Karls kühne Gassenschau

Karls kühne Gassenschau is in the widest sense a Swiss circus, variété or street theatre, as of April 2016 based in Winterthur.^[1]

History

The show was founded in 1984 and started as classical street performance act. In 1999 the crew toured with the Swiss national Circus Knie, and thenafter more than more fixed installation were preferred.^[2]

Program and orientation

• 1984 Karls kühne Gassenschau: Street performances, artistics and variété.
• 1985–1987: Gauklerjahre: Years as travelling artists.
• 1987–1988: Die Kreuzfahrt auf der "MS Matterhorn". Eine artistische Seefahrt.
• 1989–1990: BAUSTELLE. Ein komödiantisches Aktionstheater.
• 1992: uniform. Freche Politsatire unter freiem Himmel.
• 1993: CITYPASSAGE. Rebellion der Strassenkünstler.
• 1994–1997: S.T.E.I.N.B.R.U.C.H. Ein archaisches Landschaftstheater. Also as r.u.p.t.u.r.e in French language in 1995.
• 1997: Grand Paradis. Anarchie im Luxushotel.
• 1998–2000: STAU. Ein automobiles Spektakel, also performed as French t.r.a.f.i.c. in 2001.
• 1999: Auf Schweizer Tournee mit dem Zirkus Knie.
• 2002–2005: AKUA. Ein opulentes Wasserspektakel.
• 2006–2010: SILO 8. Höhenflüge im Dschungel der Erinnerungen.
• 2011–2015: FABRIKK. Eine Geschichte über Heimat, Identitätsverlust und Schokoladenträume.^[3]
• 2016: Sektor1 which will premier on 9 June 2016 in Winterthur.^[1]

Name

There's no man called Karl that initiated the caberet. Karls kühne Gassenschau, meaning Charles' keen side street show, was founded as a street theatre of a bunch of wild street performers.

Reception

Saffa-Insel in Zürich

Some present Swiss acts and personalities, among them Ursus & Nadeschkin respectively Nadja Sieger,^[4] and Sandra Moser^[5] started their career as part of the show.

The multimedial supported artistic shows, focussed on large installations as a seasonal theme, usually are fixed at locations for one theatre season, sometimes as the present since 2014 in the municipality of Winterthur and St-Triphon,^[6] some years ago in Wallisellen or at the so-called Saffa-Insel on occasion of the Zürcher Theater Spektakel. Karls kühne Gassenschau attracts up to 500,000 spectators a year.^[1][7]

Awards

• 1998: Prix Walo

References

1. Michael Graf (2016-03-15). "Karl's kühne Abfallschlacht: Wir versuchten, ein Lebensgefühl einzufangen" (in German). Limmattaler Zeitung. Retrieved 2016-04-08.
2. "Karl's kühne Gassenschau von 1984 bis 2013" (in German). karlskuehnegassenschau.ch. Retrieved 2015-04-09.
3. "Coop Sponsoring". coop.ch (in German). Retrieved 2015-04-09.
4. Nadja Sieger (2012-06-30). "25 Jahre U&N: Rückblick (7), 1989" (in German). Nadja Sieger. Retrieved 2015-04-09.
5. "Sandra Moser". kulturpalette.ch (in German). Retrieved 2015-04-07.
6. "Gassenschau" (in French). fabrikk.ch. Retrieved 2015-04-16.
7. "Karls Kühne Gassenschau geht in eine neue Runde". 10vor10 (in German). 2016-06-09. Retrieved 2016-06-12.

External links

• Official website (German)