{"title": "The Good Doctor by Neil Simon adapted from Anton Chekhov", "start": "2026-11-13T19:30:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-13T22:00:00+01:00", "place": "Bühne S", "address": "", "price": "25 CHF / Legi, AHV, Kulturlegi: 20 CHF", "price_from": "25.00", "price_to": "25.00", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/comedy"], "description": "«The Good Doctor» is a theatre evening by the group Foul Owls, presenting a series of comedic vignettes. Neil Simon adapted them from short stories by Anton Chekhov. At its centre stands a writer with writer's block who, instead of putting pen to paper, tells his audience tales of bumbling clerks, timid governesses, nefarious bachelors, reluctant patients and aspiring actresses. The result is an evening of absurdity, profundity and beautiful humanity.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/the-good-doctor-by-neil-simon-adapted-from-anton-chekhov-24879/", "official_url": "https://buehne-s.ch/events/the-good-doctor-by-neil-simon-adapted-from-anton-chekhov/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/c2b96abbc03af54a78753d8eb8641f8244fc748f3ae75cbe84b182699bc0878f-2000.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-13T19:30:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-13T22:00:00+01:00", "place": "Bühne S", "address": "", "tickets": ""}, {"start": "2026-11-14T19:30:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-14T22:00:00+01:00", "place": "Bühne S", "address": "", "tickets": ""}, {"start": "2026-11-19T19:30:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-19T22:00:00+01:00", "place": "Bühne S", "address": "", "tickets": ""}, {"start": "2026-11-20T19:30:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-20T22:00:00+01:00", "place": "Bühne S", "address": "", "tickets": ""}, {"start": "2026-11-21T19:30:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-21T22:00:00+01:00", "place": "Bühne S", "address": "", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Drill Baby Drill", "start": "2026-11-03T19:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Saal Neumarkt, Theater Neumarkt", "address": "Neumarkt 5, 8001 Zürich", "price": "Eintritt frei (Anmeldung erforderlich: tickets@theaterneumarkt.ch)", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/comedy"], "description": "«Drill Baby Drill» is a theatre piece at Theater Neumarkt that travels to the centre of the earth. 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The makers tell this story because they wish for a world with room for all Gregors, where we dare to be who we are, even if that brings change.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/kafer-73745/", "official_url": "https://gz-zh.ch/gz-buchegg/angebote/kaefer/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/81c70a33ef4fe8431c07179318af98e1f8f31e49eed947cd880ce4325fd87fdc-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Füür Lili", "start": "2026-11-03T10:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Theater Stadelhofen", "address": "Stadelhoferstrasse 12, 8001 Zurich", "price": "CHF 19.- (Einheitspreis für alle Alter; AHV/IV, Kulturlegi, Studierende, Kulturschaffende/Steuerkart", "price_from": "19.00", "price_to": "19.00", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/puppetry"], "description": "A puppet theater piece for children aged 4 and up about the girl Lili, whose hair is fiery red and blazes wildly around her head: her father can fry eggs on her fire, but her sparks fly in the bus or set the neighbor's laundry alight. Even though fire on a theater stage is far too dangerous, the two puppeteers Vivianne Mösli and Priska Praxmarer dare to tell the story of the fiery Lili, equipped with a blanket, a fire extinguisher and a big bathtub. Directed by Ruth Huber, the piece lasts about 50 minutes and begins in darkness with matches as the light source. It is the first collaboration between the two Aargau companies Die Nachbarn and Lowtech Magic, both of which have been producing successfully for young audiences for years.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/fuur-lili-59381/", "official_url": "https://theater-stadelhofen.ch/veranstaltungen/fueuer-lili/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/c87d2f67033a5a32cbe3ebbbce7f8510d20f2827cc4132d9133125ead6be4670-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Arsen und Spitzenhäubchen", "start": "2026-11-03T19:30:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-03T22:00:00+01:00", "place": "Bernhard Theater", "address": "Sechseläutenplatz 1, 8001 Zürich", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/comedy/crime-comedy"], "description": "The Bernhard Theater presents 'Arsen und Spitzenhäubchen', a criminal comedy by Joseph Kesselring. The in-house production directed by Niklaus Helbling tells of the old ladies Alice and Martha Brunner in Zurich's Wiedikon quarter, who keep corpses in their cellar and become embarrassed when their nephew Jonathan arrives with his surgeon Dr. Einstein to hide a corpse there himself. A macabre, turbulent round of uninvited guests, policemen and poisoned elderberry wine begins. The 1941 play was the basis for the film starring Cary Grant and has delighted theatre audiences for decades.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/arsen-und-spitzenhaubchen-956/", "official_url": "https://bernhard-theater.ch/spielplan/arsen-und-spitzenhaeubchen/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/5a8cfe79f667bea3e09e4c3079ca4e86ee77b4a254be5df05713a353e76de42e-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Vater Sprachen", "start": "2026-11-03T19:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Saal Neumarkt, Theater Neumarkt", "address": "Neumarkt 5, 8001 Zürich", "price": "Eintritt frei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["literature/adaptation", "stage/theatre"], "description": "«Vater Sprachen» is a theatre performance at Theater Neumarkt in which headphones bring sounds and voices up close to the audience. Direction and performance are by Chady Abu-Nijmeh, who has himself become a father while remaining a son. Based on Alejandro Zambra's novel «Nachrichten an meinen Sohn», the piece searches across the generations for an answer to whether Chady is more the son or the father. In the intimate atmosphere of the Chorgasse, what arises live and what arrives as an echo merge into a personal listening experience.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/vater-sprachen-59274/", "official_url": "https://theaterneumarkt.ch/kalender/vater-sprachen/8831/", "image": ""}, {"title": "ICH ERWARTE DIE ANKUNFT DES TEUFELS", "start": "2026-11-03T20:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Schauspielhaus Pfauen", "address": "Rämistrasse 34, 8001 Zürich", "price": "alle Tickets 50%", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "theatre", "tags": ["literature/diary", "stage/theatre"], "description": "A solo show from Schauspielhaus Zürich, staged at the Pfauen, with Lorena Handschin as Mary MacLane. Marie Rosa Tietjen assembled the stage version from texts by Mary MacLane and directs the production, while Ann Cotten, Mirko Bonné and Ulrike Draesner rendered them from the English. It follows the nineteen-year-old writer, whose diary-like self-portrait ranges from art, literature and midnight snacks to the beauty of nature, and who lets the devil appear as a possibility while longing for an intellectual counterpart, fame and love in the barrenness of Montana.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/ich-erwarte-die-ankunft-des-teufels-783/", "official_url": "https://www.schauspielhaus.ch/de/spielplan/38198/ich-erwarte-die-ankunft-des-teufels", "image": "https://noky.io/images/bad5c38e984d42b92828a5fc23316a1823852141f9165d5686dad1d84bd2e430-2000.webp"}, {"title": "On Tour: Unser Basel", "start": "2026-11-03T20:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Theater im Zollhaus", "address": "Zollstrasse 121, 8005 Zürich", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/improvisational-theatre", "comedy/improv"], "description": "An improvisational theatre show at Theater im Zollhaus. Behind the event is Improlab Basel. The ensemble performs spontaneously invented scenes created right on stage. It is an evening for anyone who wants to experience improv theatre.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/on-tour-unser-basel-25725/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "Shakespeares Richard III meets The Rolling Stones - Richard der III - der «böse Bube» der Weltliteratur. Die Rolling Stones – die «bösen Buben» des Rock.", "start": "2026-11-03T20:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Theater Rigiblick", "address": "Germaniastrasse 99", "price": "", "price_from": "69.00", "price_to": "69.00", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["literature/adaptation", "stage/musical"], "description": "A musical theatre piece that combines Shakespeare's King Richard III with the music of the Rolling Stones. It was conceived and directed by Daniel Rohr and sets out, with plenty of humour, to bring clarity to Shakespeare's complex story of the Wars of the Roses. The characters are played with puppets, and their power games are powerfully accompanied by the Stones' music. The piece lasts 120 minutes plus an intermission.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/shakespeares-richard-iii-meets-the-rolling-stones-richard-de-25749/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/4acf53ef2f5580f328a8faee71a30f626e223f42f66555d9c25507414e411e15-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Keep Cool - Comedy Musical", "start": "2026-10-08T00:00:00+02:00", "end": "2026-11-15T00:00:00+01:00", "place": "Theater 11 Zürich", "address": "Thurgauerstrasse 7, 8050 Zürich", "price": "CHF 37.80–138.90 (nach Kategorie)", "price_from": "37.80", "price_to": "138.90", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/musical", "comedy"], "description": "Keep Cool is a Swiss comedy musical from the 1990s, back in a new staging full of music, dance, comedy and emotional moments. The show is produced by Carré Event AG and stars Bastian Baker in the title role, with Viola Tami as Claire and Marco Rima as Big Daddy. It follows the swaggering Keep Cool, a would-be ladies' man who dreams of his breakthrough in Big Daddy's International Talent Show. Falling for Claire shakes his carefully built facade and forces him to choose between fame and love.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/keep-cool-comedy-musical-6666/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "Vater Sprachen", "start": "2026-10-26T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-14T00:00:00+01:00", "place": "Theater Neumarkt", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre"], "description": "„Vater Sprachen“ is a theatre piece running from this day onward. It is directed and performed by Chady Abu-Nijmeh. The piece is part of the programme of the theatre where it is shown. No further details about its content are given.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/vater-sprachen-31070/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "Hans im Glück", "start": "2026-11-03T00:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "theatre", "tags": ["literature/fairy-tales", "stage/puppetry"], "description": "'HANS IM GLÜCK' is a classroom piece for ages 8 and up from the Junge Schauspielhaus. It was written and directed by Till Wiebel, who turned the classic fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm into a commissioned one-man show for the Schauspielhaus Zürich. On stage, Jakob Leo Stark plays Hans, who quits his job as an actor after seven years and sets off with a lump of gold almost too heavy to carry to seek his fortune. On one last tour through classrooms he tells of adventures, shady encounters and moments of pure happiness, losing possessions while coming closer to his own idea of happiness.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/hans-im-gluck-69340/", "official_url": "https://www.schauspielhaus.ch/de/spielplan/38193/hans-im-glueck", "image": "https://noky.io/images/a9575f5cecd565ab33b49d4fe59cbf04a89836f7c8e7522fbaf0b298d523b949-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Tsurigo – Berufsqual", "start": "2026-11-04T10:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Millers", "address": "Seefeldstrasse 225, 8008 Zürich", "price": "CHF 20", "price_from": "20.00", "price_to": null, "category": "theatre", "tags": ["society/education/career-guidance", "stage/theatre/improvisational-theatre"], "description": "\"Tsurigo – Berufsqual\" is an improvisational theatre show about the highs and lows of choosing a career. Behind it are Badumts & Tsurigo, who together with the ensemble and a real career counsellor create spontaneous scenes from personality tests, job interviews and the audience's ideas. Every performance is unique and pokes fun at the decision stress with plenty of humour. On stage are This Wachter, Monika Esser-Stahl, Sebastian Barnstorf and Martina Schütze, hosted by Miro Hintermüller, with music by Christian Riesen.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/tsurigo-berufsqual-6258/", "official_url": "https://www.millers.ch/spielplan/detail/tsurigo-berufsqual-3133?tx_muehleramakurse_kurse%5Bdurchfuehrung%5D=3132", "image": "https://noky.io/images/56a1a4ac8bbaa5deb3626fe6e267b30de25bc30ec2874c51cba6c2a86ed2bd0d-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Circus Monti - Poussière d'étoiles", "start": "2026-11-04T14:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Kasernenareal", "address": "", "price": "Ab CHF 28.00", "price_from": "28.00", "price_to": null, "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/circus"], "description": "Circus Monti presents its new production, «Poussière d'étoiles», under a tent at the Kasernenareal in Zurich. At its centre is a cranky fortune teller who promises, with his crystal ball, to reveal the secrets of fate and predict people's futures. But his boundless ambitions throw everything off balance: acrobatic feats fail, choreographies fall apart, and even the most baffling magic tricks go wrong. From these failures unfolds a poetic journey between laughter, wonder and misunderstandings, where failure itself turns into pure circus poetry.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/circus-monti-poussiere-detoiles-73757/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/788e6114ad4132dd5d596a53c50707dd736d4bc51bd027846b5af4b3d95c7dfe-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Rachmaninow – Die drei Opern", "start": "2026-11-04T19:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-04T22:25:00+01:00", "place": "Hauptbühne Opernhaus", "address": "Falkenstrasse 1, 8008 Zürich", "price": "CHF 35–230", "price_from": "35.00", "price_to": "230.00", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/opera"], "description": "\"Rachmaninow – Die drei Opern\" is an opera performance at the Opernhaus Zürich presenting three one-act operas by Sergei Rachmaninoff. Musical direction is by Gianandrea Noseda, with staging and set design by Dmitri Tcherniakov, who links the one-act operas \"Aleko\", \"Skupoj rýtsar\" and \"Francesca da Rimini\". The performance is sung in Russian with German and English surtitles, and an introduction to the works is offered 45 minutes before each start. Costumes were designed by Elena Zaytseva, lighting by Gleb Filshtinsky, and chorus preparation is led by Klaas-Jan de Groot.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/rachmaninow-die-drei-opern-6368/", "official_url": "https://www.opernhaus.ch/spielplan/kalendarium/rachmaninov-die-drei-opern/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/7bf82578f4925776c2d44e8535622972b04fe2bcee088c3e8aafceb86e3c931d-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Seltene Enten", "start": "2026-11-04T19:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Sogar Theater", "address": "Josefstrasse 106 (im Innenhof), 8005 Zürich", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/comedy", "nature/climate"], "description": "«Seltene Enten» is a theatre play by Jens Nielsen, performed at Sogar Theater in Zurich. A tenant experiences dramatic upheavals of weather and vegetation in her flat; her carer initially does not believe her but is gradually drawn into her world. Thunder and lightning fill the flat, raising questions about a flood, a hedgehog in the washbasin and whether the world outside even exists. Jens Nielsen combines literary virtuosity and fantasy with scientific facts, plus absurd humour and rapid-fire dialogue, in a chamber grotesque performed by Jonas Gygax and Gulshan Sheikh and directed by Ursina Greuel.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/seltene-enten-6460/", "official_url": "https://www.sogar.ch/programm/saison-26-27/seltene-enten/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/1ec8bbf260875ffb6aacd53ad432c0c31301c0f32e9640c0e70ec0c81b4e5907-1200.webp"}, {"title": "DIE DREIGROSCHENOPER", "start": "2026-11-04T19:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Schauspielhaus Pfauen", "address": "Rämistrasse 34, 8001 Zürich", "price": "alle Tickets 50%", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/musical"], "description": "DIE DREIGROSCHENOPER is a satirical play with music by Bertolt Brecht, written with the collaboration of Elisabeth Hauptmann, with music by Kurt Weill. It is staged by Pınar Karabulut, co-director of the Schauspielhaus, with musical direction by Bettina Ostermeier. The story takes place at a fairground in Soho, London, where Jonathan Jeremiah Peachum runs his beggar mafia and sees his daughter Polly's marriage to the gangster Macheath, known as Mackie Messer, as a threat.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/die-dreigroschenoper-782/", "official_url": "https://www.schauspielhaus.ch/de/spielplan/38184/die-dreigroschenoper", "image": "https://noky.io/images/5321fb116cbc641c62ae3985f4ef7261774664cfaf0424c71af28884d1317b9b-1200.webp"}]}