Following its success last season, *The Game* by Trickster-p returns—a work that explores the relationship between performance, play, and society, asking what possibilities might emerge from the creation of a performative framework that centers these very aspects.
The game
Trickster-p
Teatrostudio
Past event
World premiere
21.03.2024
LAC, Lugano
Tournée
27–29.11.2026
Rotondes, Lussemburgo
31.10–03.11.2026
Theater der Dinge Festival, Berlino
25–27.09.2026
Periferico Festival, Modena
18–20.06.2026
Figura Festival, Baden
14–17.09.2026
Gruppe 38, Aarhus
07–05.06.2026
Festival della lentezza, Parma
17–15.05.2026
Fidena Festival, Bochum
02–03.11.2025
Teatro Eliseo Nuoro, Nuoro
28–31.10.2025
Sardegna Teatro, Cagliari
26–28.09.2025
Molte Fedi 2025, Bergamo
23–24.09.2025
Teatro Tan, Biasca
19–20.09.2025
BTTF Human Made Festival - Spazio Magnete, Milano
07–08.06.2025
Territori Festival, Bellinzona
31.05–05.06.2025
TAK Theater Liechtenstein, Schaan
14–17.05.2025
auawirleben & Schlachthaus Theater, Berna
12–15.03.2025
Theater Winterthur, Winterthur
26.02–01.03.2025
Theater Casino Zug, Zugo
23–26.01.2025
Theater Stadelhofen, Zurigo
16–19.01.2025
LAC, Lugano
27.11–01.12.2024
ROXY Birsfelden, Birsfelden
20–22.09.2024
Insolito Festival, Parma
14–17.09.2024
Internationales Fest der Puppen, Lingen
07–08.09.2024
Invisible Cities, Gradisca d’Isonzo
21–24.08.2024
Operaestate Festival B.Motion, Bassano del Grappa
29–31.05.2024
Theater Chur, Coira
03–07.04.2024
FOG Triennale Milano Performing Arts, Milano
21–28.03.2024
LAC, Lugano
The game
Trickster-p
Teatrostudio
Past event
World premiere
21.03.2024
LAC, Lugano
Tournée
27–29.11.2026
Rotondes, Lussemburgo
31.10–03.11.2026
Theater der Dinge Festival, Berlino
25–27.09.2026
Periferico Festival, Modena
18–20.06.2026
Figura Festival, Baden
14–17.09.2026
Gruppe 38, Aarhus
07–05.06.2026
Festival della lentezza, Parma
17–15.05.2026
Fidena Festival, Bochum
02–03.11.2025
Teatro Eliseo Nuoro, Nuoro
28–31.10.2025
Sardegna Teatro, Cagliari
26–28.09.2025
Molte Fedi 2025, Bergamo
23–24.09.2025
Teatro Tan, Biasca
19–20.09.2025
BTTF Human Made Festival - Spazio Magnete, Milano
07–08.06.2025
Territori Festival, Bellinzona
31.05–05.06.2025
TAK Theater Liechtenstein, Schaan
14–17.05.2025
auawirleben & Schlachthaus Theater, Berna
12–15.03.2025
Theater Winterthur, Winterthur
26.02–01.03.2025
Theater Casino Zug, Zugo
23–26.01.2025
Theater Stadelhofen, Zurigo
16–19.01.2025
LAC, Lugano
27.11–01.12.2024
ROXY Birsfelden, Birsfelden
20–22.09.2024
Insolito Festival, Parma
14–17.09.2024
Internationales Fest der Puppen, Lingen
07–08.09.2024
Invisible Cities, Gradisca d’Isonzo
21–24.08.2024
Operaestate Festival B.Motion, Bassano del Grappa
29–31.05.2024
Theater Chur, Coira
03–07.04.2024
FOG Triennale Milano Performing Arts, Milano
21–28.03.2024
LAC, Lugano
Long perceived as trivial and meaningless, play has struggled to attain the same cultural stature as “legitimate” art forms, and only recently has it become the subject of serious debate among philosophers, sociologists, and anthropologists, who are reevaluating its value and implications, including in artistic terms.
Building on these reflections, Trickster-p creates a special space where audience members can “play out” the dynamics of complexity and, at the same time, build collective tools for potential change.
The playing field with which we are invited to interact through *The Game*
is contemporary society itself and, in particular, its relationship with the organizational structures and economic dynamics upon which it is founded.
To what extent can we participate in the game of the system in which we are immersed, or to what extent are we, in turn, being played? What scope for intervention and change do we have through our choices?
Just as conventional theatrical performances allow us to experience lives we have not lived, play enables us to experiment with novel and unexpected forms of action.
“The Game” is a participatory, intergenerational project that does not merely reinforce existing social and cultural positions but opens up a space of possibility where these can be disrupted and transformed, demonstrating how playing means (also) questioning one’s own views and perspectives.