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HAS BEEN

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Time shows no mercy. On stage, it leaves its mark on scenery and bodies alike, fracturing brittle façades and challenging even the strongest sense of self. A tragicomic frenzy unfolds where two characters struggle against the inevitable by polishing up the surfaces and filling the cracks. Beneath each attempt at concealment trembles the same unease: How do we cope with growing old? And what will happen after the final curtain falls?

For over twenty-five years, Martin Zimmermann and Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui have been key figures in contemporary circus, dance and theatre. In this first collaboration, they turn their gaze on the effects of transience and reflect on their own artistic mortality with humour and lucidity. Following the logic of decay, the duo playfully dismantles the myth of the "has-been".

Accompanied on stage by composer Alexandre Dai Castaing and musicians and singers Kaspy N’dia and Kazutomi 'Tsuki' Kozuki, they create a universe where Swiss Dadaism meets Belgian Surrealism. Here, the laws of nature are defied and movement patterns run wild.

Concept, direction, choreography
Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Martin Zimmermann
Created with and interpreted by
Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Martin Zimmermann, Alexandre Dai Castaing, Kaspy N'dia, Kazutomi 'Tsuki' Kozuki
Set design
Martin Zimmermann
Music composition
Alexandre Dai Castaing
Artistic and choreographic collaboration
Romain Guion
Costumes
Susanne Boner
Dramaturgy
Sabine Geistlich
Light design
Mark Van Denesse
Sound design
Andy Neresheimer
Technical concept
Ingo Groher, Christiane Voth
Set construction
Ingo Groher, Ateliers Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne
Technical motorisation
Thierry Kaltenrieder
Objects development, construction
Noé Wetter
Visual collaboration
Simeon Meier
Theatre painter
Michèle Rebetez-Martin
Accessories
Atelier CLSFX Paris, Eric Rihs
Light engineer
Jan Olieslagers
Sound engineer
Franck Bourgoin, Andy Neresheimer
Stage manager
Ueli Kappeler, Jérôme Bueche
Producer
MZ Atelier, Eastman
Co-producer
De Warande, Theater Casino Zug, Theater Winterthur, Kurtheater Baden, Anthéa – Antibes, L’Empreinte – Scène Nationale Brive-Tulle, Theater Rotterdam, Perpodium
With the support of
The Belgian Federal Government's Tax Shelter programme
Thanks to
Theater Neumarkt, Schauspielhaus Zürich, Tanzhaus Zürich
With special thanks to
Léone Kündig, Daniel Kündig
Last modified: 07 May 2026
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