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Dear Readers, Dear Basel! At the start of the new season, let’s first take a look back. What have we learned: a life without physical closeness, a life without contact is hard. Theatre, our purpose in life, our passion hung and still hangs by a thin thread. If there is one thing for sure now though: a contactless theatre experience is not theatre at all. We have missed you, dear guests, and your warm company incredibly! We would like to thank the public authorities and also you for your resilience and amazing support throughout the crisis. When making decisions, we have tried to be as sustainable as possible. Ensuring the survival and the future of Theater Basel and at the same time not abandoning the numerous freelance artists who work here – was and is our heartfelt mission and purpose. Extra Weeks starting in August Fourteen performances were not seen enough during the last season. We have therefore decided to perform them again for you. Further, it is another reason why we are kicking off the season much earlier than usual with a festival in August: nine fantastic productions on the Grosse Bühne and at the Schauspielhaus, 46 performances in just six weeks. The ‹Extra Weeks› are set to be even more enticing with some special summer prices, an open-air bar and supporting programme in the Foyer Public. At the same time, you will be able to experience the ‹Forever Spielclub Festival› of Junges Haus on the Kleine Bühne and at Galerie 7. 3

Cultural neighbourhood on the Theaterplatz We will be celebrating the most urban space in Basel on 11 September: the Theaterplatz. Historisches Museum Basel, kult.kino, Kunsthalle Basel, Literaturhaus Basel, Offene Kirche Elisabethen, S AM Schweizerisches Architekturmuseum, Sinfonieorchester Basel, Stadtcasino Basel, Stadtkino Basel, Theater Basel and the bird’s eye jazz club are celebrating their cultural neighbourhood with a joint party. The Foyer Public has continued to develop despite Covid-19. And it will be back open for everyone to enjoy after the summer break: Tuesday to Sunday from 11 am to 6 pm as a public space with a roof, Wi-Fi and meeting places. A generation-spanning theatre This season, more than ever before, Theater Basel will be a «generation-spanning theatre»: We begin and end the season with two youth festivals. We have an exceptional number of works in our programme for young people, but also for families with children above the age of six. The extra booklets ‹Für Kinder› and ‹Für Jugendliche› contain all the information you need. And there will once again be a special booklet ‹Für Schulen›. Basel residents of all ages and backgrounds will also be able to take the stage: nine productions allow you to actually participate. If this sounds like just the thing for you, visit: theater-basel.ch/mitmachen. 4

Anniversaries and new beginnings There are a number of anniversaries coming up: the Theatergenossenschaft is turning 100 and the Schauspielhaus is celebrating its 20th birthday in January 2022. And our opera studio OperAvenir was launched 15 years ago. We are planning to celebrate this with a very special production of ‹The Barber of Seville›: a puppet theatre production where the puppets will be played by the young singers: We have established a circle of patrons, and you can become a member. Further, we have entered into cooperation with a catering partner: the Basel-based Krafft-Gruppe. As you can see, we are bursting with ideas and are full of passion. And we all hope for the best. We look forward to welcoming you! Benedikt von Peter and the Theater Basel team

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Ensemble and guests Opera Kristian Alm Joachim Bäckström Derrick Ballard Alex Banfield Nathan Berg Suzan Boogaerdt Michael Borth Noel Bouley Katarina Bradić Karl-Heinz Brandt John Chest Nicole Chevalier Kyu Choi Raphael Clamer Diamanda La Berge Dramm Stephan Eberhard Arthur Espiritu Jasmin Etezadzadeh Nicolas Franciscus Álfheiður Erla Guðmundsdóttir Matilda Gustafsson Kali Hardwick Théo Imart Moritz Kallenberg Kai Kluge Stefanie Knorr Rainelle Krause

Ensemble and guests

Nataliia Kukhar Les Reines Prochaines & Friends Jamez McCorkle Marquis’ McGee Ixchel Mendoza Hernández Vuyani Mlinde André Morsch Andrew Murphy Regula Mühlemann Thomas Oliemans Günter Papendell Daniele Pintaudi Ena Pongrac Jasin Rammal-Rykala Rolf Romei Alex Rosen Bianca van der Schoot Seraphina Schweiger Kristina Stanek Flurina Stucki Peter Tantsits Beth Taylor Giulia Tornarolli Anne Sofie von Otter Judith van Wanroij Hubert Wild Frank Willens Patrick Zielke

Theatre Elmira Bahrami Paula Beer Andrea Bettini Jan Bluthardt Carina Braunschmidt Barbara Colceriu Fabian Dämmich Jonas Dassler Edgar Eckert Mala Emde Vera Flück Nairi Hadodo Anne Haug Martin Hug Ueli Jäggi Michael Klammer Fabian Krüger Marie Löcker Annika Meier Jörg Pohl Suly Röthlisberger Sven Schelker Julian Anatol Schneider Aenne Schwarz Gala Othero Winter Ballet Giacomo Altovino Rubén Bañol Herrera

Ensemble and guests

Diego Benito Gutierrez Eva Blunno Elias Boersma Mirko Campigotto Lydia Caruso Dayne Florence Lisa Horten-Skilbrei Kelly Keesing Mikaela Kelly Aleix Labara Cerver David Lagerqvist Debora Maiques Marin Thomas Martino Gaia Mentoglio Kazuki Mitsuhashi Francisco Patricio Stefanie Pechtl Frank Fannar Pedersen Anthony Ramiandrisoa Matias Rocha Moura Javier Rodríguez Cobos Tana Rosás Suñé Marina Sanchez Garrigós Celia Sandoya Rachelle Scott Giuliana Sollami Andrea Tortosa Vidal Max Zachrisson

EXTRA WEEKS 20.8. – 3.10.21 9 WORKS 6 WEEKS 1 FESTIVAL AND LOTS AND LOTS OF EXTRA SPECIAL MOMENTS →

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Festival

Cow Ballet 5 Duos / Bliss Ballet Die Zauberflöte Opera Intermezzo Opera Alte Tiere Hochgestapelt Opera Cosmic Drama Theatre oby Dick – das Solo M Theatre Metamorphosen Theatre Onkel Wanja Theatre Festival

THEATER BASEL WE’RE CELEBRATING

We’re meeting our cultural neighbours Theaterplatz party 11 September 2021 By and with: Historisches Museum Basel kult.kino Kunsthalle Basel Literaturhaus Basel Offene Kirche Elisabethen S AM Schweizerisches Architekturmuseum Sinfonieorchester Basel Stadtcasino Basel Stadtkino Basel Theater Basel the bird’s eye jazz club The full programme will be published in August 2021 Free admission

A neighbourhood is celebrating culture The Theaterplatz with its steps, levels and the world’s most famous carnival fountain will be transformed into the «Theaterplatz neighbourhood» together with the various local cultural institutions: a lively and polyphonic cultural venue right in the heart of Basel. And we want to celebrate the opening of this event with you! We and Historisches Museum Basel, kult.kino, Kunsthalle Basel, Literaturhaus Basel, Offene Kirche Elisabethen, S AM Schweizerisches Architekturmuseu, Sinfonieorchester Basel, Stadtcasino Basel, Stadtkino Basel and the bird’s eye jazz club will be opening our doors to you on Saturday 11 September. A whole day full of performances, happenings, performances, concerts, guided tours, food stalls and signature drink on and around the Theaterplatz.

Culture Drinks Neighbourhood

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We’re celebrating all night New Year’s Eve The perfect start to 2022

31 December 2021 Tickets and the full programme will be available from 1 October 2021

The hugely popular New Year’s Eve party at Theater Basel is back. When we are allowed to party, we party – and we party properly! Watch the ballet performance ‹Cow› on the Grosse Bühne, ‹Die Physiker› at the Schauspielhaus and a programme with Michael Elsener on the Kleine Bühne: Before everyone gathers in the foyer to enjoy a joyous programme. As the clock strikes twelve, we invite you to a midnight waltz on Theaterplatz between Serra’s sculpture and Tinguely fountain. And then it is time to really hit the dance floor: Dance with us until the theatre starts to quake! →

Also on New Year’s Eve: ‹Carmina Burana› Cooperation between Sinfonieorchester Basel and Theater Basel 31.12.2021 Stadtcasino Basel 01.01.2022 Grosse Bühne, Theater Basel

Dancing Party New beginning

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We’re celebrating our birthday 20 years of the Schauspielhaus 14 to 17 January 2022 The final programme will be published on 1 October 2021

A birthday weekend at Steinentorstrasse The new Schauspielhaus officially opened with a ‹Hamlet› production on 17 January 2002. More than 150 premieres and 20 years later, artists, staff and audiences have long felt at home in the building designed by the Basel architect firm Schwarz Gutmann Pfister. More than reason enough to mark the anniversary by looking back and thanking the «first ladies» whose anonymous donation made construction possible in the first place. But also the present and the future of theatre and performance arts will be duly celebrated on the birthday weekend with a diverse programme!

Theatre New build Anniversary

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We’re celebrating young opera singers 15 years of the OperAvenir A production of ‹The Barber of Seville› will be staged between 8 May and 23 June 2022 Find more information on page 52

To mark the opera studio anniversary, we are letting the puppets take the lime light For over 15 years, the OperAvenir opera studio has been an established institution boosting the careers of young singers. The special thing about this additional training: in-house opera productions and projects in which the stars of tomorrow can present themselves to a real audience. We’re celebrating the anniversary with an exceptional new production of Rossini’s fast-paced, classic opera buffa ‹The Barber of Seville›. In the production by Austrian director and puppeteer Nikolaus Habjan, the young ensemble shares the stage with life-size open-mouth puppets.

Anniversary Opera studio Puppet theatre

We’re celebrating

THEATER BASEL PREMIERES & REVIVALS

Empty Thrones Ballet Chamber ballet by Richard Wherlock 16 September 2021 Kleine Bühne Choreography: Richard Wherlock Music: Max Zachrisson 1 hour 10 minutes without an interval Recommended age: 12+ With support from Kantonsspital Baselland, the medical partner of Ballett Theater Basel Premiere

Chamber ballet based on works by William Shakespeare Duels, betrayals, intimate seductions, monologues in front of the mirror, love scenes and deaths: this is what Shakespeare’s plays about the five kings of England from Richard II to Richard III are all about. Richard Wherlock also tells of the crimes and strategies used to hold on to power. The music for this evening of dance is by the Basel company member Max Zachrisson.

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Fathers Betrayal Seduction

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Die Physiker Theatre A comedy in two acts by Friedrich Dürrenmatt 17 September 2021 Schauspielhaus Staged by: Basel Company Recommended age: 14+ With English surtitles

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Classic Dürrenmatt drama under selfdirection – the Basel Company stages its own work Three mentally ill patients in an asylum claim to be the scientists Möbius, Einstein and Newton. One of them really has discovered the theory of everything. He hides it to prevent humanity destroying itself: One person decides for all. But: «What concerns everyone is something only all of us can solve,» wrote Dürrenmatt. True to this quote, the Basel Company does without a director and instead bases its work on the 1962 premiere. A production to mark Dürrenmatt’s 100th birthday, which questions our belief in individual genius with playful vigour.

Madness Science World domination

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4 ½ Jahreszeiten Opera By Thom Luz 18 September 2021 Grosse Bühne Only until 15 October 2021 Concept, production, stage: Thom Luz Musical director: Mathias Weibel Member of Kammerorchester Basel Recommended age: 12+ In German With English surtitles

A symphony-superscription with intermediate tones A symphony orchestra rehearses Haydn’s ‹The Seasons›. The concert is due to start in a matter of hours, but the conductor is far from happy. Spring is too cold, summer too long, the flutes would rather have played Vivaldi and the wrong decorations have been delivered. This leads to some quarrels, a bit of improvising is called for. Musical overlays and all kinds of disruptive noises result in a cheerful to desperate reinvention of the current world and weather situation. Swiss director Thom Luz returns to Theater Basel. Together with musicians from Kammerorchester Basel and an ensemble of dancers and actors, he develops a spatial composition about the changing reality in times filled with huge swathes of lightning from all directions.

Kammerorchester Backstage People and nature

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Die Zauberflöte Opera Large opera in two acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder 8 October 2021 Grosse Bühne Musical director: Francesc Prat / Thomas Wise Staged by: Simon McBurney Sinfonieorchester Basel 3 hours with an interval Recommended age: 6+ In German With German surtitles With English surtitles Co-production of the Dutch National Opera, the English National Opera and Festival d’Aix-en-Provence

Magic opera on a bare stage The most wondrous of all operas in a celebrated production by the theatre magician Simon McBurney. He brings to life the magic of theatre with deceptively simple means. Openly produced visual projections and sound effects enliven the scenery. Sheets of music transform into birds. The emanating lightness and emotional depth of this production have been celebrated and acclaimed throughout half of Europe. Swiss soprano Regula Mühlemann appears as Pamina. «The ensemble around the Swiss soprano Regula Mühlemann as Pamina is a vocal delight.» SRF 2

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Fantasy Magic Bare stage

Revival

Moby Dick − das Solo Theatre Based on the novel by Herman Melville 16 October 2021 Grosse Bühne Staged by: Antú Romero Nunes 2 hours without an interval Recommended age: 12+ With English surtitles

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A classic of world literature as a vibrant spectacle Captain Ahab is unable to resist the urge to take revenge on the giant white sperm whale that bit off his leg. The man who first sights Moby Dick will receive a gold coin. The men who earn their living from whaling fall under the spell of the charismatic captain and become more and more part of Ahab’s mania for revenge. Antú Romero Nunes stages the great American novel as a brilliant solo featuring Jörg Pohl.

A man A whale A wound

Revival

Un sentiment de vie Theatre By Claudine Galéa 16 October 2021 Schauspielhaus Staged by: Emilie Charriot Recommended age: 14+ In German With English surtitles Premiere

A dialogue between the generations The daughter becomes aware of what embodies her attitude to life when her father dies. She listens to his favourite songs and thinks about his origins. Her own life seems like an interwoven web of experiences, memories and attributions. Only through storytelling and writing are her eyes opened to her own destiny. This autofictional dialogue was written by the French author Claudine Galéa. At Theater Basel, Emilie Charriot stages the Germanlanguage premiere. The French director is known for her precise and reduced works that boast great emotional depth. She has been invited to stage her production ‹Vocation› as a guest performance during Abo Français in the Schauspielhaus on 19 October.

Origins Generations Multiple identities

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Die Rote Zora und ihre Bande Junges Haus Based on works by Kurt Held 17 October 2021 Kleine Bühne Staged by: Patrick Oes Musical director: Xenia Wiener Recommended age: 8+ Morning performances for school classes

A classic work about justice, performed by a young and diverse ensemble In a small seaside town, the legendary Red Zora and her gang are on the prowl. Without any parents, without any money and completely on their own, the gang members experience adventures and real struggles for survival. But hunger is not their only enemy. The town’s bigwigs, the police and the nasty high school students are also out to make their lives difficult. When the gang’s only adult ally, an old fisherman called Gorian, is innocently caught up in some trouble, they become underground fighters for justice: The fact that nothing changes by itself and that solidarity needs to be clearly communicated is theatrically visualised by young people with and without a refugee background.

Friendship Courage Justice

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Die Mühle von Saint Pain Theatre, Opera By Anne Haug, Antú Romero Nunes, Lucien Haug Based on the Krabat tales 22 October 2021 Grosse Bühne Staged by: Antú Romero Nunes Musical director: Thomas Wise Basel Sinfonietta Recommended age: 14+ With English surtitles Premiere

A western noir with orchestra Krabat has gone missing. His siblings reunite after many years apart. The stories of the past weigh heavy upon them. Accusations and unforgivable mistakes are relived – remembering the past has fatal consequences. The past comes back to life and there is no redeemer to defeat it. Antú Romero Nunes tells the traditional dark Sorbian folk tale as a retrospective. In doing so, he uses all the arts available at Theater Basel: theatre, dance, the Basel Sinfonietta, an opera singer and a foley artist bring the Black Mill and its magic to life.

Power Magic Deliverance

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Onkel Wanja Theatre Drama by Anton Chekhov In a Swiss-German version by Lucien Haug 24 October 2021 Schauspielhaus Staged by: Antú Romero Nunes Recommended age: 12+ With English surtitles

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A timeless tale of a patchwork family in the urban agglomeration Vanya manages the estate of his deceased sister. With the proceeds he finances the career of his brother-in-law from his first marriage – an author, the pride of the family. The jack-of-all-trades returns from the big city penniless but with a young new wife. Vanya himself had, for many years, dreamed of being an artist. But dreaming alone does not change the world, not even your own. When the highly esteemed author finally declares that he wants to sell the estate, Vanya’s life of self-delusion starts to fall apart. Leaving him able to think of only one solution. An evening full of hard drinking and two shots that miss their target.

Would Should Could

Revival

Cow Ballet An evening of ballet in 11 scenes by Alexander Ekman 30 October 2021 Grosse Bühne Choreography: Alexander Ekman Music: Mikael Karlsson 1 hour 30 minutes without an interval Recommended age: 8+

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Floating cows and an unbridled joy of movement This full-length ballet in eleven crazy scenes does not have a plot. The main object: a cow Experience the return to the Grosse Bühne of the humorous absurdity and joy of movement created by the Swedish enfant terrible of the ballet world. A piece in which even the stage elements are used choreographically. A moving installation with surprising visual moments. «Ekman questions traditional ballet d’action, which he cleverly contrasts with ‹Cow›, a piece that is as uplifting as it is moving and lives from its unleashing of emotions and silence.» bz Basel

Peak performance Herd Hoof

Revival

La fille mal gardée Ballet Ballet with music by Louis Ferdinand Hérold, arranged by John Lanchbery 6 November 2021 Grosse Bühne Choreography: Jeroen Verbruggen Musical director: Thomas Herzog / Georg Köhler Sinfonieorchester Basel Recommended age: 12+

Old ballet d’action with a new twist Lise falls in love with a woman, Collette, instead of the young farmer Colas. And Alain, who has actually been chosen by Lise’s mother as her son-in-law, develops a somewhat peculiar relationship to a scarecrow. The famous chicken dance is performed by rabbits, and hay bales wrapped in plastic act as the stage set. ‹La fille mal gardée› is one of the oldest surviving ballets. The Belgian choreographer Jeroen Verbruggen transforms idyllic country life with down-to-earth characters into a queer story ballet with gender confusion and pleasurable ambiguity.

Love Country life Gender twist

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Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria Opera Opera in a prologue and three acts by Claudio Monteverdi 7 November 2021 Schauspielhaus Musical director: Johannes Keller Staged by: Krystian Lada I Musici de La Cetra 2 hours 15 minutes without an interval Recommended age: 12+ In Italian With German surtitles With English surtitles

A participatory project based on the opera by Claudio Monteverdi Monteverdi’s opera is about the returning home of Odysseus. But instead of the hero, men from Basel with a migration background will occupy the stage. Together with the singers and the musicians of La Cetra, they tell of Odysseus’ fate, a tale of belonging and alienation. The past and the present are also combined in the music: Monteverdi’s baroque world of sound meets newly composed electronic soundscapes. The director Krystian Lada has already picked up various awards for his innovative productions. Mezzosoprano Katarina Bradić returns to Theater Basel in the role of Penelope.

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Baroque Electronica Alienation

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La traviata Opera Melodrama by Giuseppe Verdi based on ‹The Lady of the Camellias› by Alexandre Dumas 14 November 2021 Grosse Bühne Musical director: Tito Ceccherini Staged by: Benedikt von Peter Sinfonieorchester Basel 2 hours 20 minutes without an interval Recommended age: 12+ In Italian With German surtitles With English surtitles Production: Staatsoper Hannover With support from Novartis

Cult production by Benedikt von Peter and Nicole Chevalier Violetta is alone in the world. Nicole Chevalier is alone on stage. Ghostly voices of the ensemble resound from the dark auditorium. Benedikt von Peter has managed to stage a radically condensed study of loneliness, as contemporary as it is timeless. The American star soprano has been thrilling audiences for many years with her moving solo performance in the title role of Verdi’s melodrama. «For two-and-a-half uninterrupted hours Chevalier gives her voice and body to Violetta, driven by an obsessive love – with every trembling fibre.» Neue Zürcher Zeitung

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Love Desire Solo performance

Premiere

Metamorphosen Theatre Based on Ovid 15 November 2021 Schauspielhaus Staged by: Antú Romero Nunes 3 hours 20 minutes with an interval Recommended age: 16+ With English surtitles

A never-ending song with a large cast and band Ovid’s ‹Metamorphoses› are a collection of Greek-Roman myths. An insatiable desire forces goddesses and gods to change their form. As punishment or consolation, humans turn into animals, plants, stones or constellations. The Basel company tells the stories of the origin of the world, of the warlike desires of rulers and the great deeds of the dust-born, just like in a TV series that constantly changes genre. «Highly comical, solemn, playful, insanely fantastic and emotionally frenzied.» Neue Zürcher Zeitung

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Legends Passions Illusions

Revival

Der Räuber Hotzenplotz Theatre By Otfried Preussler In a version by Fatima Moumouni and Laurin Buser 19 November 2021 Schauspielhaus Staged by: Antú Romero Nunes, Jörg Pohl 1 hour 15 minutes without an interval Recommended age: 6+

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An action-packed comedy for young people and their adults, featuring a magician, fairy and pepper pistol He enjoys a wild lifestyle outside of the law. He’s not trapped in a dull job and just takes what he wants. But when he steals a coffee grinder from Kasperl’s grandmother, he incurs the wrath of Kasperl and Seppel. The two friends decide to trap the villain and hand him over to the police. The rap duo ‹Nuggets› (Fatima Moumouni and Laurin Buser) have written rap songs and ballads especially for this version of the famous children’s novel. «The performance, which lasts just over an hour, is totally captivating as the ensemble’s irrepressible joy sweeps along adults and children alike.» bz Basel

Magic fairy Hip-Hop Pepper pistol

Revival

Die Nase Opera Opera in three acts by Dmitri Shostakovich Based on works by Nikolai Gogol 27 November 2021 Grosse Bühne Musical director: Clemens Heil Staged by: Herbert Fritsch Sinfonieorchester Basel 1 hour 45 minutes without an interval Recommended age: 12+ In German With German surtitles With English surtitles

Restless social satire about a lost body part When Platon Kuzmich Kovalyov, a collegiate assessor, wakes up one morning, something is different. He looks in the mirror to find that his nose has disappeared. It appears to have acquired a life of its own, which soon has the whole town in uproar. ‹Die Nase› is a biting satire about creating mass hysteria within a society. The music of the 22-yearold Dmitri Shostakovich is exuberant, imaginative and full of grotesque humour. After his production of Richard Strauss’ ‹Intermezzo›, director Herbert Fritsch once again devotes himself to an opera of the experimental 1920s / 1930s.

Social satire Surrealism Small town

Premiere

Verlorene Illusionen Theatre 4 December 2021 Kleine Bühne Staged by: Martin Laberenz Recommended age: 16+

An escalation The man has no one he can trust, because it is cold and lonely at the top. Everyone simply humours him. Nobody says what they really think. He does not have any friends. Only death awaits him. The servant, on the other hand, has hope of a better life. He might be treated badly, but at least he knows his position in life. But when his master imposes upon him all the responsibility, he strips the servant of all his confidence. A play about the hopelessness of the struggle for recognition.

Struggle Recognition Solidarity

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Ulysses Theatre Based on a novel by James Joyce 9 December 2021 Schauspielhaus Staged by: John Collins Recommended age: 16+ With English surtitles

FROM 20/21

A fast-forward trot through the key novel of modernity James Joyce describes an ordinary day in the life of Leopold Bloom, an advertising agent. As he wanders through the city, his thoughts turn to the affair his wife, Molly, is having. While doing so, he encounters the unhappy young teacher Stephen Dedalus, who is learning to be a poet. After an eventful night in the red-light district, the two outcasts get drunk and offer each other comfort. The New York-based director John Collins has his roots in American avant-garde theatre. He became internationally successful with clever and playful novel adaptations full of linguistic wit and slapstick.

Underdog Foray Slapstick

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Snow White Ballet Fairy tale ballet by Richard Wherlock with music by Dmitri Shostakovich 16 December 2021 Grosse Bühne Only 8 performances until 23 January 2022 Choreography: Richard Wherlock Musical director: Thomas Herzog Sinfonieorchester Basel 2 hours with an interval Recommended age: 8+ Version for school classes See season booklet ‹Für Schulen›

An imaginative and colourfully staged fairy tale ballet for the whole family On her journey through the dark enchanted forest Snow White meets seven cheerful companions who protect her from harm. But in particular from the evil stepmother. Discover in Richard Wherlock’s fairy tale classic who the fairest of them all is and whether the prince can compete with seven spinning and leaping dwarfs. «The evening at Theater Basel is a delight.» Neue Zürcher Zeitung

With support from Kantonsspital Baselland, the medical partner of Ballett Theater Basel

Snow White Dwarfs Seven mountains

Revival

Eine Winterreise Opera Based on songs by Franz Schubert 22 January 2022 Grosse Bühne Only 8 performances until 27 February 2022 Staged by: Christof Loy Recommended age: 12+ In German With German surtitles With English surtitles

Music theatre creation about the essential moments of life Together with the internationally acclaimed mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter, Christof Loy creates an intimate evening of music theatre. Inspired by the songs of Franz Schubert, which oscillate between the joy of life and the longing for death, the two tell of the extremes of human feelings. In addition to the ‹Winter Journey› song cycle, other works of the composer will be performed. Anne Sofie von Otter, whose career began in Basel, is one of the most celebrated singers in the world. She will be accompanied on the piano forte by the internationally acclaimed pianist Kristian Bezuidenhout.

Songs Journey of life Schubert

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Der Spieler Theatre Based on a work by Fyodor M. Dostoevsky 28 January 2022 Schauspielhaus Staged by: Pınar Karabulut Recommended age: 14+ With English surtitles

An exuberant game with the potential to become addictive Money, gambling addiction and obsessive love rule in the town of Roulettenburg. Accompanied by the eternal illusion: «Tomorrow, tomorrow, it’ll be over!» The rich aunt brings hope. But while everyone is waiting for news of her death, she turns up alive and well and gambles away the last rouble. ‹The Gambler› is a frenzied masterpiece of literature. It emerged from a fiendish agreement between Dostoevsky and his publisher: Either he delivered the novel within a few weeks or the rights to all his previous and future novels would be transferred to the publisher. The director Pınar Karabulut is also a master of living on the edge. She examines the classics of world literature for their pop-cultural suitability and confronts them with queerness.

Money Money Money

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Penthesilea Theatre Tragedy by Heinrich von Kleist 29 January 2022 Kleine Bühne Staged by: Eva Trobisch Recommended age: 16+

Showdown on the battlefield near Troy Fate and passion bring Penthesilea, the queen of the Amazons, and the Greek warrior Achilles together. But law dictates: only a victorious Amazon also has a right to erotic conquest. The lust for love and blood are soon inseparable. Eva Trobisch stages the splendidly composed struggle of two lovers against themselves and against each other. As representatives of an outdated system, they break with the social order that leaves no room for alternative ways of life. After Trobisch’s award-winning film ‹Alles ist gut› with ensemble member Aenne Schwarz in the lead role, ‹Penthesilea› is now her first theatre production.

Kisses Flesh Criticism

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Don Carlos Opera Opera in five acts by Giuseppe Verdi, Libretto by Joseph Méry, Camille du Locle based on a work by Friedrich Schiller 13 February 2022 Grosse Bühne Musical director: Michele Spotti Staged by: Vincent Huguet Sinfonieorchester Basel Approx. 4 hours with two intervals Recommended age: 12+ In French With German surtitles With English surtitles

Grand opera epic with top-class singer ensemble Spain, mid-16th century. A regime of surveillance rules with the cruel and torturous Inquisition. The royal household becomes the scene of political intrigue and private passions surrounding the heir to the throne, Carlos. He is dangerously in love with his stepmother, Queen Elizabeth, which leads to conflict with his father, King Philip II. Giuseppe Verdi’s opera based on Schiller’s tragedy of the same title is a gripping political drama and a precise family portrait. Director Vincent Huguet stages this work together with stage design legend Richard Peduzzi. The musical director is the young conductor Michele Spotti.

Family Politics Destiny

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off/limits Ballet Choreography by Edouard Hue and Muhammed Kaltuk 26 February 2022 Kleine Bühne 1 hour 30 minutes with an interval Recommended age: 10+ Premieres

Ballet meets street dance Both choreographers of this evening’s performance started their dance careers in hiphop. From where they conquered contemporary dance. Now they meet the Ballett Theater Basel ensemble. Both pieces bring into focus the differences as well as the similarities of the dance styles. Episodic movement images full of dynamic energy emerge. Basel-based choreographer Muhammed Kaltuk also brings dancers from his own independent company MEK onto the stage. The movements meander between all styles, boundlessly and in the moment. For the choreographers, the guests and the company, nothing is off limits on this evening.

Rhythm Energy Fusion

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Marcos Morau / Sharon Eyal Ballet Choreography: ‹Salt Womb› by Sharon Eyal ‹Forest Fires› by Marcos Morau 20 March 2022 Schauspielhaus 1 hour 30 minutes with an interval Recommended age: 10+

Poetic melancholic beauty and intensely overwhelming beat Choreographer Marcos Morau explores the highs and lows of human emotions in his new piece ‹Forest Fires› to Nick Cave’s music. Further, he does not shy away from abysses, knowing full well that art is able to alleviate pain. In ‹Salt Womb›, the company moves as a whole, like a machine. Pulsating bodies to pounding electronic beats. With her powerful and energetic pieces, Sharon Eyal has become one of the leading figures of the contemporary dance scene. «This is undoubtedly an intense experience that plays out its overwhelming potential to the full.» bz Basel

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Poetry Melancholy Techno

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Matthäus-Passion Opera Oratorio by Johann Sebastian Bach 25 March 2022 Grosse Bühne Musical director: Alessandro de Marchi Staged by: Benedikt von Peter Knaben- und Mädchenkantoreien Basel Sinfonieorchester Basel 3 hours 15 minutes with an interval Recommended age: 12+ In German With German surtitles With English surtitles Coproduction with Deutsche Oper Berlin

A musical ritual for our age Johann Sebastian Bach created the ‹St Matthew Passion› as a musical ritual for the faithful of his age. Accounts of suffering, death and resurrection are among the foundations upon which European culture is based. But what does the Passion mean for a diverse society in which Christianity is increasingly losing relevance? At the centre of Benedikt von Peter’s production is a group of children who re-enact the Passion. Orchestra, singers, choirs and audience come together as one large congregation. Singing societies from Basel and the surrounding districts have been invited to support the Theater Basel Choir, and the audience is also invited to sing along.

Passion Community Sing along

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Was geschah mit Daisy Duck Theatre 31 March 2022 Kleine Bühne Staged by: Antú Romero Nunes Recommended age: 14+ Premiere

About the power of seduction of a bygone world Yesterday, everything seemed so easy: A pink hair bow, pumps, artificial eyelashes and the devoted love for a drake. This Daisy, one among many, was happy and content. Simply enough for five minutes of entertainment. And then she disappeared. Just like that. Was she kidnapped, abducted or even murdered? No, she was never a victim, she never wanted to be that. But what happened to the woman with the pink bow and her sisters? Director Antú Romero Nunes, together with the Basel company, sets out in search of the naïve happiness of the past and comes across a trail full of clichés and generalisations. But then the quacking of a new-found autonomy resounds from afar. But whose feathers will be ruffled in the end?

Pink Feathers Ruffled

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Der letzte Pfiff – ein Drehschwindel Theatre 8 April 2022 Grosse Bühne Staged by: Christoph Marthaler Recommended age: 16+ With English surtitles Premiere

Thrills and spills in blue Everyone is familiar with the expressions: the «last scream», the «last breath» and a «last farewell». But a «last wheeze» remains a mysterious phenomenon. Especially if dizziness is one of the accompanying symptoms. Deciphering such things requires a pronounced ability to combine information and a lot of experience in dealing with traces and clues. Skills that Christoph Marthaler has acquired during numerous training courses prior to his return to Theater Basel and something he can prove with certified certificates. So when the ‹last wheeze› is audible, be sure to trust him. More or less.

Friend and helper Chain of evidence Word investigation Premiere

König Teiresias Theatre Based freely on ‹Oedipus Rex› by Sophocles 9 April 2022 Schauspielhaus Staged by: Leonie Böhm Recommended age: 14+ With English surtitles

A trans-mixed antique tragedy If you slay two mating snakes, you will be changed from a man into a woman – or viceversa. Or this is how the myth goes. The blind prophet Tiresias therefore knows both sexes, his experiential horizon is unearthly. Through him, Oedipus understands that he is his father’s murderer and his mother’s lover. In Sophocles’ ‹Oedipus Rex›, he has a supporting role. Director Leonie Böhm puts Tiresias in the spotlight – the allknowing entity who would rather not know the things he does. Would he be the better king? Known for her pointed adaptations of the classics, she was invited to the 2020 Theatertreffen with ‹Medea*›.

Know Your Self

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Heidi Ballet Based on the novel by Johanna Spyri 6 May 2022 Grosse Bühne Choreography: Richard Wherlock Music: Tino Marthaler, Alain Pauli Recommended age: 12+ With support from Kantonsspital Baselland, the medical partner of Ballett Theater Basel Premiere

An evening of ballet with the Swiss classic Everybody knows Heidi. Carefree childhood days in the pastoral idyll of the Swiss Alps, an enforced move to the big modern city and a happy return home. Spyri not only portrays the idyll of life in the mountains, but also describes the struggles with poverty and social tensions. Against the backdrop of the frightening change in lifestyles brought on by rapid industrialisation, the mountains became a place of longing. Richard Wherlock addresses the topics of identity and belonging in ‹Heidi›. What ‹home› actually means can only be experienced when it is either left or lost or when it is questioned.

Mountains Barefoot Peter

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Der Barbier von Sevilla Opera Opera buffa in two acts by Gioachino Rossini 8 May 2022 Schauspielhaus Musical director: Hélio Vida Staged by: Nikolaus Habjan Musicians from the Akademie des Kammerorchester Basel and Musik Akademie Basel 2 hours 15 minutes with an interval Recommended age: 8+ In Italian With German surtitles With English surtitles With support from Julius Bär OperAvenir, find more information on page 70

OperAvenir performs Rossini opera as a puppet theatre Figaro is not only the best barber in town, but also a matchmaker, plotter of intrigues and jack-of-all-trades. With a dose of calculated chaos and many masquerades, he manages to free Rosina from the grasp of her guardian Dr Bartolo and bring her together with the handsome Count Almaviva. In the production by director and puppeteer Nikolaus Habjan, artistic open-mouth puppets step into the limelight. The puppets develop a deep human psyche and become equally matched partners of the singers. The production celebrates the fifteenth anniversary of the opera studio.

Comedy Puppet theatre Young theatre-goers

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Ich bin gekommen, um zu sagen, dass ich gehe Theatre By Anne Haug 21 May 2022 Kleine Bühne Staged by: Sahar Rahimi Stück Labor Recommended age: 16+ Premiere

The cruelness of home Last season, the Basel-based author and actor Anne Haug was the author-in-residence at Theater Basel. During this period, she came up with a text about returning home, revenge, money and class differences. A woman returns to the village she grew up in and goes in search of her oldest enemy. In the encounter with him and other former companions, she looks for the solution to all her problems. What should actually produce a terrible reckoning in fact becomes a personal confrontation with the eternal shackles of one’s own origins. The director is Sahar Rahimi, a founding member of the Monster Truck collective with whom she works at the intersection of performance and visual art.

Home Sweet Horror

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Krieg Theatre 26 May 2022 Schauspielhaus and outdoor venues Concept and staging: Sebastian Nübling, Boris Nikitin Video: Robin Nidecker Recommended age: 14+ A cooperation with junges theater basel Premiere /Streaming

Road trip through Basel at night Eight young people on the verge of adulthood document their lives for one night. Through the lens of a camera, they look at the strange reality that surrounds them and at themselves, their ageing bodies, their desires, their unfinished existence. Plagued by feelings of restlessness, they set off into their home town at night. Everything is transformed into the obsessive raw material of their own movie, which increasingly attacks reality itself the longer the journey through the night takes. The audience follows the entire trip via live streaming on a large screen in the Schauspielhaus. Sebastian Nübling’s and Boris Nikitin’s artistic practice is not always on the same page and yet overlaps surprisingly in terms of its content.

Real Life Party Nonstop

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Einstein on the Beach Opera Opera in four acts by Philip Glass 4 June 2022 Grosse Bühne Musical director: André de Ridder Staged by: Susanne Kennedy Basler Madrigalisten Ensemble Phoenix Approx. 4 hours The audience may leave the auditorium for individual breaks Recommended age: 14+ In cooperation with Berliner Festspiele With support from Theaterverein Basel

Vibrant music theatre as a boundary experience In her first opera production, Susanne Kennedy creates a futuristic total workof art about space and time. Utilising her unmistakable style of theatre, she smashes the boundaries between humans and machines, reality and simulation. Inspired by the unconventional genius Albert Einstein, Philip Glass created a 20th century masterpiece that breaks all the rules of opera and fails to follow a linear narrative structure. Repetitive patterns make it possible to experience time as a sensual phenomenon and put the audience in a trance. This is the first time that the two special ensembles of Basler Madrigalisten and Ensemble Phoenix can be experienced together in an opera production at Theater Basel.

Ecstasy Minimal music Space and time

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Trallalali, trallalala! Opera A collective sound experiment 10 June 2022 Kleine Bühne Staged by: Hubert Wild Composition: Alexandra Holtsch 1 hour without an interval Recommended age: 6+ Premiere

A nonsense opera with children’s voices Together with a group of children, the singer, actor and multi-talented artist Hubert Wild invents a wonderfully confusing musical theatre performance for young and old alike. It is where the human voice becomes a playground for immeasurable nonsense. They use anarchic experiments to search for sounds and noises that no one has yet heard. All this allows composer Alexandra Holtsch to create an adventurous sound composition in real time.

Squeaking Trilling Warbling

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Urban Creatures Opera 15 to 19 September 2021 filter4 Choreography and concept: Sebastian Matthias Recommended age: 12+ Funded by the German Federal Cultural Foundation/ Doppelpass Fund In cooperation with Staatsschauspiel Dresden In cooperation with ZeitRäume Basel – Biennale for New Music and Architecture

Interactive performance with electronic sounds When does digital content become a threat? Which traces do technologies leave in our bodies? In the music theatre and dance performance by the choreographer Sebastian Matthias, visitors encounter imaginative creatures of fear and become part of an actual sound installation. Through the loudspeakers of their mobile phones, they listen to electronic sounds that react to physical proximity and merge into a collective body of sound within the space. On the sandy floor of filter4, a former water filter plant, virtual worlds meet the oldest emotion of mankind. filter4 is located on Reservoirstrasse, 4059 Basel.

Family concerts Opera Stadtcasino Basel Scala Basel Theater Basel, Kleine Bühne Recommended age: 4 – 11 years of age Between 45 and 75 minutes depending on the production without an interval In cooperation with Sinfonieorchester Basel

Together is always better than alone! And that is why, in the new season, we are offering family concerts as part of three small productions together with Sinfonieorchester Basel. The various staged-based music programmes and stories are aimed at children aged four to eleven and their adults. More information and details are available in the season booklet ‹Für Kinder› 28./30.10.2021 ‹Monsieur Mathieu› 26./27.11.2021 ‹Josa mit der Zauberfiedel› 08./09.02.2022 ‹Der Karneval der Tiere›

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Abo Français Theatre Schauspielhaus In French With German surtitles

After taking a break for a year, Abo Français is back – as Abo Romand! We have given Théâtre de Vidy in Lausanne a carte blanche. At the intersection of various European theatre cultures, the venue in Lausanne produces, co-produces and stages theatre and dance performances by Swiss and international artists. The Vidy team has picked four French-language theatre pieces to be staged as guest performances throughout the season. All with German supertitles! 19.10.2021 ‹Vocation› Staged by: Emilie Charriot Theatre is not just any old job – it is a vocation. But why is that? The experienced actor Pierre Mifsud and the young theatre enthusiast Nora Kramer explore the urge to go on stage. 09.02.2022 ‹Aucune idée› Staged by: Christoph Marthaler Graham F. Valentine and Christoph Marthaler have known each other for years. The somewhat eccentric master of ceremonies with a unique dry sense of humour is one of the key figures of the Marthaler Theater. Together with the Zurich-based baroque musician Martin Zeller, they are working here on Mut zur Lücke! 24.04.2022 ‹Giselle› Staged by: François Gremaud After the huge success of ‹Phèdre!›, François Gremaud offers Samantha van Wissen the chance to take to the stage. Through movement and language, and with the support of a string quartet, the former De Keersmaeker star dancer brings the masterpiece of romantic ballet into the present. 08.06.2022 ‹Contre-enquêtes› Staged by: Nicolas Stemann In Albert Camus’ classic novel ‹The Stranger›, a nameless Arab is murdered. In Kamel Daoud’s literary response, ‹The Meursault Investigation›, the narrator Harun claims to be his brother. Stemann stages a ruthless interrogation of the story and our present-day view of the «outsider».

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Klassikermaschine Opera, theatre, ballet Pop-up format in the Foyer Always starts at 7.30 pm 1 hour Recommended age: 12+ CHF 20

1 hour, 1 artist, 1 classic «Limitations reveal the master.» Goethe Hamlet, Käthchen, Othello, Medea. The theatre department is taking its educational mission seriously. Every month we will be performing a different work of the classical canon. Reworked as a solo performance. On a specially designed small stage in the foyer. The run time is one hour. Budget-friendly admission. The ballet and opera departments are also involved in this cross-disciplinary project within the framework of ‹Klassikermaschine spezial›. Revolving around the most fundamental of all theatre questions: What has it got to do with me?

Nachtcafé Opera, theatre, ballet Pop-up format on stage in the theatre café Every 3rd Friday in the month 11 pm Free admission

Karaoke, slapstick, club sounds and performances. Theater Basel staff from every department and area of theatre take audiences on a thought-provoking and entertaining journey through their artistic universe at the night café. Every 3rd Friday of the month at 11 pm on the tiny stage in the theatre café. Night café special: Flow Nights Last season’s legendary opening festival ‹Im Flow der Apokalypse› continues with the ‹Flow Nights›! Intimate concert settings and open stage in cooperation with the Academy of Music (FHNW). Old and new music, beer and red wine. Once a month in the night café. The exact dates are published online.

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Everything that we always wanted to do. Karaoke comedy or favourite films. Tea dance or trash performance. Homesick evening or poetry reading. The B formats are the place for hidden talents, urgent ideas and artistic solo efforts of charismatic individuals that we call company. Insiders know it: true musical gems are often found on the B-side of a 45. The B formats are, so to speak, the ‘flip side’ of the theatre vinyl. We regularly combine several B formats into one spectacle.

Danse Public Ballet 9 and 10 April 2022 Dance battle, workshops, award ceremony, presentations By and with: Team Foyer Public and the Ballet Ensemble Recommended age: 8+

Theater Basel moves you Our first ‹Danse Public› weekend will be held in April 2022: We are going to break down the boundaries between urban dance styles, contemporary dance and ballet. There will be an open dance battle in the foyer, prizes to be won, a Q&A with our ensemble members and, of course, lots of dance on the Kleine Bühne, in the Schauspielhaus and outdoors on Theaterplatz.

Workshops: For everyone with and without dancing experience Further dates: May / June 2022

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Jugendkulturfestival Basel Junges Haus 3 and 4 September 2021 Basel city centre Kleine Bühne Foyer Free admission jkf.ch

The JKF youth culture festival takes place every two years at numerous venues dotted around Basel city centre. It is a two-day snapshot of regional youth culture and its impressive diversity and quality. Young people are given confidence, freedom and the resources to present themselves – in many cases for the first time – to a wider audience in the various genres of music, dance, literature and spoken word, theatre, art and projects. Around 180 performances, 1,500 artists, 50,000 visitors and 170 young volunteers make it the largest free-admission festival for young culture in Switzerland.

Swiss Dance Days Ballet 5 to 6 February 2022 Kleine Bühne Schauspielhaus junges theater basel Kaserne Basel neuestheater.ch Theater Roxy Vorstadttheater Basel swissdancedays.ch

Every two years, the Swiss Dance Days are held in a different Swiss city. The programme is selected by a professional jury: nine outstanding dance pieces from the past two years, which can be experienced as part of a jam-packed festival programme. This is not only of interest to local audiences – as a rule the festival attracts professionals, organisers and journalists from all over Switzerland and abroad. But, as we all know, things turned out a little different in 2021. The festival had to be postponed for a year. Meaning Basel will be hosting the most important platform for contemporary Swiss dance for a second time in 2022.

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Steps Ballet 15 May 2022 Schauspielhaus Only 2 performances Recommended age: 12+ steps.ch

The Steps dance festival is the largest contemporary dance festival in Switzerland. It takes place every two years in the spring and is brought to life by Migros-Kulturprozent in cooperation with local event organisers and theatres. Martin Zimmermann and Kinsun Chan have been invited to perform their work ‹Wonderful World› at Theater Basel. In their first joint creation, they take a surreal and abstract look at human behaviour patterns in exceptional situations. A creative balancing act performed by the dance company of Theater St. Gallen.

Spiilplätz Junges Haus Jugendclubfestival der Schweiz 22 to 25 June 2022 Theater Basel, Kleine Bühne and Foyer Public Junges Haus junges theater basel Theater Roxy Theater Süd Vorstadttheater Basel Recommended age: 14+ spiilplaetz.ch

Spiilplätz is the festival of youth theatre clubs in Switzerland. A total of twelve clubs meet once a year for four days. They gather every year in a different city, with the festival returning to Basel in 2022. The young people show each other their latest pieces, talk about them in detail during post-performance discussions, take part in workshops and simply network. The focus is firmly on exchange, not competition. The first edition of Spiilplätz took place in 1998 as an initiative of junges theater basel and Theater Basel. By 2019, the festival had been held 18 times – not just in Basel, but also in Bern, Lucerne and Zurich.

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FOREVER SPIELCLUB FESTIVAL 19.8. – 12.9.21 6 PIECES 5 WEEKS 1 FESTIVAL

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Forever Spielclub Festival Junges Haus 19 August 12 September 2021 Festival focus with workshops and supporting programme 6 to 12 September 2021 Kleine Bühne Galerie 7 CHF 20

A look back before the start Finally back performing! The ‹Forever Spielclub Festival› brings together all the projects we were unable to show in recent months. Jugendclub Oper (15 – 25 years of age) BARBIE IN SEVILLA Everyone who’s anyone in Seville has their beard trimmed or their curls styled by Barbie. In the process, she learns about the love affairs and adventures of her clients – all characters from Beaumarchais’ trilogy. Direction: Salomé Im Hof Premiere: 19 August 2021 XL-Kids (11 +) Based on R. L. Stevenson’s TREASURE ISLAND A group of pirates sets out to find Captain Flint’s famous treasure hoard. An adventure for the whole family! Direction: Sonja Speiser Premiere: 26 August 2021 Kometen (15 +) BLIND A theatre project about possible scenarios and consequences of pandemics. Based on literary examples such as José Samarago’s ‹Blindness›. Direction: Sonja Speiser Premiere: 7 September 2021 Jugendclub Oper (15 – 25 years of age) OPER AUFRÄUMEN – oder wie man platzsparend vom Weg abkommt The opera ‹La Traviata› in individual parts: 1 stage measuring 3m2, 7 stage directions, 1 simultaneous interpreter, recorded drums and trumpets, a pinch of emotions. Direction: Salomé Im Hof Late night series on four evenings Premiere: 6 September 2021 Dienstagsfrühschicht (18 +) DER WELTUNTERGANG – oder die Welt steht auf kein’ Fall mehr lang Jura Soyfer’s clever and ironic play shows humanity prior to the destruction of the earth by a comet. Updated, it tells the tale of the world’s current state. Direction: Béatrice Goetz Premiere: 9 September 2021 Jugendclub Tanz Schauspiel Band (14 – 25 years of age) ZEHN UNBEKÜMMERTE ANARCHISTINNEN – based on works by Daniel de Roulet Anarchists question how we live and work. They fight their way free and liberate themselves from constraints or disappear quietly. Inspired by the true story of ten women, the ensemble seeks the anarchists within the group. Direction: Bea Nichele, Martin Frank Musical director: Dominik Blumer Premiere: 29 September 2021, LLOS-Halle

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Spielclubs Junges Haus Neuschneetreffen 31 August 2021, 5 pm for children up to the age of 11, 6 pm for young people aged 12+ Forever Spielclub Festival 19 August to 12 September 2021 Direction: Martin Frank Registration Phone: +41 (0)61 295 14 76 E-mail: junges-haus @theater-basel.ch Course fees Spielclubs for children: CHF 350 Spielclubs for young people and adults: CHF 600 / incl. heavily reduced tickets for every performance

Junges Haus is theatre for everyone who wants to get involved. Spielclubs that cover all the departments of the theatre welcome all age groups. Almost all the clubs run for over a year and end with a performance on one of the stages at Theater Basel. At the Neuschneetreffen, the instructors provide information about various courses, workshops, clubs and opportunities to take part. Spielclubs XS-Kids (8 +) (open) MUT Part 2 – DIE GROSSE ODYSSEE Odysseus is on his way home from war. Penelope is waiting for her husband, Telemachus for his father. People say Odysseus was a hero. But what does it take to be one? Is Penelope also a hero? And Telemachus? Where is courage hidden within me and how do I find it? XS-Kids investigate heroic images. Wednesday 4.30 pm – 6.30 pm, performance in April 2022 Direction: Sarah Speiser Jugendclub Kometen (14 +) TANZMARATHON We are working on a story of young adults who pin their hopes on the prize money from a dance marathon. They believe their dancing feet will bring them luck. Jugendclub Kometen questions the cult influence of casting shows. Tuesday 6.30 pm – 9.30 pm, performance in April 2022 Direction: Sonja Speiser Jugendclub Oper (15 – 20 years of age) (closed ensemble) DIE KINDER DES MONSIEUR MATHIEU With music by Bruno Coulais Clément Mathieu, a teacher with a passion for music, forms a choir at a boarding school for unruly children that is run on strict discipline. A theatrical concert based on the French-Swiss film about the gratifying and unifying intenseness of singing. Cooperation with Sinfonieorchester Basel and Knaben- und der Mädchenkantorei Basel Direction: Salomé Im Hof Performances: 28.10., 6 pm and 30.10., 4 pm at Stadtcasino Basel Jugendclub Oper (15 – 20 years of age) (open) DER TRAUM DER SCHILDKRÖTE Meredith Monk – between Monteverdi and Marilyn Monroe Meredith Monk is an American vocal performance artist. We will be taking a closer look at her person and her art. The course is aimed at young people who enjoy playing, singing and experimenting. Direction: Salome Im Hof, performance in April 2022 Starting November 2021, Monday 7.30 pm – 10 pm and Friday 6 pm

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Mittwochsfrühschicht (18 +) (open) BLUT AM HALS DER KATZE − by Rainer Werner Fassbinder We will be working on the socially critical play with a complex web of characters. Wednesday 9.30 am – 11.30 am, performance in March 2022 Direction: Juliane Schwerdtner Theaterprojekt (16 +) (new in the programme, open) EASY GOING − based on the novel by Jenny Jägerfeld Joanna has her life under control despite suffering from ADHD. That is until her parents can no longer afford the medication. In an attempt to raise the money, Joanna becomes entangled in criminal activity. Luckily, through courage and a sense of justice, she finds a way out. Thursday 6 pm – 9 pm, performance in May 2022 Direction: Eva Gruner Dienstagsfrühschicht (40 +) (open) GESCHICHTEN MIT GEBEN The ‹Frühschicht› ensemble combines a great deal of experience of life. This is where the participants share the best, most important and formative stories that have been of benefit to them. They are discussed, given a go and staged in their relation to today’s world. Tuesday 9.30 am – 11.30 am, performance in February 2022 Direction: Béatrice Goetz Maláka! (14 – 20 years of age) (new in the programme, open) Football has to be saved! From corruption, capitalists and players who dye their hair a different colour each week. A dance-theatre performance with a choir that takes a critical look at the most popular sport of our age. Players: men aged between 16 and 25. Singers: aged between 16 and 86. Musicians: aged between 14 and 30. Knowledge of football is not required. Tuesday 7 pm – 10 pm, performance in May / June 2022 Direction: Nadir Ak, musical director: Dominik Blumer move and dance-Kids (8 +) (new in the programme, open) GESCHWISTER Boys and girls become move and dance-Kids. Through power workouts and fine movement patterns, we tell stories from the world of siblings. The result is a professionally choreographed show with a multitude of styles. Wednesday 4 pm – 6.30 pm, performance in May / June 2022 Direction: Francesca Genovese Youth clubs without their own performances: Jugendclub Komposition (open) DIE BAND Develop music for a theatre production together with the theatre musician and film composer Dominik Blumer. Gain valuable experience in the field of composition and the interaction of musicians. The band plays live during performances. It does not matter whether you sing, produce electronic music, play guitar, French horn or harp. Monday 6 pm – 9 pm Direction: Dominik Blumer Leseclub (18 +) (open) IMAGINE-Stücke − gemeinsam lesen Five visits to performances during the 21/22 season: The plays are read together in advance and the performances are then analysed. Including opportunities to act them out yourself. Direction: Juliane Schwerdtner Start up (12 – 18 years of age) (new in the programme, open) Theatre production as competence training A theatre and training offering for all circumstances. A tool box for students who want to use the theatre to strengthen their own performance and communication skills, in particular. Friday 4.30 pm – 6 pm Direction: Beatrice Goetz, Martin Frank

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OperAvenir Opera Director of the opera studio: Hélio Vida Members of OperAvenir 21/22: Alex Banfield Kyu Choi Nataliia Kukhar Jasin Rammal-Rykala N.N. With support from Julius Bär

Initial practical experience for young singers Since 2006, the Basel opera studio OperAvenir has been accompanying young singers taking their first steps in professional theatre productions after their studies. The members of the opera studio create a varied programme through their own projects and performances. To celebrate the studio’s anniversary, they are staging a production of Rossini’s fastpaced, classic opera ‹The Barber of Seville› (more information on page 52). Diverse advanced training The advanced training in the opera studio lasts about two years. The applicants come from all over the world. The focus is on weekly singing and speech, movement and acting lessons, supplemented by workshops and master classes. As from the 20/21 season, Hélio Vida is the director of the opera studio OperAvenir. Applications from October 2021, more information at: theater-basel.ch/operavenir

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Opernchorakademie Opera Choir director: Michael Clark Choir stage management: Lisa Westermann Choir répétiteur: Nadia Belneeva

Professional experience in an opera choir Opernchorakademie (OCA) of Theater Basel offers young singers the chance to participate in the Theater Basel Choir. Members of the academy get to know the ins and outs of a professional opera choir during one whole season. They take part in regular vocal coaching sessions and are accompanied in their repertoire studies. Together with experienced colleagues, they sing in all choral passages of the operatic repertoire and in concerts, gaining invaluable experience for their subsequent careers. More information and application at: theater-basel.ch/stellenprojekte

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Stück Labor Theatre Coordination: Michael Gmaj With support from Pro Helvetia, Ernst Göhner Stiftung, Landis & Gyr Stiftung

Stück Labor is a promotional programme for new Swiss drama. Each season, renowned Swiss theatres work with authors-in-residence whose plays are then premiered there the following year. In addition to the texts, the authors-in-residence develop new formats in close exchange with the various teams, thus becoming the writing specialists of their respective theatres. Between desk and performance, experiment and well-made play, they work on the future drama. Stück Labor coordinates the actual concerns of the partners, ensuring networking and coaching support for the authors. Theater Basel established the programme in 2011. In addition to last year’s partner, Theater St. Gallen, Théâtre du Jura in Delémont and Konzert Theater Bern have joined the event.

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Ballet school at Theater Basel Ballet Director: Amanda Bennett Deputy director: François Petit Director of junior school: Julie Christie Wherlock Management: Simone Merkli Administrative director of training in basic skills and leisure-based activities: Luana Occhilupo Director of living / assistance: Monika Linge

Training scheme for children and young people The ballet school at Theater Basel has been offering a wide-ranging training scheme since 2001. More than 200 children, young people and adults receive training in basic skills and leisure-based activities. Around 130 children and young people attend the pre-professional and professional training schemes. They receive first-class training in close cooperation with the professional company. Basics for a professional career Graduates of the stage dance apprenticeship have been given employment contracts at renowned houses and in prestigious companies. The school is run as an association and is closely linked to the City of Basel and the ballet company in Basel. Every year in December the ballet school of Theater Basel performs the Christmas classic ‹Der Nussknacker› and in the summer it puts on a ballet gala on the Grosse Bühne. Dates and further information: ballettschuletheaterbasel.ch

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Theatergenossenschaft As a member of the Theatergenossenschaft you actively participate in the theatre’s work. Once a year, you will be invited to the annual general meeting. At the AGM, you will receive details directly from the theatre management about the artistic programme, balance sheets, income statements and visitor statistics, besides being able to voice your own opinion. The annual membership fee includes two vouchers for a trip to the theatre, each worth a maximum of CHF 50. In 2021, we are celebrating the 100th anniversary of Theatergenossenschaft! This legal form, which is somewhat unusual for a theatre company, has more than proved its worth. Even after 100 years, the Theater Basel collective is still as lively and active as ever by holding true to values such as co-determination and transparency!

Phone: +41 (0)61 295 14 06 E-mail: genossenschaft@ theater-basel.ch Further information: theater-basel.ch/ dabeisein

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Friends

Become a member – annual fee: CHF 150 per person CHF 100 for AHV recipients CHF 50 for people below the age of 25 CHF 500 for legal entities

Theaterverein Basel Theaterverein Basel St. Alban-Vorstadt 70 CH-4052 Basel Phone: +41 (0)61 601 94 14 E-mail: info@ theaterverein-basel.ch More information: theatervereinbasel.ch

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Friends

As an association rich in traditions with members who are more than just theatre enthusiasts, we are totally committed to the well being of Theater Basel. We regularly sponsor particularly noteworthy premieres and become actively involved in projects that are close to our heart. In the 2021/2022 season, we shall be supporting Philip Glass’ exciting new production ‹Einstein on the Beach›, a masterpiece of minimal music. Members receive a bespoke subscription and attractive offers when purchasing tickets for individual performances. At exclusive events for new productions, we get to talk to the artists, meet the directors and take a look behind the scenes. Become a member – annual fee: CHF 50 per person

Regionale Interessengemeinschaft RIG Theater Basel Sekretariat Hedwig Inwyler Sevogelstrasse 104 4052 Basel Phone: +41 (0)61 681 45 00 E-mail: rigtheaterbs@bluewin.ch Further information: rig-theater-basel.ch

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Friends

The Regionale Interessengemeinschaft (RIG) is a community of committed theatre enthusiasts who support the theatre within the bounds of their capability. We accompany theatre professionals in the fields of opera, theatre and ballet in Basel and also think outside the box. Particularly popular are the meetings and discussions with the dramaturges, actors and directors. The programme also includes excursions to other theatres at home and abroad as well as theatre trips. The RIG was founded in 1993 as an association. The aim was to better embed the threesection theatre Theater Basel in the local community beyond the borders of Basel-Stadt. Demands for budget cuts at that time were the reason for establishing the association. The RIG advocated a financing model that included the surrounding areas inside and outside Switzerland more. Become a member – annual fee: CHF 100 per person CHF 140 for a couple CHF 300 for legal entities

Basler Ballett Gilde Basler Ballett Gilde (bbg) Postfach 162 CH-4010 Basel E-mail: contact@ baslerballettgilde.ch Further information: baslerballettgilde.ch

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The Basler Ballett Gilde (bbg) was founded in 1982. Its aims are to promote interest in both the Ballett Theater Basel ensemble and in ballet as an art form. At various theatre events, bbg members have a chance to meet the dancers; and members can also look forward to regular exclusive insights from Richard Wherlock. Further, you will also have the opportunity to attend a stage rehearsal for each new ballet performance and gain some amazing insights behind the scenes. The bbg contributes to artistic projects of Ballett Basel financially and idealistically, e.g. a part of the dance education. The bbg also supports individual dancers in transition projects, i.e. professional reorientation after an active stage career. Become a member – annual fee: CHF 30 for Reverence U30 CHF 90 for Pirouette CHF 130 for Pas de Deux CHF 250 for Arabesque CHF 500 for Grand Jeté

DIE VOYEURE BASEL FOR EVERYONE BETWEEN 15 AND 25 YEARS OF AGE WHO WANTS TO GO TO THE THEATRE TOGETHER.

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THEATER SERVICE

BASEL

Insightful introductions

Before the premiere Opera, theatre, ballet

Always 30 minutes in advance

NEW! Instead of a matinée: Before the premiere

The introductions provide background information about the production, author and directing concept. They always take place thirty minutes before the start of the performance on the Grosse Bühne and in the Schauspielhaus. Be perfectly prepared for your visit to the theatre in just ten minutes. • 30 minutes before the start of the performance • Grosse Bühne: Foyer, Level 6 • Schauspielhaus: Gallery, 1st floor • Kleine Bühne: only after prior notice To go! There is also an introductory podcast: theater-basel.ch/mediathek

Shortly before the premiere, during the final rehearsals, we invite you to take an exclusive look behind the scenes. During an initial introduction you will get to know the artistic team and learn more about the production, inspiration and staging. Afterwards you will witness a stage rehearsal. • • • • •

Look behind the scenes Shortly before the premiere 1 hour 30 minutes CHF 10 Usually in German

13.09.2021 4 ½ Jahreszeiten 7 pm Opera 14.10.2021 Die Mühle von Saint Pain 7 pm Theatre, Opera 02.11.2021 La fille mal gardée 7 pm Ballet 03.11.2021 Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria 7 pm Opera 23.11.2021 Die Nase 7 pm Opera 18.01.2022 Eine Winterreise 7 pm Opera 07.02.2022 Don Carlos 7 pm Opera 21.03.2022 Matthäus-Passion 7 pm Opera 04.04.2022 Der letzte Pfiff – ein Drehschwindel 7 pm Theatre 02.05.2022 Heidi 7 pm Ballet 03.05.2022 Der Barbier von Sevilla 7 pm Opera 30.05.2022 Einstein on the Beach 7 pm Opera

Service

Guided tours

Venues

Public guided tours

Grosse Bühne, Kleine Bühne, Foyer Public, Alte Billettkasse, Galerie 7

Between August and June we offer public guided tours of Theater Basel on the 1st and 3rd Saturday of each month.

Theaterstrasse 7, CH-4051 Basel

• Dates: theater-basel.ch/kalender • Tickets available from the ticket office and in the ticket shop • Approx. 1 hour 30 minutes • CHF 16 / Children up to the age of 14 CHF 10

• Tram: Theater or Bankverein • FM (radio) equipment, headsets can be supplied upon request • Accessible, wheelchair access adapted toilet

Private guided tours

Schauspielhaus

Book a guided tour of Theater Basel on a day of your choice. Registration of groups of up to 20 people by the end of the previous month at the latest.

Steinentorstrasse 7, CH-4051 Basel

• Approx. 1 hour 30 minutes • CHF 200 per group / CHF 70 for school classes • On request, guided tours are also available in foreign languages, about specific topics or fully accessible for wheelchair users.

• Tram: Theater or Kirschgarten • FM (radio) equipment, headsets can be supplied upon request • Accessible, wheelchair access adapted toilet

‹Tactile look› behind the scenes

Theater Basel car park

Book a guided tour for blind and visually impaired people during which the theatre can be experienced through touch. Registration of groups of up to 12 people (incl. a companion)

Monday to Saturday from 7 pm, Sunday and public holidays from one hour before the start of the performance (CHF 7)

• Approx. 1 hour 30 minutes • CHF 100 per group / CHF 70 for school classes • Possible in English

• 150 parking spaces, reservations not permitted • Access via Steinentorstrasse • Accessible, wheelchair access adapted toilet Further parking: Elisabethen car park, Steinen car park, Drachencenter car park

Contact

Bicycles

To book private and tactile guided tours, contact Carina Winter Phone: +41 (0)61 295 14 07 E-mail: anlass@theater-basel.ch

Parking for bicycles is provided all around Theater Basel.

Please observe our protection plan: theater-basel.ch/schutz

Service

Disabled access

Unforgettable!

Sign language

Seeing as a love of music does not end with the onset of dementia, we will be giving a one-hour concert with well-known opera melodies. Afterwards, there will be coffee and cakes. In cooperation with Sinfonieorchester Basel and Alzheimervereinigung beider Basel. With support from CURAdomizil.

Selected theatre performances and the preceding introduction will be translated into sign language. The dates of translated performances will be announced on our website: theater-basel.ch/barrierefrei

• Date: 18 September 2021, Foyer

Move (in)

Surtitles DE/EN

People with cognitive impairments can watch the work of our ballet company close up and experience selected ballet performances during training and rehearsal visits.

Since the 20/21 season, all opera performances on the Grosse Bühne and in the Schauspielhaus will be surtitled in German and English: All theatre performances on the Grosse Bühne and in the Schauspielhaus will be surtitled in English.

Fancy having a go at dancing yourself? We will be delighted to come up with an on-site workshop format tailored to the target group!

Relaxed performance

Hearing assistance

During a relaxed performance, things are a little different: A soft light is available in the auditorium. You are allowed to get up and move about. And you do not have to be completely silent.

All our stages are equipped with FM (radio) equipment. Headsets (with or without an induction loop) can be adjusted individually. They can be hired free of charge at our information desks in the foyers.

• Dates: 18.04.2022 ‹off/limits› 12.06.2022 ‹Trallalali, trallalala!›

Experience performance – discover theatre From music theatre to opera and dance. A workshop series for blind people. And a workshop series for people with a cognitive impairment. A joint offer of Kaserne Basel and Theater Basel.

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Audio description

Accessible website

Simon McBurney’s ‹Die Zauberflöte› will be accompanied by a live audio description. The live audio description can be heard when wearing a headset. It provides precise descriptions of the action on stage as well as the actual stage and costume design.

We are constantly striving to make our website as accessible as possible. To this end, we cooperate with the expert partner for accessibility technology in Switzerland ‹Zugang für alle›. We therefore comply with the international web content accessibility guidelines WCAG 2.0.

• Dates: 17 October 2021, 5 February 2022

Since the 19/20 season, Theater Basel has been proud to display the ‹Kultur Inklusiv› label from Pro Infirmis.

‹Tactile look› behind the scenes

Mobility

Guided theatre tours for blind and visually impaired people during which the theatre can be experienced through touch. For groups of up to 12 people (incl. a companion)

All our venues are wheelchair accessible. They offer wheelchair access adapted toilets and wheelchair spaces. To make a reservation, please contact our ticket office on: +41 (0)61 295 11 33

• Approx. 1 hour • CHF 100 per group

Guide dogs

Theater Basel car park

Guide dogs are allowed inside the theatre. They can wait at the cloakroom or be taken into the performance. We will gladly reserve a suitable place for you.

Disabled parking spaces are available at TheaterParkhaus, Theaterstrasse 7, CH-4051 Basel.

Contact

Tickets

Belinda Schweizer Phone: +41 (0)61 295 14 36 E-mail: b.schweizer@theater-basel.ch

Holders of an IV card receive a 50% discount. Wheelchair users and a companion also receive a 50% discount. Phone: +41 (0)61 295 11 33 E-mail: billettkasse@theater-basel.ch More information: theater-basel/barrierefrei

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SUBSCRIPTIONS 21/ 22 THEATER BASEL CHEAPER WITH A SUBSCRIPTION CALL US. WE ARE HERE TO HELP YOU: +41 (0)61 295 11 33

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Catering

Theatre café

Theatre & menu

The new theatre café will open at the top of the foyer on 19 August 2021.

NEW! The culinary theatre experience. Combine your visit to the theatre with a multi-course menu at the revamped Monteverdi bar at the heart of the theatre.

• Tues. – Sat. 11.30 am – 11.30 pm, Sun. 10 am – 10 pm • With outdoor seating in the summer • Accessible, wheelchair access adapted toilet via stage entrance • With outdoor bar and BBQ during the ‹Extra Wochen› festival.

• Classic: CHF 109 / Premium: CHF 149 • Both 2 hours before the start of the performance

Theatre bar

Theatre catering contact

One hour before the start of the performance and during the interval, the theatre bars offer a wide range of drinks and small seasonal dishes.

Phone: +41 (0)61 295 15 53 E-mail: gastronomie@theater-basel.ch

Interval table

Contact Schauspielhaus catering

To avoid having to wait, book a table for the interval before the performance at the theatre bar. Your order will be ready and waiting for you at the start of the interval.

Restaurant Besenstiel is connected to Schauspielhaus.

Dates and information: theater-basel.ch/kalender

• Restaurant Besenstiel, Klosterberg 2 • Tues. – Fri. 11.30 am – 2 pm and 6 pm – 12 am Sat. 6 pm – 12 am • Accessible, wheelchair access adapted toilet • Phone for making reservations: +41 (0)61 273 97 00

Group or company events Book an apéro or an apéro riche for your event during a trip to the theatre. Or purchase a whole performance for your company outing. Our foyer, in turn, is ideally suited and fully equipped for seminars, lectures and receptions for up to 600 people. • Contact: Judit Lorentsen Phone: +41 (0)61 295 14 10

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Please observe our protection plan: theater-basel.ch/schutz

Prices

Concessions

Prices start at CHF 30

CHF 20/10 discount

All performances, all stages from CHF 30 Also for advance sales and in the ticket shop Also for premieres

For children and young people up to the age of 16 For everyone completing vocational training up to the age of 30 For everyone with KulturLegi

Maximum price CHF 145 Please note that prices are higher at the weekend than during the week and may be adjusted based on demand.

CHF 20 on the Grosse Bühne and CHF 10 in the Schauspielhaus and on the Kleine Bühne. All performances also available as advance sales and in the ticket shop. Also for premieres.

Festival ‹Extra Wochen›

Discounts

CHF 100 Grosse Bühne (except ‹Moby Dick – das Solo›)

CHF 50

• 10% off for groups of 11 or more people • IV: 50% off all performances • AHV: approx. 15% off performances on Sundays and public holidays • Tourists: 50% off at the box office with the BaselCard

Schauspielhaus, ‹Moby Dick – das Solo›

CHF 20 Junges Haus, Nachtcafé, Klassikermaschine Prices subject to change at short notice due to seating capacity.

How it works Our concessions apply upon proof of eligibility (valid documents) at the ticket office and upon admission. They are already available on advance sale tickets, for all venues and all premieres. But not usually for guest performances and special events. According to availability. The AHV discount is non-transferable. The 20/10 discount for KulturLegi must be activated once at the ticket office.

Advance sales

Cultural participation ‹One more›

Individual tickets for the ‹Extra Wochen› festival will go on sale on 10 June 2021 and be available in the ticket shop throughout the summer.

NEW! Buy an extra ticket. Make a trip to the theatre accessible to people who otherwise would not be able to afford it. At the ticket office or in the ticket shop for CHF 20

Service

Ticket office +41 (0)61 295 11 33

Theatre ticket office

Summer opening hours

Theaterstrasse 7, CH-4051 Basel

During the summer, you can reach the ticket office by phone and e-mail:

Mon. – Sat. 11 am – 7 pm and one hour before the start of performances E-mail: billettkasse@theater-basel.ch

28.06. – 02.07. 2 pm – 4 pm 05.07. – 09.07. 11 am – 4 pm 12.07. – 30.07. Closed

Ticket office Schauspielhaus

Official ticket agencies

Steinentorstrasse 7, CH-4051 Basel Always one hour before the start of performances

Bider & Tanner Aeschenvorstadt 2 4051 Basel

Mon. – Sat. 9 am – 12 pm

Gemeindeverwaltung Riehen Kundenzentrum Wettsteinstrasse 1 4125 Riehen

Mon., Tues., Thurs. 8 am – 12 pm and 2 pm – 4.30 pm Weds. 8 am – 12 pm and 2 pm – 6 pm Fri. 8 am – 3 pm

Kantonsbibliothek Baselland Emma Herwegh-Platz 4 4410 Liestal

Tues. – Fri. 9 am – 6.30 pm Sat. (Oct .– Apr. also Sun.) 9 am – 4 pm

Monthly advance tickets NEW! This season, tickets for all performances on all the stages will go on sale on the first of the previous month at the latest (e.g. on 1 September for the month of October). Subscribers shall always be granted a five-working-day option to buy.

We accept cash, Postfinance, Mastercard, Visa, Diners, American Express, Twint, V Pay and Pro Innerstadt.

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THEATER TEAM

BASEL

Team Administrative board

Opera

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Opera director

Michael Willi (president) Dr. Caroline Barthe (vice-president) Dr. Catherine Alioth Adrienne Develey Dr. Thomas Gelzer Martin Lüchinger Meinrad Morger Veronica Schaller Dr. Balz Stückelberger

Theatre management • Benedikt von Peter (director) • Christoph Adam (HR) • Susanne Benedek (communication & sales) • Jean Denes (opera) • Anja Dirks (theatre) • Alexander Kraus (finances & administration) • Juliane Luster (Theater Public) • Antú Romero Nunes (theatre) • Patrick Oes (Theater Public) • Dagmar Opsölder (artistic operations director) • Roman Reeger (opera) • Jörg Pohl (theatre) • Joachim Scholz (technical director) • Inga Schonlau (theatre) • Anne-Catherine Thomas (ballet) • Richard Wherlock (ballet)

Management • Benedikt von Peter (director) • Christoph Adam (HR) • Susanne Benedek (communication & sales) • Anja Dirks (deputy director for artistic matters) • Alexander Kraus (finances & administration)

• Benedikt von Peter (artistic director) • Jean Denes • Roman Reeger (dramaturgy director) • Michael Clark (choir director) Dramaturgy • Roman Reeger • Meret Kündig • Niels Nuijten Musical rehearsals • Hélio Vida (head of OperAvenir) • Thomas Wise (director of studies and conductor) • Nadejda Belneeva (pianist for the choir) • Leonid Maximov (solo répétiteur) • Iryna Krasnovska (solo répétiteur) Assistant directors • Caterina Cianfarini • Ulrike Jühe Musical directors • • • • • • • • • • •

Tito Ceccherini Alessandro De Marchi Clemens Heil Johannes Keller Francesc Prat André de Ridder Michele Spotti Jonathan Stockhammer Hélio Vida Mathias Weibel Thomas Wise

Guest ensembles/Music • • • • • •

Basler Madrigalisten Kammerorchester Basel Knabenkantorei Basel Mädchenkantorei Basel I Musici de la Cetra Ensemble Phoenix Basel

Director’s office

Directors

• Belinda Schweizer (personal assistant to the director and project manager) • Simone Stähelin (fund raising) • Fiona Nordemann (fund raising)

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Artistic administration • Dagmar Opsölder (artistic operations director) • Anna Crespo Palomar (responsibility for opera) • Flavia Kistler (responsibility for theatre) • Giulia Münger (responsibility for Junges Haus, Theater Public)

Team

Caterina Cianfarini Herbert Fritsch Nikolaus Habjan Vincent Huguet Susanne Kennedy Krystian Lada Les Reines Prochaines & Friends Thom Luz Christof Loy Sebastian Matthias Simon McBurney Benedikt von Peter Hubert Wild

Cooperative directors • Josie Daxter • Ulrike Jühe • Ruth Sullivan Stage/Costumes • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Geraldine Arnold Victoria Behr Nicky Gillibrand Didzis Jaunzems Michael Levine Marion Andrea Menziger Bente Rolandsdotter Katrin Wittig Tina Bleuler Jakob Brossmann Herbert Fritsch Denise Heschl Nils Amadeus Lange Les Reines Prochaines & Friends Olivia Lopez Herbert Murauer Richard Peduzzi Lene Schwind Markus Selg Murielle Veya Natascha von Steiger Theresa Vergho

Stage cooperation • Andrej Rutar Lighting design • • • •

Stefan Bolliger Jean Kalman Susanne Reinhardt Tina Bleuler

Video • • • •

Finn Ross Roderik Biersteker Seraphina Schweiger Bert Zander

Sound design/Composition • • • • •

Gareth Fry Nicolas Buzzi vor Fry Alexandra Holtsch Richard Jansen Ida Lundén

Choreography • Ixchel Mendoza Hernández • Salome Schneebeli Singers • • • • • • • •

Joachim Bäckström Derrick Ballard Nathan Berg Michael Borth Noel Bouley Katarina Bradić Karl-Heinz Brandt John Chest

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Nicole Chevalier Arthur Espiritu Jasmin Etezadzadeh Álfheiður Erla Guðmundsdóttir Kali Hardwick Théo Imart Moritz Kallenberg Kai Kluge Stefanie Knorr Rainelle Krause Les Reines Prochaines & Friends Jamez McCorkle Vuyani Mlinde André Morsch Andrew Murphy Regula Mühlemann Thomas Oliemans Günter Papendell Ena Pongrac Rolf Romei Alex Rosen Kristina Stanek Flurina Stucki Peter Tantsits Beth Taylor Anne Sofie von Otter Judith van Wanroij Hubert Wild Patrick Zielke

• Georgia Knower • Svetlana Korneeva • Martin Krämer • Jacek Krosnicki • Flavio Fernando Mathias • Evelyn Meier • Mkhanyiseli Mlombi • Doris Monnerat • Markus Moritz • Monika Noll-Talenta • Eckhard Otto • Elisabeth Picello • Marco Pobuda • Esther Randegger • Heike Roggenkamp • Constantin Rupp • André Nicolas Schann • Donovan Elliot Smith • Vladimir Vassilev • Lisa Westermann (choir stage management) • Frauke Cornelia Willimczik-Mäder • Vivian Zatta • Xiaohui Zhang Opernchorakademie • Stephanie Denzel-Hoffman • Emily Jane Dilewski • Cécilia Roumi

Dancers/Actors/Performers

Extra choir

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Kristian Alm Suzan Boogaerdt Raphael Clamer Diamanda La Berge Dramm Stephan Eberhard Nicolas Franciscus Matilda Gustafsson Martin Hug Marquis’ McGee Ixchel Mendoza Hernández Daniele Pintaudi Seraphina Schweiger Giulia Tornarolli Bianca van der Schoot Frank Willens

OperAvenir • • • • •

Alex Banfield Nataliia Kukhar Kyu Choi Jasin Rammal-Rykala N.N.

Choir • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Monika Anderhuber-Lichtenberg Ingo Anders Victor Andrés Barbagelata Contreras Martin Baumeister Boguslaw Bidzinski Eva Buffoni Carmela Calvano Forte Nadia Catania Emily Jane Dilewski Giulia Gautschi-Del Re Sonja Ilona Goltz Karin Hellmich Piotr Jan Hoeder Antoni Kasprzak

Team

Rahel Bänziger Patrice Battistelli Tarik Benchekmoumou Margrit Bietenholz Roman Blazejewski Cornelia Bühler Karin Diacon Manuela Gaggiotti Beat Hediger Pamela Herzog Ursula Küpfer Andreas Laue Sylvia Marian Claudia Marugg Erika Nuber Dominik Nüscheler Maurus Quinter Lize Raes Karl Rillig Alfredo Robles Edith Röthlisberger Antonie Santschi Volker Scheuber Renata Simon Dorothea Steiner Mirjam Stritt René Tena Roger Wirz Manfred Zanger

Theatre Theatre direction • • • •

Anja Dirks Antú Romero Nunes Jörg Pohl Inga Schonlau

Dramaturgy • • • • • • •

Anja Dirks Michael Gmaj Kris Merken Angela Osthoff Inga Schonlau Scott Shepherd Malte Ubenauf

Production management • Lena Lappat Assistant directors • • • •

Franz Broich Jennifer Muangsiri Louisa Raspé Lea Röschmann

Directors • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Basel Company Leonie Böhm Emilie Charriot John Collins Pınar Karabulut Martin Laberenz Christoph Marthaler Antú Romero Nunes Sebastian Nübling Boris Nikitin Patrick Oes Jörg Pohl Sahar Rahimi Philippe Quesne Eva Trobisch

Stage/Costumes • • • • • • • • • • • •

Victoria Behr Duri Bischoff Benjamin Burgunder Sarah Kittelmann Matthias Koch Philippe Quesne Ute Radler Renate Schmaderer Lena Schön Caroline Spieth Helen Stein David Zinn

Music/Composition/Video • Anna Bauer • Johannes Hofmann • Ben Williams Text • • • •

Basel Company Anne Haug Lucien Haug Claudine Galéa

Actors • • • • • • • •

Elmira Bahrami Paula Beer Andrea Bettini Jan Bluthard Carina Braunschmidt Barbara Colceriu Fabian Dämmich Jonas Dassler

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Edgar Eckert Mala Emde Vera Flück Nairi Hadodo Anne Haug Martin Hug Ueli Jäggi Michael Klammer Fabian Krüger Marie Löcker Annika Meier Jörg Pohl Suly Röthlisberger Sven Schelker Julian Anatol Schneider Aenne Schwarz Gala Othero Winter

Theatre studio • Marvin Groh • Antoinette Ullrich • Joshua Walton Prompter • Ana Castaño Almendral • Agnes Mathis Speech training • Katja Reinke

Ballet Ballet director • Richard Wherlock (artistic director) Project management/ Production management • Anne-Catherine Thomas (director) • Florent Mollet Dramaturgy • Bettina Fischer • Gregor Acuña-Pohl • Markus Fischer Ballet master/ Choreographic assistant • Cristiana Sciabordi • Manuel Renard Répétiteur • Rita Bugova Physiotherapist • Tommaso Pennacchio Choreography • • • • • • • • • • •

Bryan Arias Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui Alexander Ekman Johan Inger Muhammed Kaltuk Richard Wherlock Ed Wubbe Sharon Eyal Eduard Hue Marcos Morau Jeroen Verbruggen

Team

Musical directors • • • •

Thomas Herzog Johannes Keller Andrea Marcon Georg Köhler

Stage/Costumes • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Bryan Arias Alexander Ekman Francesca Messori Dries van Noten Henrik Vibskov Ed Wubbe Bregje van Balen Blanca Anon Silvia Delagneau Chiara Stephenson Paul Surridge Bruce French Jorina Weiss

For all departments Stage management • • • • • • •

Jean-Pierre Bitterli Martin Buck Thomas Kolbe Arthur Kimmerle Alina Schwitter N.N. N.N. (lighting and video)

Production management • Alina Schwitter • Lena Lappat (theatre) Extras • Robert Keller (management) Orchestral librarian • Robert Keller

Lighting design

Library

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• Michael Rath

Fabio Antoci Willy Cessa Peter Lundin Jordan Tuinman Tom Visser Lukas Wiedmer N.N.

Archive • Fabian Degen

Theater Public

Music

Foyer Public

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• Juliane Luster, Patrick Oes (co-management) • Belinda Schweizer (management inclusion and dance projects) • Simone Keller, Anna Trümpy (internship)

Mikael Karlsson Tino Marthaler Alain Pauli Jonathan Soucasse Max Zachrisson

Dancers • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Giacomo Altovino Rubén Bañol Herrera Diego Benito Gutierrez Eva Blunno Elias Boersma Mirko Campigotto Lydia Caruso Dayne Florence Lisa Horten-Skilbrei Kelly Keesing Mikaela Kelly Aleix Labara Cerver David Lagerqvist Debora Maiques Marin Thomas Martino Gaia Mentoglio Kazuki Mitsuhashi Francisco Patricio Stefanie Pechtl Frank Fannar Pedersen Anthony Ramiandrisoa Matias Rocha Moura Javier Rodríguez Cobos Tana Rosás Suñé Marina Sanchez Garrigós Celia Sandoya Rachelle Scott Giuliana Sollami Andrea Tortosa Vidal Max Zachrisson

Alte Billettkasse • Anja Dirks (programme) • Lena Lappat (production management) Education/Junges Haus • Anja Adam, Martin Frank (co-management) • Francesca Genovese (dance education) • Nadir Ak • Carolin Baum • Kimon Barakos • Dominik Blumer • Béatrice Goetz • Eva Gruner • Salomé Im Hof • Ana Lopez • Milena Meier • Bea Nichele • Rainer Schneider-Waterberg • Juliane Schwerdtner • Sarah Speiser • Sonja Speiser

Finances & administration • Alexander Kraus (director) • Sarah Baschung • Manuela Dopple • N.N.

Human resources

Foyer services

• Christoph Adam (management) • Veronica Münger

• Caecilia Schaerli (management) • Simone Sumpf (deputy management) • Silvia Baltermia (responsibility for foyer Schauspielhaus) • Katharina Bruni, Franziska Glanzmann-Wetzel (info centre Theater) • Rafael Eggli • Zoë Fenn • Johannes Hauser • Eilin Hickel • Rahel Janke • Antonella Karacic • Mercedes Koller • Zoe Pitschmann • Eleonora Ponti • Angela Spatola • Klara Trutmann

Payroll accounting and HR administration • Cédric Anselme-Mathieu (management) • Svenja Gisin • Nicole Singeisen • Sarah Weber Contract management artists • Nikki Szabo (management) • Nicole Erny Accounting and finance • Harald Mahler (management) • Eleonora Jutz Information technology • Pascal Thomann (management) • Jessica Passarini (deputy management) • N.N. Catering • N.N. (management) • Jelena Vorburger (managerial assistant) • Franck Eschmann (catering team management) • Imre Lente (chef) • Giuseppe Di Stefano • Willi Brutas • Jana Mackalova • Monika Suter • Andrea Vonesch

Communication & sales

Technology Direction of technology • Joachim Scholz (director) • Beat Weissenberger (direction of technology & logistics assistant) • Vanessa Jenzer (direction of technology team) • Carsten Lipsius (technical management Schauspielhaus) • Helga Gmeiner (technical assistant/ safety officer) Workshop/Production direction • René Matern (management) • Oliver Sturm, Gregor Janson (production management) Stage design studio

• Susanne Benedek (director) • Mavi Behramoglu (media) • Nadja Camesi (online) • Kevin Strütt (advertising)

• Marion Andrea Menziger (management) • Jana Furrer • Julia Kraushaar • Tobias Maurer • Romy Rexheuser

Visitor service

Sound/Video

• Tina Keller (deputy management visitor service/ticket office) • Franziska Pinkert (deputy management visitor service/ sales & CRM) • Judit Lorentsen (responsibility for event & hire) • Ivo Bühlmann • Raymond Hutter • Nurije Iseni • Silvana Quercioli • Alex Serratore • Simone Sumpf • Carina Winter

• Robert Hermann (management) • Jan Fitschen (deputy management) • Cornelius Bohn • Amadis Brugnoni • Fabrizio Di Salvo • Timothy Ferns • David Fortmann (head of video technology) • Beat Frei • Julian Gresenz • Ralf Holtmann • David Huggel • Christof Stürchler • Lukas Wiedmer Theater Basel stages • Mario Keller (senior stage manager) • Yaak Johannes Bockentien, Jason Nicoll, Tobias Vogt (stage managers) • Meinrad Auf der Maur

Team

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Pablo Anders Michel Bucher Pascal Bucher Daniel Flückiger Fabien Frey Fatmir Gjoka Andre Hille Janosch Hofmeier Alex Jaime Thomas Karrasch Mahmut Mercan Michael Müller Paul Pucher Rodrigo Recinos Stéphane Roth Marco Schmidlin Matthias Schwarz Markus Spielmann Bruno Stämmeli Cédric Stroele Riccardo Suerth Gilles Thurnherr Dominik Töpfer Reto Zutt N.N.

Schauspielhaus stage • Roland Holzer, Andreas Müller, Christian Wagner (stage managers) • Benjamin Büchel • Elliott Eckert • Markus Kunz • Daniel Rehm • Sascha Rosohl • Rémy Schweitzer • Samuel Tschudin • Philipp Unterrainer Theater Basel equipment • • • •

Lionel Flock Jannik Heldner Aeneas Ruzicka René Wildeisen

Schauspielhaus equipment • Dimitrios Lavantsiotis • Philipp Lochmann • Gioacchino Stincone Theatre lighting • Roland Edrich (management) • Thomas Kleinstück, Benjamin Hauser (lighting managers) • Nicolaas Becks • Ralf Beulker • Djamel Boutaghane • Matthias Conrad • Stefan Erny • Julien Graff • Giuseppe Grimaldi • Patrick Gysin • Markus Haferkamp • Roland Heid • Julian Kestler • Marcel Plattner • Benoit Wirtz • Jonas Yazici

Schauspielhaus lighting • Vassilios Chassapakis, Cornelius Hunziker (lighting managers) • Claudio Di Bella • Marcel Chretien • Helen Hauser • Christoph Schenk • Jens Seiler • Christian Pietsch, Marcus Rehberger, Lukas Schäfer (temporary staff) Technical services • Stefan Möller (head of department) • Lukas Wild (equipment manager) • Thomas Maggiori (technical engineering) Costume department • Karin Schmitz (management) • Anna Huber (deputy management) • Lea Zeitman (costume management assistant) • Rosina Plomaritis-Barth, Liliana Ercolani (costume and hat making) • Murielle Véya (prop room management) • Olivia Lopez Diaz-Stöcklin (prop room team) • Karoline Gundermann, Julia Stöcklin (costume assistance) • N.N. (guests/costume assistance) Dressmaking • Mirjam vom Plehwe (costume designer) • Gundula Hartwig, Antje Reichert (deputy costume designers for women) • Nadine Bachmann • Daniela Gärtner • Franziska Jetzer-Philipp • Katharina Obrist • Beatrice Raco-Caplazi • Lea Schmidt / Ann-Kathrin El Orf Tailoring • Ralph Kudler (costume designer) • Eva-Maria Akeret (deputy costume designer for men) • Melanie Bauer • Claudia Celec • Christian Keller • Simona Lanzberg • Katalin Szabo-Hambalgo • Isabelle Vock • Michaela Weik • Patricia Zumsteg • N.N. Dressing service • Mario Reichlin (team management) • Adrienne Crettenand • Jessica Kube • Nicole Persoz • Cornelia Peter • Noemi Schär • Isabelle Schindler • Angelika Aita, Gerlinde Baravalle,

Team

Charlotte Christen, Olivia Lopez Diaz-Stöcklin, Stefanie Drechsle, Idil Mercan, Colette Meyer, Désirée Müller, Anja Ölhafen, Raquel Rey Ramos, Anita Schori-Wyss, Gönül Yavuz (temporary staff) Make-up • Elisabeth Dillinger-Schwarz (management) • Samara Bamert • Carmen Fahrner • Carolina Handrik • Daniela Hoseus • Eileen Napowanez • Heike Strasdeit • Susanne Tenner • Tamina Widmer • Naemi Zgraggen • Monika Bitzi, Andrea Blick, Almut Gasser, Elke Hummler, Mirka Pazdera, Sylva Peedima, Yara Rappold, Anna Tschannen (temporary staff) Prop storage • • • • • • • • • • • •

Stefan Gisler (management) Kerstin Anders Zae Csitei Valentin Fischer Corinne Meyer Mirjam Scheerer Manfred Schmidt Ayesha Schnell Regina Schweitzer Bernard Studer-Liechty Hans Wiedemann Stephanie Heitz (temporary staff)

Furniture department • Marc Schmitt (management) • Nico Beusch • Brandon Blattner • Michèle Gschwind (stage set sewer) • Florian Stohler • Daniel Wirz Event technology and logistics • Patrick Soland (responsibility for logistics) • Maximilian Herber, Sebastian Mörder (event technology) • Yvan Blind, Nicolas Futsch, Gregor Schmieder (technology/transport)

Metal working • Andreas Brefin (management) • Tobias Schwob (deputy management) • Alonso Garrido • David Kunz • Dominik Marolf • Vincenzo Russo • Claude Schmid Scenic art and theatre sculptors • Oliver Gugger (management) • Andreas Thiel (deputy management) • Ida Binkert (apprentice) • Tila Lill Giger • Boris Gil (theatre sculptor) • Laura Löffler • Andrea Mercan-Eisenring • Cathérine Rinaldi (theatre sculptor) • Anna-Carina Reiser • Katalin Rohaly • Sven Scherwey Facility and domestic services • Alexander Stumpp (management) • Paul Wakefield (deputy management) • Daniel Andres • Yves Scherer • Benjamin Stumpp • Arlind Uka (apprentice) Cleaning staff • Alex Bessufekad (team management) • Samanda Alijevic • Milena Gajic • Maria Garrido-Cean • Leonard Hoti • Misan Koviljka • Werner Moser • Gabriele Schmiedlin • Dragana Vucic Reception area • Evelyne Bangerter (team management) • Philippe Bürgler • Fabienne Frölich • Nicole Schaffner • Marlis Scheuber Young • Anton Schwarz • Remo Seitter

Carpentry • • • • • • • • • •

Markus Jeger (management) Martin Jeger (deputy management) Christian Amrein Alexis Capote Granado Stephan Meyer Christian Mohler Meinrad Orlandi Markus Schlegel Claude Schmid Peter Thoma

THEATER BASEL PARTNERS

Sponsors and partners Thank you!

Public sector

We thank our Cultural partners

Municipalities

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Biel-Benken Binningen Bottmingen Reinach Sissach

Production sponsor

• Novartis • IWB

Stiftung zur Förderung der Theatergenossenschaft Basel

• Clariant Foundation • IWB

Project partners

• Julius Bär: OperAvenir • Rosemarie Stuzzi-Thomi Foundation: Ballett Theater Basel • Fonds Doppelpass, German Federal Cultural Foundation: ‹Urban Creatures› • MBF Foundation: Kultur Inklusiv • Gerda Schlegel Foundation • PricewaterhouseCoopers • Argenius Risk Experts AG • Visana accident insurance • Verein Freunde der Jungen Oper Basel

Visitor organisations

• Theaterverein Basel • Regionale Interessengemeinschaft (RIG) • Basler Ballett Gilde (bbg)

Medical partner of Ballett Theater Basel

• Kantonsspital Baselland

Media partners

• bz Basel Further, a big thank you to all patrons of Theater Basel who do not want to be mentioned by name.

Thank you

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