Culture despite corona – Swiss culture goes virtual

Boredom is so yesterday – culture @Home today

Are you beginning to feel claustrophobic at home?
Do you miss Switzerland’s wide range of cultural and leisure activities?

Our free time has changed drastically since the corona pandemic started. We are spending a lot of time at home alone, or with the family, our partners or housemates. Some of us have a pet that we need to take care of and can talk to, others are chatting with their neighbours from their balconies. We all dream of the time when we can go out again without restrictions, to go to the theatre with friends or a film night at the cinema with our nearest and dearest. You can experience a small part of this dream in the comfort of your own home, by bringing the Swiss theatre and film scene into your living room. Here in Switzerland, creative artists have got many exciting projects and opportunities off the ground.

Film has always been digital, and now theatre is too. Take a look!

Cinema@Home

Get films from central Switzerland in your living room
Films by Central Swiss filmmakers are available online and free of charge on Filmstream for 30 days. Take advantage to plan a fun film night. You will find all the films here.

Visions du Réel – Nyon International Film Festival online
Although the international film festival cannot take place in Nyon, it is for the first time showing films online, from 7 April to 2 May 2020. During this time, you can, for the first time ever, attend a Swiss film festival without leaving your living room, and watch the latest films from your sofa. The films are only available for a certain time, so make sure you look at the programme!

Theater@Home

Corona de buenos Aires
You can dance the Corona de Buenos Aires or tango even in your living room, says director Cristina Castrillo.
Despite closed doors, Theatre Lucerne will continue to entertain you with Cristina Castrillo’s videos and texts. Would you like to enchant a little bit of Argentina and a dose of tango into your house? Take a look!

Substance for shutdown
The Neumarkt Theatre in Zurich is experimenting with digital formats. You can find a newly streamed or even live streamed performance one or two times per week on the Neumarkt Theatre website. Take a look, and see what surprises are in store!

Zwischenspiel – a podcast from Zurich’s opera house
While the curtains at Zurich’s opera house remain closed because of the corona crisis, the opera house is posting an audio podcast twice a week under the title “Zwischenspiel” . It presents interviews, music and background information from the opera house, and is available on Spotify and Apple Podcast. You can find articles and more information on what is covered here.

Theater@Home Basel
Basel Theatre staff send greetings from their home offices and continue to entertain their audience with video clips on social distancing, performances and rehearsals from their living rooms. You can find the video clips on Basel Theatre’s Facebook page.

SPECTYOU
You can stream recordings of plays, classical and contemporary dance and performances on the digital platform SPECTYOU – at full length, anywhere, any time. Discover new things on the video platform!

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