Trottvoir
Outdoor area | From 10 years | Language: DE
from 19:00 Festival Dinner
Dinner together | outdoor area | with registration
19:00 – 20:30 Circus taster workshop for adults
Training hall | From 18 years of age
20:45 – 21:30 Double Bill: Artist in Focus
Alma Gruber / Mano Vos
ZQ-Bühne | From 6 years | Work-in-Progress
22:00 – 23:00 SHOOTING SNOW WHITE
Anna Lisa Grebe
ZQ Stage | From 16 years | Language: EN
Saturday 07. Sept
Festival site opens at 13:30
14:00 – 15:30 Circus taster workshop for young and old
Outdoor area | For all ages |
To come and go
15:45 – 16:20 Pasterne
Collectif TBTF
Outdoor space | For all ages | Without language
17:00 – 17:20 in reverse
Artist in Focus: Alma Gruber
ZQ stage | From 6 years | Work-in-Progress
18:15 – 18:55 Jusque-Là
La Lune Bleue
Outdoor area | For all ages | Without language
19:15 – 20:20 PSS PSS
Compagnia Baccalà
ZQ stage | From 9 years | Without language
20:30 – 22.10 The Rich Man’s Kitchen Orchestra
Concert | Galotti Musikwerkstatt: Hohlstrass 290
21:00 – 22:00 Flexibility & Stretch Workshop
At dusk | outdoor area | from 14 years old
22:30 – 23:45 DJ / concert
Outdoor area
Sunday 08. Sept
Festival site opens at 10:30
11:00 – 12:30 Circ-Exchange: Diffusion
With Alain Vuignier
Training hall | For professionals | Free of charge
12:30 – 14:00 Circus taster workshop for young people
Training hall | From 11 years old
14:30 – 14:50 Ellipse n°1
Artist in Focus: Mano Vos
ZQ-Stage | From 6 years | Work-in-Progress
15:30 – 16:05 Pasterne
Collectif TBTF
Outdoor space | For all ages | Without language
16:45 – 17:50 PSS PSS
Compagnia Baccalà
ZQ-Bühne | From 9 years | Without language
Review: Festival ZirQus 2024
The ZirQus 2025 festival is supported by:
