For more than 50 years, the Theater am Hechtplatz has stood for high-class entertainment. The cobblestones in the foyer are reminiscent of the former taxi stand, which the architect Ernst Gysel integrated into the theatre building in 1959 on behalf ...
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Long live women!
Betty Dieterle & Ensemble
The year is 2030. The world has seen better days. Climate change is causing havoc: even in Switzerland, the thermometer regularly climbs above 36 degrees – when it isn’t raining for days on end. Politically, things are in turmoil in Europe, with crises and conflicts the order of the day. In short: the world has been turned upside down.
But amidst all this turmoil, something unexpected happens. A small theatre in a small, wealthy country is suddenly occupied. Five women of different ages decide that they cannot simply stand by and watch the impending apocalypse unfold. Hulda, Zita, Isabelle, Debbie and Sherilyn have a plan – and it’s a bold one. They call for a strike and urge women and FLINTA* to drop everything for a while: work, housework, care work and, yes, even to refuse to sleep with anyone. Naturally, this idea doesn’t meet with enthusiasm everywhere. And so our story takes its course.
And then there’s Kilian – the self-proclaimed ‘women’s whisperer’. What exactly is his mission in this illustrious group? And will he stand a chance with the ladies at all?
The five wonderfully quirky heroines take the audience on a musical and humorous journey through time, spanning many decades of the struggle for equality. ‘Vive les Femmes!’ is a cheerful, tongue-in-cheek and heart-warming slice of contemporary history – with music, wit and a generous helping of hope.
The building at Hechtplatz 7 will undergo renovation from January 2026. During this time, we will be presenting our programme at Haus Seefeld (Seefeldstrasse 91, 8008 Zurich).
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Friday, October 09, 2026
19:30
Saturday, October 10, 2026
19:30
Thursday, October 15, 2026
19:30
Friday, October 16, 2026
19:30
Saturday, October 17, 2026
19:30
Sunday, October 18, 2026
18:00
Featuring: Sarah Spale, Anna-Katharina Rickert (schön&gut), Ralf Schlatter (schön&gut), Angela Hunkeler, Stefanie Alder, Suly Röthlisberger
Text: Ella Lydia Becker
Musical director: Roman Wyss
Director: Betty Dieterle
Production management: Fiammina Catti/Lara Anderegg
Costumes: Sabrina Moser
Set design: Dave Leuthold
Assistant director: Nives Liliana
Lighting design: David Baumgartner
Graphic design: Franziska Burkhardt
Visuals: Susanne Hofer
Children: Adalina Schnoz, Puma Rottmann, Noam Schocht, Alerio Rossetti, Siri Rodgers, Tilia Rodgers, Assia Ben Othmen, Sergej Ivljanin
Theater am Hechtplatz
Hechtplatz 7
8001 Zürich
+41 (0)44 415 15 15
Accessibility:
Infos Zugänglichkeit:
Mobility
Tickets
You can reserve wheelchair spaces directly in our ticketing system. Our box office team will then contact you for more detailed information about the size of your wheelchair and provide you with further information.
Seats
The wheelchair space, cloakroom and our theatre bar are barrier-free. The wheelchair space and the space for the accompanying person are located near the stage (rows 1-4), directly by the door and can be requested in the ticket shop or at the theatre box office. As soon as we have received your enquiry, our box office team will contact you to enquire about the dimensions of the wheelchair and determine the optimum seating solution based on this.
Toilets
There is a spacious, barrier-free WC at Limmatquai 4 directly behind the theatre (Zürcherhof 1st floor, next to the lift) and a Züri-WC at Bellevue (at the back between the VBZ ticket office and Deli-Snack on the Bellevue service island). Both are accessible with a Eurokey. If you need assistance from the theatre team when going to the barrier-free WC or would like to use one during the interval, please report to the cloakroom.
Sight
For people with a visual impairment, we recommend a seat in rows 1 to 3.
Blind dogs
Blind dogs may be taken into the theatre. Please either book seats in the ticket shop on the far left of the wall or on the far right of the door or contact the theatre box office. We are also happy to place guide dogs outside the theatre in a quiet place.
Ticketing
Our ticketing system is not yet barrier-free. To order tickets, please contact our theatre box office directly: Tel. +41 44 415 15 15 (free of charge) / Tue - Sat, 4 - 7 pm
Hearing
For people with a hearing impairment, we recommend a seat in rows 1 to 3.
Do you have any questions? Please contact Christina Teuber, co-director of the theatre at Hechtplatz:
Email: christina.teuber@zuerich.ch
Phone: +41 44 412 54 59 (available Tue, Wed, Thu, 10 am - 5 pm)
