Matthias Schoch

"RECEPTION", the latest creation from Karl's kühne Gassenschau, is a touching story about letting go. With spectacular images, it tells of love, separation and parting.

A cheerful wedding party is stranded in a mysterious grand hotel in the middle of the water. The wedding planner does her best to make the day the best of the bride and groom's lives. An inscrutable receptionist and his ageless old waiter are at her side and make her life difficult - intentionally or just clumsily? And the Grand Hotel itself also seems to be pursuing its very own goals... For the proud father of the bride, it is a fateful day on which he and the guests experience more than they would like. Because suddenly the world is upside down and everything is falling apart...

The enormous stage set in the middle of a large expanse of water has a few surprises in store. No one has ever swum to the end of the infinity hotel pool and what falls into the water here reappears in an unexpected place. No one knows exactly what lies behind the next door or how to get off the island again.

The creative technical team at Karl's kühne Gassenschau pull out all the stops to transport the audience into an aquatic dream, where bathtubs mutate into speedboats and entire room furnishings are washed away by monster waves. Poetic, surprising and overwhelming!

Artistic Direction: Max Merker, Brigitt Maag, Paul Weilenmann, Matthias Schoch