{"title": "Melody - Ein Theaterstück mit Musik nach dem Roman von Martin Suter", "start": "2026-11-17T20:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Theater Rigiblick", "address": "Germaniastrasse 99", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/drama", "literature/crime"], "description": "'Melody' is a theatre play with music based on the novel by Martin Suter, a premiere at Theater Rigiblick. Suter granted the theatre the rights to a stage adaptation, directed by Daniel Rohr, enriched with songs by Stephan Eicher for which Suter wrote the lyrics. In a villa on the Zürichberg, the former National Councillor Dr. Stotz tells the young Tom Elmer, who is to sort out his estate, about his fiancée Melody, who disappeared over 40 years ago shortly before their wedding. Tom and Stotz's great-niece Laura begin investigations leading to distant places and into a past where truth and fiction lie dangerously close together.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/melody-ein-theaterstuck-mit-musik-nach-dem-roman-von-martin-59380/", "official_url": "https://www.theater-rigiblick.ch/spielplan/projekt/melody-ein-theaterstueck-mit-musik-nach-dem-roman-von-martin-suter", "image": "https://noky.io/images/b60dd4ee4b9a8ae9305a6ad0ea26191c1129116fb39a501d53dd100b51e46bbc-1200.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-17T20:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Theater Rigiblick", "address": "Germaniastrasse 99", "tickets": ""}, {"start": "2026-11-18T00:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Theater Rigiblick", "address": "Germaniastrasse 99", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Miles oder die Pendeluhr aus Montreux", "start": "2026-11-13T20:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Theater Rigiblick", "address": "Germaniastrasse 99", "price": "", "price_from": "59.00", "price_to": "59.00", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/drama", "music/jazz"], "description": "«Miles oder die Pendeluhr aus Montreux» is a theatre piece based on a story by Henning Mankell, paying tribute to the jazz genius Miles Davis, a man who suffered from loneliness and prejudice. In the role of a scrap dealer, Daniel Rohr tells of the beauty of Juliette Gréco, of Swiss clocks, of favourite chords and the loss of a loved one, placing friendship between an ordinary man and a great music genius at its centre. The musical motif is «Sketches of Spain», performed by the Zurich Jazz Orchestra under the direction of Ed Partyka. The piece lasts 65 minutes, translated and directed by Hansjörg Betschart and produced by the Stern-Theater-Produktion.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/miles-oder-die-pendeluhr-aus-montreux-59377/", "official_url": "https://www.theater-rigiblick.ch/spielplan/projekt/miles-oder-die-pendeluhr-aus-montreux", "image": "https://noky.io/images/a65c5f317724534ca447ad46673a835340b3bcd54b96850742cf2b9dfbe1247e-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Alain Claude Sulzer – Szenenwechsel", "start": "2026-11-04T19:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Literaturhaus Zürich", "address": "Limmatquai 62, 8001 Zürich", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/reading"], "description": "At Literaturhaus Zürich, Alain Claude Sulzer reads from his new novel \"Szenenwechsel\" (Galiani 2026). The novel takes readers into the world of the theatre: the great director Simon Muthesius is dead, and his whole ensemble – dramaturge, diva, make-up artist, family members – is set in motion, each with their own story and some with an open score to settle. The event is moderated by Nicola Steiner, with a book table from Buchhandlung Hottingerplatz. With his elegantly crafted, many-voiced portrayal of society, Sulzer shows what remains of a life once fame has passed.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/alain-claude-sulzer-szenenwechsel-641/", "official_url": "https://literaturhaus.ch/veranstaltungen/alain-claude-sulzer-szenenwechsel/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/71f523e88a9641c2bb3ad2e80769f23488a886993a09415d4fc599b1a34d0728-600.webp"}, {"title": "Ds Lied vo de Bahnhöf - Ein Musiktheaterabend in Erinnerung an Mani Matter", "start": "2026-11-16T20:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Theater Rigiblick", "address": "Germaniastrasse 99", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "theatre", "tags": ["music/folk/singer-songwriter", "stage/musical"], "description": "\"Ds Lied vo de Bahnhöf\" is a musical theatre evening in memory of Mani Matter, performed with acting and song. The texts and music are by Mani Matter, the concept and direction by Daniel Rohr, the musical direction by Michael Summ; it is staged by the Stern-Theater-Produktion. Mani Matter sang about people with love and humour, sometimes ironically, rarely in despair but never cynically. From this wonderful material the evening was created, letting audiences discover a Mani Matter they may not yet have known.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/ds-lied-vo-de-bahnhof-ein-musiktheaterabend-in-erinnerung-an-59379/", "official_url": "https://www.theater-rigiblick.ch/spielplan/projekt/ds-lied-vo-de-bahnhoef-ein-musiktheaterabend-in-erinnerung-an-mani-matter", "image": "https://noky.io/images/380f227cc2fe4472b0d3c7f08898def5286585d38252c73d0fbbacc6a8e1013f-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Mein Klang, meine Reiseرحلة صوت", "start": "2026-11-16T19:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Sogar Theater", "address": "Josefstrasse 106 (im Innenhof), 8005 Zürich", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/world/arabic"], "description": "«Mein Klang, meine Reiseرحلة صوت» is a song evening at the Sogar Theater in Zurich. Created and performed by the Egyptian-Swiss musician Wael Sami Elkholy, it takes the audience on a journey from Cairo to Bern and back out into the world. In songs and stories he recalls his childhood and tells of his life as an artist, bringing his own compositions together with traditional Arabic songs and settings of Swiss authors such as Raphael Urweider or Pedro Lenz. With oud, singing and electronic sounds, in German with songs in Arabic, French and German, the evening tells of home and foreignness, loss and new beginnings, tradition and artistic freedom.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/mein-klang-meine-reise-6463/", "official_url": "https://www.sogar.ch/programm/saison-26-27/mein-klang-meine-reise/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/44a1a63e6133cb8deeb065e3395ada741187a06215493c50a3d02b7056948809-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Maria - Was die Bibel über sie nicht erzählt. Mit der Musik Stabat Mater von Giovanni Pergolesi", "start": "2026-11-07T20:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Theater Rigiblick", "address": "Germaniastrasse 99", "price": "", "price_from": "59.00", "price_to": "59.00", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["religion/christian", "stage/theatre"], "description": "A theatre evening about Mary, the mother of Jesus, who after her son's death on the cross wants nothing to do with his holiness and tells her own very personal view of the Passion. The source text is by Irish author Colm Tóibín, the concept and direction are by Jochen Strauch, and Mona Petri performs as Mary. Pergolesi's 'Stabat Mater' stands opposite the female perspective, under the musical direction of Peter Solomon with singers and the Galatea Quartet. The performance lasts 70 minutes.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/maria-was-die-bibel-uber-sie-nicht-erzahlt-mit-der-musik-sta-59373/", "official_url": "https://www.theater-rigiblick.ch/spielplan/projekt/maria-was-die-bibel-ueber-sie-nicht-erzaehlt-mit-der-musik-stabat-mater-von-giovanni-pergolesi", "image": "https://noky.io/images/fee2aac4373aae8824e8059a729dfa9d7069fa8e36dd6e9619da5102203d1222-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Warum nur – warum?", "start": "2026-11-12T20:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Keller62", "address": "Rämistrasse 62", "price": "CHF 42.00 / 28.00", "price_from": "28.00", "price_to": "42.00", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/monodrama", "history/switzerland"], "description": "A theatre monologue about the Zurich Oberland poet Jakob Stutz, one of the most popular Swiss authors of his time, who came into conflict with the law because of his homosexual orientation. Written and performed by Matthias Peter, who engages with Stutz's fate for the double anniversary of his 225th birthday and 150th day of death. The poet appears as a revenant in a small memorial exhibition and is given a voice, without excusing his transgressions. The Zurich premiere traces the places of his life from Hittnau to the city of Zurich.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/warum-nur-warum-5978/", "official_url": "https://keller62.ch/reservation/warum-nur-warum", "image": "https://noky.io/images/1266d84148aed7e14802d0ad56c1551d9691b0186c1976b33744aa82ee067f24-2000.webp"}, {"title": "René Suter – Züritüütschi Mundartsongs für Gitarrä und Stimm", "start": "2026-11-09T19:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Theater Stok", "address": "", "price": "Fr. 30.-/AHV+Legi Fr. 20.-", "price_from": "30.00", "price_to": "30.00", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/folk/singer-songwriter"], "description": "René Suter performs a concert of his dialect songs for guitar and voice at Theater Stok. He sings about everyday things such as asparagus, stars, beetles, happiness and Mrs Meier. This produces idiosyncratic songs, sometimes quirky, sometimes poetic, sometimes thoughtful. After a long time he is playing again, always surprising, with humour and irony.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/rene-suter-zurituutschi-mundartsongs-fur-gitarra-und-stimm-59393/", "official_url": "https://theaterstok.ch/programm/rene-suter-zueritueuetschi-mundartsongs-fuer-gitarrae-und-stimm/?occurrence=2026-11-09", "image": "https://noky.io/images/1f74de60002d48a98272c09ca9a79381260501711bc606c937c0ce9926558e0f-2000.webp"}, {"title": "4/5 oder von der Kunst keine Fahrstuhlmusik zu werden zum letzten Mal", "start": "2026-11-13T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-14T00:00:00+01:00", "place": "Theater Winkelwiese", "address": "Winkelwiese 4, 8001 Zürich", "price": "CHF 15–40", "price_from": "15.00", "price_to": "40.00", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/drama", "society/aging"], "description": "\"4/5 oder von der Kunst keine Fahrstuhlmusik zu werden\" is a theatre piece about four older people and five chairs, one of which is missing. It comes from the Lucerne theatre group Zell:stoff, with text by Hannah Zufall and direction by Sophie Stierle, presented as a guest performance co-produced with Kleintheater Luzern. The four characters have known each other for a very long time; they reminisce, make plans and repeatedly test old age in a playful way, while grappling with questions about what to expect from ageing and society's tendency to overlook them. The production won the Swiss Prize for Performing Arts and was invited to the Swiss Theatertreffen and the Autor*innen-Theatertage Berlin 2026; it lasts about 80 minutes without an interval.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/45-oder-von-der-kunst-keine-fahrstuhlmusik-zu-werden-zum-let-25767/", "official_url": "https://winkelwiese.ch/inszenierungen/4-5-oder-von-der-kunst-keine-fahrstuhlmusik-zu-werden", "image": "https://noky.io/images/3ef10eb76650a54bfb4a50f50c44796cf21d57ca7ac17307a8068dc421f0de20-2000.webp"}, {"title": "A Beginner’s Guide to Sightseeing", "start": "2026-11-12T20:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Theater Stadelhofen", "address": "Stadelhoferstrasse 12, 8001 Zurich", "price": "CHF 29.- (Einheitspreis für Kinder und Erwachsene), CHF 23.- (AHV/IV, Kulturlegi, Studierende, Kultu", "price_from": "29.00", "price_to": "29.00", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/contemporary-play"], "description": "«A Beginner’s Guide to Sightseeing» is an evening of theatre for adults by the Swiss artists Florence Ruckstuhl and Nora Schneider, made together with Merthe Wulf, Amélie Haller and Levin Eichert. Two ghosts haunt a house that is far too small for them, where carpet machines rattle, a spotlight crashes down and a stranded orca lies, while the tourists who should be there are missing. The piece plays with looking itself and asks what deserves a second glance and who is watching whom. The relaxed performance lasts about 70 minutes, needs no prior knowledge, and popcorn is included for everyone.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/a-beginners-guide-to-sightseeing-59383/", "official_url": "https://theater-stadelhofen.ch/veranstaltungen/a-beginners-guide-to-sightseeing/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/abe0668f9de2dc5035ea914d671071d0212e0929e9fd86c0716571a1240a345d-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Scho no speziell", "start": "2026-11-06T20:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Theater im Seefeld", "address": "Seefeldstrasse 91", "price": "", "price_from": "25.00", "price_to": "25.00", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["music/singing", "stage/theatre", "comedy"], "description": "\"Scho no speziell\" is a Swiss song evening and theatre play by the ensemble Theater Kanton Zürich, performed in the hall of Haus Seefeld while the Theater am Hechtplatz is being renovated until January 2026. Four people with a great love of Swiss music want to create a song evening and a play, but at first do not know what to sing. They perform songs by, among others, Stephan Eicher, Mani Matter and Sophie Hunger and tie them into a turbulent, wildly comic Wilhelm Tell revue. The piece lasts 90 minutes without an intermission, is in Swiss German and Standard German, and is suitable for ages 14 and up.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/scho-no-speziell-25688/", "official_url": "https://theaterkantonzuerich.ch/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/2af796231a34187cad15e262c5a9c86d338ab62fa50690a2fc895d8a948a59a1-2000.webp"}, {"title": "4/5 oder von der Kunst keine Fahrstuhlmusik zu werden", "start": "2026-11-12T20:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Theater Winkelwiese", "address": "Winkelwiese 4, 8001 Zürich", "price": "CHF 15–40", "price_from": "15.00", "price_to": "40.00", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/drama"], "description": "'4/5 oder von der Kunst keine Fahrstuhlmusik zu werden' is a theatre production by the Lucerne group Zell:stoff, presented as a guest performance at Theater Winkelwiese. In the play by Hannah Zufall, directed by Sophie Stierle, four older people meet around five chairs, one of which is missing. They have known each other a very long time, reminisce, make plans and playfully try out old age anew while grappling with questions about the last fifth of their lives. Performing on stage are Jaap Achterberg, Suly Röthlisberger, Pierre Siegenthaler and Nikola Weisse.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/45-oder-von-der-kunst-keine-fahrstuhlmusik-zu-werden-25766/", "official_url": "https://winkelwiese.ch/inszenierungen/4-5-oder-von-der-kunst-keine-fahrstuhlmusik-zu-werden", "image": "https://noky.io/images/a6baa26ea7bccbaae103f633c3cec70100f4c9156fc80bb7ae4e10365aab8809-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Der Löwe, der nicht schreiben konnte", "start": "2026-11-13T10:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Bernhard Theater", "address": "Sechseläutenplatz 1, 8001 Zürich", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "kids-family", "tags": ["stage/musical"], "description": "", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/der-lowe-der-nicht-schreiben-konnte-957/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/3db6423720ea47179e6763635c86e9d81a997a38f6904c1a7b0f607a49f6fdcb-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Die Zauberorgel – Zürcher Märchenbühne", "start": "2026-11-15T11:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Theater am Hechtplatz", "address": "Hechtplatz 7, 8001 Zürich", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "kids-family", "tags": ["occasion/fairy-tale", "stage/musical"], "description": "Die Zauberorgel is a children's musical by the Zürcher Märchenbühne, staged for children from age four, performed in Swiss German and lasting about 90 minutes including an intermission. The piece is by Jörg Schneider with music by Emil Mosel, directed by Philippe Roussel with an ensemble featuring Ramona Fattini and Christian Sollberger. It tells of the poor tinker Fridolin and his daughter Rägeli, who travel with a mysterious magic organ, whose music can make people happy, to the gravely ill King Adalbert in order to heal him. Along the way the wicked apotheker couple Bitterli tries to steal the organ, and Fridolin and Rägeli are joined by a scarecrow and a snowman.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/die-zauberorgel-zurcher-marchenbuhne-25693/", "official_url": "https://theaterhechtplatz.ch/produktionen/zauberorgel/", "image": ""}, {"title": "Zwischen den Welten: Mozart trifft Rumi", "start": "2026-11-13T19:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Kirche St. Peter Zürich", "address": "", "price": "Kategorie 1: 89.00 CHF; Kategorie 2: 79.00 CHF; Kategorie 3: 69.00 CHF; Vergünstigt (Kinder bis 18 J", "price_from": "69.00", "price_to": "89.00", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical"], "description": "'Zwischen den Welten: Mozart trifft Rumi' is a classical concert titled 'LUX AETERNA' at the church St. Peter in Zurich. The Zürcher Bach Chor performs under the direction of Annedore Neufeld, with the Sinfonisches Orchester Schweiz and four soloists: Lucie Chartin (soprano), Elvira Bill (alto), Florian Sievers (tenor) and Jonathan Sells (bass). The programme features the Zurich premiere of 'Mozart ve Mevlana' (2024) by Fazıl Say and Mozart's Requiem. Free admission at the box office is granted to refugees and asylum seekers with permits N, F, S and B (for B with the note 'Flüchtlingsstatus').", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/zwischen-den-welten-mozart-trifft-rumi-97641/", "official_url": "http://www.zbc.ch", "image": ""}, {"title": "Die Winterreise", "start": "2026-11-12T19:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Evang.-ref. Johanneskirche", "address": "", "price": "Eintritt frei - Kollekte (Empfehlung CHF 40.00)", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["music/classical/lieder", "stage/musical"], "description": "Schubert's song cycle \"Die Winterreise\" is presented as interdisciplinary music theater, not a classical song recital. Behind the reinterpretation are soprano Anna Gitschthaler and Rebecca Ineichen on grand and hammer piano, with light and object art by Erika Gedeon and Stefan Schmidhofer, directed by Adela Maria Bierich. The cycle of 24 songs tells of a female wanderer who finds an abandoned church far outside the city and enters a space that mirrors her innermost self. Music, light art and spatial installation combine into a total experience in which sound, projection and movement interlock.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/die-winterreise-97618/", "official_url": "https://www.rebecca-ineichen.ch/event/die-winterreise-3/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/efee89bb48dd0bb0a982e733c6c011f90173906c4787b6a39688e5df527974df-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Surprise mit Studierenden der ZHdK", "start": "2026-11-11T19:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Tonhalle", "address": "", "price": "CHF 10 (or with a valid ticket for the following concert)", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": "10.00", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/chamber-music"], "description": "A short chamber music performance given by students. Students of the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK) offer a half-hour chamber music prelude to the following concert, often featuring musical rarities. Songs by Alma Mahler-Werfel and Maria Herz will be performed, sung by Suzanna Lukasiewicz and accompanied on piano by Hanna Maria Meister. Entry costs CHF 10 at the box office or with a valid ticket for the following concert.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/surprise-mit-studierenden-der-zhdk-59399/", "official_url": "https://www.tonhalle-orchester.ch/konzerte/kalender/surprise-mit-studierenden-der-zhdk-2064418/", "image": ""}]}