Theater im Zuoz Globe

‘All the world's a stage’ is written on the canopy at the entrance to the Zuoz Globe, the Zuoz theatre at the Lyceum Alpinum.

Shakespeare's famous quote represents the philosophy behind the school's drama activities. But let's start at the beginning. Where there used to be an indoor swimming pool, a theatre was built in 2010/11, the Zuoz Globe – a Gasser, Derungs project. They write:

‘100 spectators, surrounded by Engadin larch wood as a spatial framework, are part of the respective production. When the curtain falls, the audience is still on stage.’

And indeed, because the stage is right in the middle of it, in the basin of the former indoor swimming pool, and the spectators sit in front of it in a raised semicircle. With this atmospheric theatre space, the Zuoz Globe continues the theatre tradition of the Engadin village of Zuoz and the Lyceum Alpinum. The school has two drama ensembles that regularly win the hearts of the audience. Under the direction of Ivo Bärtsch, the Shakespearean theatre group focuses on the works of Shakespeare, while the English Theatre Company takes on great classics of English literature.
The Zuoz Globe is an architectural masterpiece, and the performances are top-notch.