Le Sommet

Christoph Marthaler
  • 2025

The unclassifiable Christoph Marthaler presents a story about a group of people trapped in a mountain refuge: testing communication and the sense of collectivity

The unclassifiable Christoph Marthaler presents a story about a group of people trapped in a mountain refuge: testing communication and the sense of collectivity

With his unmistakable melancholic humor, Swiss director Christoph Marthaler (Aucune Idée, TA21) creates an absurd comedy about human fragility and attempts at collective understanding. Six people find themselves in an uncertain space hanging from a mountain: a refuge, a bunker, or perhaps a high-level meeting room? They speak different languages, communicate only partially, and organize themselves clumsily. Life and ideas do not always fit together. But suddenly, amid paradoxes, misalignments, and songs, something begins to circulate.

Artistic team

Artistic team

Conception and direction: Christoph Marthaler
Dramaturgy: Malte Ubenauf
Performers: Liliana Benini, Charlotte Clamens, Raphael Clamer, Federica Fracassi, Lukas Metzenbauer and Graham F. Valentine
Set design: Duri Bischoff
Costume design: Sara Kittelmann
Make-up and hair: Pia Norberg
Lighting design: Laurent Junod
Sound design / sound space: Charlotte Constant
Dramaturgy collaboration: Éric Vautrin
Assistant director: Giulia Rumasuglia
Musical coaches: Bendix Dethlesen, Dominique Tille
Director trainee: Louis Rebetez
Production: Marion Caillaud, Tristan Pannatier
Props and set construction: Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne
Costume making in collaboration with: Piccolo Teatro di Milano – Teatro d’Europa
General stage management: Véronique Kespi
Lighting stage management: Jean-Luc Mutrux
Sound stage management: Charlotte Constant
Stage management: Fabio Gaggetta
Wardrobe / on-stage costumes: Cécile Delanoë
Special thanks to: Isabelle Faust
Production: Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne, Piccolo Teatro di Milano – Teatro d’Europa and MC93 – Maison de la culture de Seine-Saint-Denis
Co-production: Bonlieu Scène nationale Annecy, Ruhrfestspiele Recklinghausen, Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg, Festival d’Automne à Paris, Théâtre National Populaire de Villeurbanne, Festival d’Avignon, Maillon Théâtre de Strasbourg – European Stage, Malraux scène nationale Chambéry Savoie, Les 2 Scènes – Scène nationale de Besançon, tnba – Théâtre national Bordeaux Aquitaine, International Summer Festival Kampnagel

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By the same creator

Aucune Idée (TA21), King Size (TA14), Els viatges de Lina Bögli (TA11), Platz Mangel (TA09), Maeterlinck (TA07)

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SPANISH PREMIERE

SWITZERLAND

28 November, 20:0029 November, 18:00
Duration: 1h 50min
Performance in French, German, Italian, and English with Catalan surtitles
A smoke machine is used in this performance
Price: 32€

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