Season start 2025/26 – (Un)gentle Learning

«Fourth Eye, 4.40 AM»
Ceylan Öztrük

In her new work, Ceylan Öztrük explores liminal selfhood through disorientation, tracing how constructed space inscribes itself within the self.

  • Thu 11/09 20:00

    Halle Ost

  • Sat 13/09 20:00

    Halle Ost

  • Sun 14/09 20:00

    Halle Ost

  • Mon 15/09 20:00

    Halle Ost

Copyright: Flavio Karrer

What if spaces were not meant to be fixed or redefined, but instead a new spatial concept could be built — a new mindspace? The spaces we inhabit are already constructed, shaping presence and marking territories embedded in the mind.

«Fourth Eye, 4:40 AM» takes place at the dawn of the mind. States of being navigate the threshold between the constructed and the instinctive. The narration unfolds in variation—fragmented, diffracted, shifting across internal registers. It reveals a spectrum of selves within the individual: selves that move, hesitate, reassemble. Here, narration dissolves and reconfigures, opening new possibilities for existential and political exposure.

The piece engages with the idea of space as a questioning of the self through a method of diffraction, rather than reflection. Ceylan Öztrük expands disorientation as a narrative instrument, sculpting the theatre space as a moment that reveals the internal performance of selves.

Information on accessibility and language

  • The show takes place as a Relaxed Performance with minimal spoken language (English and/or German).

  • The visit of the performance is recommended for age 16 or older.

  • As the production is still being rehearsed, more information on the accessibility of the show will be released closer to the premiere date.

About the artists

Credits

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Gessnerallee season start 2025/26

The programme focus «(Un)gentle Learning» will take place at Gessnerallee from 11 to 21 September to mark the start of the season. It will explore processes of transition, mourning and learning.

«Stars Are Never Sleeping, Dead Ones and the Living»

Theres Indermaur and Stephanie Müller
11/09 - 15/09
18/09 - 21/09
Room installation

«Fourth Eye, 4.40 AM»
Ceylan Öztrük
11/09, 13/09, 14/09, 15/09
Performance

«Pas Moi»
Diana Anselmo

(in LIS, Italian sign language)
12/09, 13/09,
Lecture-Performance

«Muskeln aus Plastik - a crip-queer reading»
Kay Matter
14/09
Reading

«Neutralitätstheater – The myth of Switzerland put to the test!»
Hannan Salamat and Fatima Moumouni

18/09
Talk, Performance

«Sleight of Hand»
Jo Bannon

(in German spoken language)
19/09
Installation, Performance

«Sleight of Hand»
Jo Bannon

(in English spoken language)
20/09
Installation, Performance

«When the Calabash Breaks»
Tiran Willemse and Melika Ngombe Kolongo (Nkisi)
20/09, 21/09
Open-Air-Performance, Music, Dance

«KOMMANDO AJAX»
Cemile Sahin
21/09
Reading

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