The Zurich Comedy Club meets on Monday Evenings
Potential new members are always welcome. (Please see details below for appropriate evenings.) All events take place at:
St Andrew's Community Centre, Promenadengasse 9, 8001 Zurich
at 19.00 for an informal get-together. Start at 19:30 (NEW) unless otherwise indicated. Play readings organised and read by members. Newcomers will not be asked to read initially. Nearest tram stop Kunsthaus - see map.

March 15 - Age of Arousal by Linda Griffiths - a play reading.
March 22 - Monday Masterclass  This evening is intended for ZCC members only.
March 29 - Victorian Music Hall - skits and songs.

Newcomers are always welcome at our 'Monday Club evenings'.
We'll be looking out for you!

Feb. 15 - An Inspector Calls by J.B. Priestley  focuses on the prosperous middle-class Birling family, who live in a comfortable home in Brumley, "an industrial city in the north Midlands".  The family is visited by a man calling himself Inspector Goole, who questions the family about the suicide of a young working-class woman, Eva Smith (also known as Daisy Renton).  Over the course of the evening, the entire family, under interrogation by Goole, are revealed to have been responsible for the young woman's exploitation, abandonment andsocial ruin, effectively leading to her death.  Starts 7:30pm.

Feb. 22 - Monday Masterclass  Stevie Ray is an improvisational comedian and Executive Director of Stevie Ray’s Improv Company in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He will be showing us how improvisation can be applied to acting in plays through characterization, rehearsal exercises, physical movement, and more. Starts 7:30pm.This evening is intended for members only.

March 1 - Auditions for May 2010 play, 'An Inspector Calls' by J.B. Priestley. See the auditions information page for more information. 

March 8 - A Handbag, by Anthony Horowitz  A group of young people are rehearsing Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest  but the choice of play seems strange, the cast has almost no understanding of what they are doing, and the place where they will perform is certainly not a theatre.  As they struggle to make sense of the text, we see that they are actally fighting for their own survival.  This dark and disturbing comedy explores crime and punishment in an increasingly vengeful world and asks whether there is a group in society that is actually beyond redemption.  Philip and Rowena, by Gillian Plowman  Philip and Rowena are terminally ill. Philip seeks a divorce from his bitter wife, Lilian. Rowena longs for the unity of her family. Together they find friendship, romance, consolation and an amazing capacity for fun. In their hospice, they share an imaginary holiday in Florence. An acceptance of death is coupled with an extraordinary devotion to life.

March 15 - Age of Arousal, by Linda Griffiths  It's a time of passion and confusion.  Virtue is barely holding down its petticoats.  People are bursting their corsets with unbridled desire.  It's 1885 - the typewriter and the Suffragettes are sending things topsy-turvy.  In the midst of it all, five ambitious New Women and one Newish Man struggle to find their way.  From the playwright who brought us "The Duchess" comes another "genre-busting, rule-bending and ambitiously original" stage experience.

March 22 - Monday Masterclass Test Your Directing Skills Workshop Working with just a  couple of  VERY short scenes, participants will discuss the scene from the point of view of:  delivery of lines (internalisation, listening and reacting,  pace, pitch, timing, emphasis); body langage; and, blocking.  The same actors will perform the scene,  as directed, and afterwardsthere will be time for discussion of what works and what does not work and perhaps why.  This evening is intended for members only.

March 29 - Victorian Music Hall Evening  We will cover the origins and history of the Music Hall and its related froms of entertainment (Revue, Vaudeville, Burlesque, Variety, and Pantomime), as well as giving insight into the lives and times of some of the more famous artistes and songs.  Health Warning:  There is a piano at the Community Centre, so there may also be some singing!