Theatre: Why season ticket holders turn their backs on the Zurich Schauspielhaus

Crowds of season ticket holders are turning away from the theater because there are hardly any classics in the program – and if they are, then they are no longer played classically and faithfully to the text (Stemann slyly calls this “on sight”). In the background, the directors assume a general reluctance to attend cultural events, also due to Corona, and that many probably wanted “more of the old” given the difficult times, that a generational change is underway and the criticism is politically motivated because some didn’t like their diversity programs. And sometimes things just take time.