The Aftermath
(Earwig / Impromptu / A Bird in the Pocket)
by
Faser MacFarlane / Tad Mosel / Zhanar Kusainova (English Translation by Kristina Eiviler)
November
2021
SYNOPSIS
Earwig:
Earwig is a dark comedy by Fraser MacFarlane. Three employees working in a rather mundane job in the dead letter office of a post office find something unexpected in one of the packages they open. An argument ensues over what should be done.
Impromptu:
Four actors find themselves on a stage without a clue as to what play they have to perform. They are also “types”, and each of them has absorbed a lot from what they pretend to be on stage. As they are trying to figure out what to do, we learn more about the real personalities behind these facades. Will they be able to drop the acting and begin feeling and communicating for real?
A Bird in the Pocket:
The play follows Dinka, a girl who shares three situations which made a powerful impact on her experience of life. Through these three short stories, the people from Dinka’s past come back to tell us about love, loss, yearning, and hope.
DIRECTOR
Mimi Sajin (Earwig)
Anton Zherzdev (Impromptu)
Kristina Eiviler (A Bird in the Pocket)
CAST
Earwig:
Kevin
Pepper Lebeck-Jobe
Tanya
Amber Daughtry
Julie
Joëlle Salome Stocker
Gordie
Paul Bilton
Impromptu:
Ernest
Ronald Aus der Au
Winifred
Heather Cavalet Hsieh
Tony
Douglas Thirkell-White
Lora
Ekaterina Syrunina
A Bird in the Pocket:
Dinka
Amy Amstutz
Madina
Karan Ann Wong-Dorall
Muha
Chantal Eklund
Fedya & Dinka's Uncle
Tomi Gustaf
Batyr
Franciska Bastani
PRODUCTION PHOTOS
BEHIND THE SCENES
Production Coordinator and Set Design
Tim Purdue
Stage Managers
Andrea-Manuela Rüttimann, Nik Clayton
Head of Properties
Christina Whiting, Katya Ankudinov
Properties Team
Ye Xu
Set Dressing and Properties Team
Kathleen Lowe Bonnot
Assistant Set Design and Properties Mentor
Katya Ankudinov
Lighting Design
Tiina Palojärvi
Sound Design
Oli Pont
Light and Sound Crew
Bruce Gailey, David Burt, Gabriel Gambetta, Johannes Frohnhofen, Martin Russel, Susan De Paul
Costumes Head
Dana Ryffel
Costumes Team
Viktoria Udvardi
Hair and Make-up Head
Tatiana Cuervo
Hair and Make-up Team
Betti Ament, Maureen Grimm
Prompt Head
Irene Lautenbach
Prompt Team
Anne Jiricny, Beatrice Hungerbühler, Jesse Tischler
Publicity
Amy Amstutz, Oli Pont
Flyer Design and Programme
Polar Studios
Photography
Oli Pont, Silvia Fanoni, Tim Purdue
Box Office
Andrea-Manuela Rüttimann, Oli Pont, Phil Margolis, Tricia Schmid
Front of House Leads
Claudia Wicki, Tricia Schmid, Valery Niggli
Front of House Team
Christina Mohr, Duriya Charypkhan, and ZEST members and newcomers
Stage Crew
Alina Klimova, Diego Peyer, Kathleen Lowe Bonnot, Michelle Stainbroke, Silvia Fanoni
Get-in and Get-out Crew
Alina Klimova, Bertrand Finckler, Daniele Dagani, David Chrisman, Deborah Somers, Demee Elliott, Diego Peyer, Eleanor Kelly, Helen Irwin, Jamie Langridge, Jim Carson, Juho Lievonen, Karen Siber, Kat Weber, Kathleen Lowe Bonnot, Kathryn Tracy, Lorraine Kälin, Maria Velasco, Oksana Nachalova, Peter Jurek, Sarah Lebeck-Jobe, Serafina Wojciechowska-Jurek
Catering
Christina Schwarz, Irene Lautenbach, Valery Niggli
Special Thanks
menzi ebz ag for supplying lighting equipment, Harper and Jillian Daughtry for loaning and creating artwork and furniture for Earwig