Gardi Hutter (CH)
"Joan of ArPpo"
Without words
Wednesday, Dec. 3rd 2008 (7.30 p.m.) and Thursday, Dec. 4th 2008 (7.30 p.m.)
Photo: Gardi Hutter
Idea: Gardi Hutter and Ferruccio Cainero
With: Gardi Hutter
Direction: Ferruccio Cainero
A sloppy laundry woman dreams of becoming a heroine like Joan of Arc, but lacking worthy enemies she transforms her washhouse into a grotesque battle field.
Curriculum Vitae
Born in Switzerland
EDUCATION
1974-77: Academy of Dramatic Arts in Zurich
1978-81: CRT – Centro di ricerca per il teatro – Milano
Concentration on clowning. Collaboration with “maestros”:
Nani Colombaioni - “I Colombaioni”, known of the Fellini Film: “I Clowns”
Mario Gonzales - Pantalone of the “Théâtre du soleil”, Paris
Ferruccio Cainero -Teatro Ingenuo, Italian clowngroup
CLOWN THEATRE
2700 performances in 22 countries and 4 continents, including Sweden, Switzerland, Russia, Brazil, China, Spain, Andorra, and the United States
26 boxes full of critics and reviews
Creations of sketches for TV and films
SOLO SHOWS (author & performer)
“Joan of ArPpo” – a laundry comedy (1981)
“Cheese” – a mouse comedy (1988)
“The prompter” – a theatre underground comedy (2003)
SPECIAL
Performance in the Swiss National Parliament as fool chairwoman for the 700 year anniversary of Switzerland 1991
12 CULTURAL AWARDS
5 in Switzerland, among these: “SWISS THEATRE AWARD 2005”- “RING OF HANS REINHART 1990”, 3 in Germany, 2 in France, USA: FringeNYC - New York International Fringe Festival 2007 OVERALL EXCELLENCE AWARD - OUTSTANDING ACTOR Andorra: Festival Internacional de Pallasses- PREMI AL MILLOR ESPECTACLE 2007
BOOKS about GH: “Gardi Hutter – die CLOWNerin” Panorama Editionand portraits of her in various other books
WRITING
3 books for children - Illustration: Cathrine Louis, 1 book for adults
(Text taken from Gardi Hutter's homepage: www.gardihutter.com)