Johanna, a farmer's daughter, hears heavenly voices commanding her to liberate France during the war. Initially celebrated as a visionary heroine, she is burned at the stake as a witch in 1431. To this day, the Maid of Orléans remains a myth that has been appropriated in many ways. Some see her as a religious fanatic or a nationalist. Others recognize her as a feminist pioneer or a courageous idealist. Above all, however, she embodies the longing for a better world, for which she seems to fight single-handedly as a young woman. Inspired by numerous stories about Joan, Belgian director Lies Pauwels creates her own punk-poetic visual world. She portrays Joan as a driven person torn between faith, doubt, and self-assertion. A highly musical, sensitive performance about ideals, power, powerlessness, and the big question: Who am I in this chaotic world?

Jeanne Dark

Theater Basel

Murder case in the mental hospital! Already the second nurse has been murdered. The perpetrator, one of three physicists, claims to be Einstein. Another thinks he is Newton. To the third, Möbius, King Solomon appears. It soon becomes clear that they are all playing at something here. Möbius has discovered the world formula. He pretends to be crazy in order to keep his discovery, with which mankind could destroy itself, a secret. The other two are secret agents for East and West on a mission to get him on their side. But the genius Möbius, caught in a moral dilemma, chooses isolation. One decides for all - and becomes the pawn of the power interests of a mad-doctor who has long been pulling the strings in the background.

The Physicists

Gottlieb Biedermann, a hair tonic manufacturer, wants to see the good in people for once. Intoxicated by his own idealism, he offers hospitality to two strangers. Yet warnings about arsonists are everywhere: disguised as poor peddlers, they take up residence in the attics of law-abiding citizens – and reduce everything to rubble and ashes.

Biedermann and the Arsonists

For Adelina, born in Zurich, the daughter of Italian immigrants, there is no place in Switzerland. Inherited debts force her to abandon her apprenticeship. Single and with her young daughter Emma, she searches for a way out of the downward spiral. But the circumstances, a misogynistic and xenophobic society, prevent her from doing so. She finds herself in one awkward situation after another until a man who lovingly cares for her daughter takes her to Italy. However, Emma disappears without a trace, leading to a fateful encounter with the Red Brigades - and a realization.

Die Krume Brot

When the HORA Theater was founded in Zurich in 1993, a Marthaler production ‹Murx den Europäer!› was premiering at the (Volks-)Bühne in Berlin. Coincidence? Or the famous law of meaningful synchronicity?

Company with special dedication (Limited Liability Company)

Lilit Hakobyan has been making a name for herself as an interdisciplinary artist since 2011. Her film work characterises her choreographic thinking, while in photography she specifically seeks out the dynamic moment of dance. Anne Jung, internationally recognised for her powerful and energetic dance vocabulary, also creates fascinating visual worlds. Emerging from the talent factory of the Nederlands Dans Theater in The Hague, she realised her first own choreography in 2016 in the programme ‹Switch by NDT Dancers›.

Vassilios Chassapakis

Events

Upcoming events

Apr 30, 2026

Die Krume Brot · Theater Basel

May 7 - Jun 12, 2026

Company with special dedication (Limited Liability Company) · Theater Basel

10 - 19 May, 2026

New Works: Hakobyan/Jung · Theater Basel

Past events

Nov 13, 2025 - Mar 30, 2026

Jeanne Dark · Theater Basel

Oct 22 - Dec 28, 2025

The Physicists · Theater Basel

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