Introducing Living Smile Vidya (Mentoring Mandate)
Show
further shows:
7.-9. September 2023, Treibstoff Theatertage Basel (Roxy Birsfelden)
13.-16. September 2023, Tojo Theater Reitschule Bern
8. March 2024, Burgbachkeller Zug
4.-6. April 2024, Südpol Luzern
25. May 2024, Schweizer Theatertreffen 2024 / Journées Du Théâtre Suisse 2024, Lugano
31. May, 1./4./7./8. June 2024, Impulse Theater Festival, NRW/Köln
12. June 2024, Festival Les Rencontres à l'Échèlle, Marseille
8./12./13. November 2025, Sogar Theater Zürich
Performances of the short version for "Tankstelle Bühne",
Emerging Artist's Platform Central Switzerland:
31. March, 1. April 2023, Südpol Luzern
15. April 2023, Burgbachkeller Zug
21. April 2023, Theater Uri
29. April 2023, Chäslager Stans
Synapsis
Indian actress and trans-activist Living Smile Vidya had no TV-show to rescue her from the steadily growing radical Hindu fascism in her home country. So Living Smile Vidya aka „Smiley“ has flown to Switzerland 6 years ago. In India, Smiley was a heroine and star for some, yet an unbearable provocation to others. With lots of wit and physical effort, she tells the story of her past, as well as her disillusioning arrival in Swiss reception camps.
INTRODUCING LIVING SMILE VIDYA won the Swiss Theatre Prize "Theatre Production 2023", awarded by the Federal Department of Culture. She was also one of the asylum seeking protagonists in the film „Die Anhörung“ („L’audition“ / „The Hearing“) by Lisa Gerig, which won the Swiss Film Award for "Best Documentary 2023".
Besetzung / Produktion
Artistic direction, Performance: Living Smile Vidya
Mentoring: Marcel Schwald
Artistic advice: Beatrice Fleischlin
Costumes: Diana Ammann
Video: Moritz Flachsmann
Sound: Silvan Koch
Voice-Over Video: Suzì Feliz Das Neves
Light & Technical direction: Thomas Kohler
Subtitles: Anton Kuzema
Production: Das Theaterkolleg
Coproduced by: Treibstoff Theatertage Basel 2023, Tojo Theater Reitschule Bern, Südpol Luzern, Tankstelle Bühne - Emerging Artist's Platform of Central Switzerland
