https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Switzerland in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Freedom of artistic expression may be enshrined in the Swiss constitution, but that didn't stop officials in the canton of Aargau from fining participants in a naked art performance held in the fictional country of Noseland. https://www.thelocal.ch/20190108/swiss-artists-fight-fine-for-naked-performance-in-noseland Tue, 08 Jan 2019 11:53:37 +0100 swiss-artists-fight-fine-for-naked-performance-in-noseland He staged Norwegian mass murderer Anders Breivik's speech from the dock, held multinationals and aid agencies to account for their part in the never-ending war in the Congo, and used children to play out the story of the notorious Belgian paedophile Marc Dutroux. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180713/milo-rau-swiss-theatres-revolutionary-new-star Fri, 13 Jul 2018 11:19:15 +0200 milo-rau-swiss-theatres-revolutionary-new-star A new theatre was inaugurated in Switzerland this week – on a high alpine pass. https://www.thelocal.ch/20170804/in-pics-new-theatre-opens-on-swiss-alpine-pass Fri, 04 Aug 2017 14:31:12 +0200 in-pics-new-theatre-opens-on-swiss-alpine-pass The Local has teamed up with the Lausanne Shakespeare Festival to offer readers the chance to win a pair of tickets to Will, the imagined story of the Bard’s youth in Stratford-Upon-Avon. https://www.thelocal.ch/20170510/win-tickets-to-the-lausanne-shakespeare-festival Wed, 10 May 2017 14:49:11 +0200 win-tickets-to-the-lausanne-shakespeare-festival Luc Bondy, an influential Swiss director who produced dozens of theatre and operatic works in Europe over four decades, died on Saturday aged 67, Paris' prestigious Théâtre de l'Odéon, where he was director, announced. https://www.thelocal.ch/20151129/swiss-theatre-director-luc-bondy-dies-in-france Sun, 29 Nov 2015 16:06:55 +0100 swiss-theatre-director-luc-bondy-dies-in-france Caveman is a successful solo comedy about a man, woman and relationships. It is being performed in English in Zurich on March 22nd and 29th at the ComedyBühne Weisser Wind, Oberdorfstrasse 20 at 8pm. And it's a must see if you haven't. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140306/caveman-comes-to-zurich-in-english Thu, 06 Mar 2014 16:05:00 +0100 caveman-comes-to-zurich-in-english The words of Norwegian mass murderer Anders Breivik explaining the thinking behind his killing spree will be read in Berlin theatres next month. The aim: to shock the audience with the familiarity of his arguments. https://www.thelocal.ch/20120926/swiss-director-stages-breivik-murder-monologue Wed, 26 Sep 2012 13:44:00 +0200 swiss-director-stages-breivik-murder-monologue