- Recommended age: 12+
- Songs in various languages
- With German surtitles
- With English surtitles
A Basel town musicians revue by and with Les Reines Prochaines & Friends
Legendary Basel women’s collective and their friends meet the theatre’s women’s choir! Together they create a new version of the ‹Bremen Town Musicians›. A donkey, dog, cat and rooster search for a better life in their twilight years and occupy a robber’s house. At Theater Basel, Les Reines Prochaines occupy the Grosse Bühne with the support of the opera choir members. The Basel-based group has been combining political, feminist and socially-critical issues, humour and poetry since the 1980s. Their ballads, popular melodies and songs are inspired by pop, folk and classical music.
In 2019, they won the Swiss Music
Award.
As a music performance collective and true cult band, Les Reines Prochaines have played their way through halls, basements, theatres and feminist-inspired spaces in Europe over the past 30 years. As an author’s band, they have given their all in the most diverse projects and formations and created their very own cosmos of sound somewhere between saxophone, synth, guitar and countless other instruments. The concert show ‹Let’s Sing Arbeiterin*› was created at Kaserne Basel in 2018 under the ‹Les Reines Prochaines & Friends› label. ‹Alte Tiere hochgestapelt› is the second full-length work by this bigger than usual formation.
New Year’s Eve 2020/21 supporting programme
On New Year's Eve at Theater Basel, enjoy the theatre production ‹Hitchcock im Pyjama› in the Schauspielhaus or ‹Alte Tiere Hochgestapelt› on the Grosse Bühne. Afterwards, see in the New Year in the foyer of Theater Basel with a glass of Cüpli, while Les Reines Prochaines are giving it their all on stage. The highlight: A midnight waltz on Theaterplatz!
NEW! Digital bookstall
Together with our dramaturgy team, Basel’s arts centre Bider and Tanner has been curating the bookstall for our performances for many years.
The wide range of books, CDs, DVDs, catalogues and even sheet music is now available 24/7 in the online shop. It’s worth taking a regular look.
NEW! Instead of a matinée – before the premiere
Shortly before the premiere, during the final rehearsals, we invite you to take an exclusive look behind the scenes. During an initial introduction you will get to know the artistic team and learn more about the production, inspiration and staging. Afterwards you will witness a stage rehearsal.
- Meeting point is the foyer
- 1 hour 30 minutes
- CHF 10
- Usually in German
- Date: 28 November 2020, 11.30 am
Start of the new season on 10 October.
Kick off the new season on 10 October with Les Reines Prochaines and their best-of programme at the ideal tea dance time of 3 pm. Anyone who wants to is welcome to dance!
Thank you!
IWB
Mediathek
- Konzept – Les Reines Prochaines & Friends
- Kostüme von und mit – Les Reines Prochaines & Friends
- Lichtdesign – Roland Edrich
- Klangregie – Timothy Ferns
- Dramaturgie – Niels Nuijten
- Lukas Acton
- Sibylle Aeberli
- Eva Buffoni
- Nadia Catania
- Carmela Calvano Forte
- Emily Dilewski
- Christoph Gantert
- Sibylle Hauert
- Denzel-Hoffman, Stephanie
- Chris Hunter
- Dave Kerman
- Georgia Knower
- Svetlana Korneeva
- Fränzi Madörin
- Muda Mathis
- Evelyn Meier
- Doris Monnerat
- Esther Randegger
- Chris Regn
- Heike Roggenkamp
- Cécilia Roumi
- Doro Schürch
- Pio Schürmann
- Marcel Schwald
- Christina Volk
- Lisa Westermann
- Sus Zwick
- Chor des Theater Basel
Nun entern sie die grosse Bühne und nutzen die Theatermittel lustvoll. Zwei mobile Bandbühnen, Revue-Treppen, Videoscreens und ein überbordend witziges Kostümfest sind der optische Rahmen.