Il vertice
Six actors, a range of languages spoken, a meeting at the summit to organise. Christoph Marthaler combines theatre, song and music in a new international co-production.
The German word for summit is Gipfel, a word that describes the peak of a mountain, a political meeting, and... a croissant. Which is it in this case? Will Christoph Marthaler be dealing with expert mountaineers, political delegations or bakers?
As is often the case with the Swiss director, the answers to these questions are unclear. Someone who has just made the pastry takes to the microphone and addresses the world’s nations. Someone who has just driven the pitons into the rock suddenly breaks into song with Lassù sulla montagna.
Only one thing is certain: Marthaler sets off for an expedition into unhospitable lands with a group of Italian, French, Swiss, Austrian and Scottish actors and musicians for a meeting... at the summit.
A multi-lingual performance with surtitles
Duration: the play is currently in production
Contacts
The German word for summit is Gipfel, a word that describes the peak of a mountain, a political meeting, and... a croissant. Which is it in this case? Will Christoph Marthaler be dealing with expert mountaineers, political delegations or bakers?
As is often the case with the Swiss director, the answers to these questions are unclear. Someone who has just made the pastry takes to the microphone and addresses the world’s nations. Someone who has just driven the pitons into the rock suddenly breaks into song with Lassù sulla montagna.
Only one thing is certain: Marthaler sets off for an expedition into unhospitable lands with a group of Italian, French, Swiss, Austrian and Scottish actors and musicians for a meeting... at the summit.
A multi-lingual performance with surtitles
Duration: the play is currently in production
Credits
Il vertice
conceived and directed by Christoph Marthaler
with Liliana Benini, Charlotte Clamens, Raphael Clamer, Federica Fracassi, Lukas Metzenbauer, Graham F. Valentine
scenes Duri Bischoff
costumes Sara Kittelmann
make-up and hairstyling Pia Norberg
stage lights Laurent Junod
sound Charlotte Constant
dramaturgy collaboration Éric Vautrin
assistant director Giulia Rumasuglia
accompanists Bendix Dethleffsen, Dominique Tille
volunteer direction assistant Louis Rebetez
production coordinators Marion Caillaud, Tristan Pannatier
accessories and set construction Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne
prouction Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne, Piccolo Teatro di Milano - Teatro d’Europa, MC93 - Maison de la culture de Seine-Saint-Denis
coproducted by Bonlieu Scène nationale Annecy, Ruhrfestspiele Recklinghausen, Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg, Festival d’Automne à Paris, Théâtre National Populaire de Villeurbanne, Maillon Théâtre de Strasbourg - Scène européenne, Malraux scène nationale Chambéry Savoie, Les 2 Scènes - Scène nationale de Besançon, tnba - Théâtre national Bordeaux Aquitaine, International Summer Festival Kampnagel
under the project “Interreg franco-suisse” n° 20919 – LACS - Annecy-Chambéry-Besançon-Genève-Lausanne (to be defined)
With the patronage of
A multi-lingual performance with surtitles
