Work of the Week – Elisabeth Naske: Zack bumm!
- 25 May 2026
A bird who can only say “Zack bumm!” ('Bang boom!'): Elisabeth Naske’s new music theatre tells a story without words, using sound and puppetry to explore difference and connection.
A bird who can only say “Zack bumm!” ('Bang boom!'): Elisabeth Naske’s new music theatre tells a story without words, using sound and puppetry to explore difference and connection.
Does my hair color make me a worse person? This is the question Friederike has to ask herself in the children's opera Die feuerrote Friederike (“Fiery Frederica”). The play, based on the children's book of the same name by Christine Nöstlinger, can now be seen in Switzerland for the first time. The new production will open at Theater St. Gallen on 16 November 2023, directed by Annika Nitsch and conducted by Stéphane Fromageot.
Interrupting the performance? Yes please! The interactive musical theatre work Lollo by Elisabeth Naske celebrates its premiere on 02 June 2023 at the Dschungel Wien in a production by Ela Baumann featuring Florian Fennes on solo clarinet and vocalist Marie-Christiane Nishimwe.