Open-air stage Zentral

The Zentral stage is the meeting point and venue for street art at the Zürcher Theater Spektakel. Besides traditional street art, the programme features physical theatre, Nouveau Cirque, figure theatre, dance, clownery and performance. The following highlights reveal that the Zentral stage can keep up with the main programme in terms of internationality, variety and excitement. Look forward to the whacky performance artists to R mansion from Japan. The American performer Nakupelle will have you in tears of laughter with his slapstick comedy. The Spanish troupe La Trócola shows how suitable plastic heads are for a circus per- formance. The artist duo Mac Fly from France arrive with their slippers. The German Matthias Romir, a self-described hybrid of expressive juggler, depressed clown and nutcase, delightfully struggles with unresponsive objects. And there even will be a world premiere: the Swiss-based Hungarian dancers József Trefeli and Gábor Varga present their latest choreography «Creature», a «recyclate» of various folk dance elements from Hungary.
The open-air shows will be rounded off by teasers from artists and companies of the main programme and by family-oriented presentations on Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays from 16:00 hrs. And there is still more to come. The daily programme will be published on www.theaterspektakel.ch and on-site.
József Trefeli and Gábor Varga hold a «fake-lore» workshop at the Tanzhaus Zürich on Saturday 22 August. Information & enrolment: www. tanzhaus-zuerich.ch > Workshops