The Zurich Comedy Club (ZCC) has earned the title 'Home of English-speaking theatre in Zurich since 1954'. We have performed some 140 plays in English since then - from comedies to Shakespeare. The ZCC is among the leading English-speaking drama groups in Switzerland.
The Zurich Comedy Club is a group of English-speakers, though by no means exclusively native English-speakers, from around the world and around Switzerland, who meet most weeks to read, discuss, practise and perform theatre plays - both dramas and comedies. At least twice a year we stage a major production for the public when we often attract audiences in excess of 400 people at each performance.

The only pre-requisites for membership are that you must speak and understand English and, for speaking parts in readings and on stage, you should have clear English diction without a strong accent, so you are easily understood.

The meaning of our name has changed somewhat since the Comedy Club was formed in 1954, long before the concept of present-day stand-up comedy, which we are not. We are a 100% amateur, 100% self-funded group performing all kinds of theatre - predominantly, but by no means exclusively, comedy.

We perform at least two public productions for two weeks in May and November each year. Plus other performances at other venues. To improve our 'product', we run regular workshops for members. We sponsor members at NODA Summer School in the UK (The National Operatic and Dramatic Association, the main representative body for amateur theatre in the UK)

Neither the Club's President nor anyone else serving on the Committee is paid for their services and all actors, directors and stage hands give of their time and efforts without charge.

Although we do not set an minimum age limit, due to the times we meet and the type of plays we perform, it is unlikely that our Club will be of interest to those under 18 years.

Throughout its history the Club has remained 100% self-financing. With the exception of advertisements in our programmes, the Zurich Comedy Club has no outside support or sponsorship. In 2008 the Club donated CHF20,000 to charity and over the last 50 years the ZCC has given over a quarter of a million francs to charity, most of this in the last twenty years.