Embarrassing moments are honest moments. They are moments of weakness that don’t conform to what society expects of us.  But what exactly is embarrassing? The Theater der Peinlichkeit (Theater of Embarrassment) wants to identify that exact moment where we use laughter as an escape or to divert attention.  It leads us to encounter ourselves and others, to a moment in which we see beauty in shame and where we can honestly enjoy ourselves.

Trailer

BY Stephan Stock PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT Miriam Walther Kohn

Funded by Stadt Zürich Kultur, Migros Kulturprozent and Pro Helvetia Schweizer Kulturstiftung. Special thanks to the team of Gessnerallee, Linda Sepp, Anna-Sophie Fritz,Lina Hoppe, die neue Dringlichkeit, vorschlag:hammer and cobratheater.cobra.

photo © Ulrike Hergert