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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Zurich Reads: Rotpunktverlag
The publisher
Just ten months to go until the publishing house’s anniversary! The publishing director, Nola, is new to the industry and first needs to learn the ropes. The successful poet Susanna has promised her first novel, but hasn’t delivered it. Translator Pénélope shines with her clever, witty wordplay, and Peter, the former editor, is on a mysterious round-the-world trip. Four voices recount everyday life at the publishing house with dedication, charm and a pinch of gallows humour. And then, suddenly, the day of the big anniversary arrives – and everything turns out quite differently from plan.
Published to mark the 50th anniversary of Rotpunkt Verlag, *Der Verlag* is an entertaining story centred on a small publishing house, of the sort found in abundance. Especially for this rather different commemorative volume, Romana Ganzoni (as Susanna Mainradi), Samuel Herzog (as Peter), Lis Künzli (as Pénélope) and Karin Rey (as Nola) have joined forces to form a literary quartet. As part of the ‘Zürich liest’ festival, they will present their novel for the first time in a joint staged reading.
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Tuesday, October 20, 2026
19:30
Theater am Hechtplatz
Hechtplatz 7
8001 Zürich
+41 (0)44 415 15 15
Accessibility:
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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)
