“Hamlet Dinner” is many things. It is a Shakespeare classic. A theatrical performance. A culinary masterpiece. And a family reunion. Kami Wilhelmina Manns brings the Shakespearean masterpiece to the stage in a highly entertaining and participatory way. The audience is involved in a family-like closeness. Everyone, actors and spectators, sit at the same table and …
paradise is here is going organic
paradise is here presents DEVI nuovo negozio bio in Cadenazzo, Via Stazione 3. We are open from 31.08.2022, come and visit us! From end-September the online shop on devi.bio will also be available. What is DEVI? DEVI is a project that integrates a physical and an online space: DEVI nuovo negozio bio is a physical …
Job opening | Artists-educators for children’s workshops
Are you a practicing artist that’s experienced in running workshops, classes or courses for children? Who are we looking for We’re looking for freelance artists, who are ideally based in Ticino, to join our team as artists-educators. Openings We will select one coordinator and one assistant for a children’s workshop, which will take place in …
The Other: Me by Marion Rothhaar
In her younger years, the stage director, dramaturg and performer Marion Rothhaar had been a successful gymnast – the German women’s champion in rhythmic gymnastics and a member of the 1988 West German Olympic team. The Other: Me is an autobiographical performance that addresses the female body, its function and its depiction in our performance-driven …
Tirza by Arnon Grunberg
Tirza by Arnon Grunberg is the third piece of the third piece of the Medeamaterial/ Terror/ Tirza trilogy, scheduled to premiere in the 2020-2021 season. The performance highlights extreme situations of the history of migration and was designed to involve artists and creatives from Italy, Switzerland and Germany. A public reading of the piece was presented at …
Lady Sarashina by Peter Eötvös
Premiere: April 10, 2019, Dampfzentrale Bern Lady Sarashina is the first opera production of paradise is here, a performance realized in collaboration with Bern University of the Arts (HKB). Peter Eötvös, the composer of the piece, has created especially for this production a new, chamber music setting for his celebrated and much-performed opera “Lady Sarashina”. …
Terror by Ferdinand von Schirach
Period: July 2017 – Present Premiere in Switzerland (Giubiasco): 13 May 2018, 5.00 p.m.Dress rehearsal (Giubiasco): May 12, 2018, 8:00 p.m.Premiere in Italy (Milan): May 24, 2018, La Triennale Teatro dell’Arte, Milan Performances on tour:25-27 May 2018, La Triennale Teatro dell’Arte (Milan)20 – 21 October 2018, Federal Criminal Court (Bellinzona)15 – 18 November 2018, Teatro …
Stations / Heimkehr
An interdisciplinary project of film and conceptual design for the Arsenal Museum of Contemporary Art (Sofia) Exhibition: 9 November – 23 December 2017Co-production of paradise is here and IVAN ASEN 22 (Bulgaria) Stations is a short film by director Kami Manns, based on Franz Kafka’s story “Coming Home”. The project addresses the theme of migration …
#JeSuis, Aakash Odedra Dance Company
Period: December 2017 – December 2019 The international production #JeSuis was be the first long-term choreographic piece by Aakash Odedra, co-produced by paradise is here. #JeSuis is a contemporary dance work, created, among others, also in Ticino. #JeSuis is touching dance-theatre piece about individuals struggling to find their voice in the stand against oppression. Through …
BAUHAUS_reloaded
Pilot project of cooperation between the Conservatory of Italian Switzerland and the Palucca Hochschule für Tanz Dresden. BAUHAUS_reloaded is a dance project realized by paradise is here in 2019, the year of the 100th anniversary of BAUHAUS worldwide. BAUHAUS_reloaded is a world premiere project that explores the approaches of the Bauhaus collective from their contemporary …