LEA WHITCHER
Performer, comedian and writer based in Zurich
NEWS
The reasearch project #carecity _stories* has come to an end. All stories are now available for download as PDFs or audio files here.
Touring Fall 2024
★ 18. Juli / Bäng! Bäng! Bäng! / Bürgersaal Rathaus / Rheinfelden DE ///
★ 12. Sept / #carecity / / Podiumsdiskussion / Nachhaltigkeitstage im DOCK8 / Bern ///
★ 19. Sept / Bäng! Bäng! Bäng! / La Capella Bern ///
★ 26. Sept / LATE / Landesmuseum Zürich ///
★ 10. Okt / Bäng! Bäng! Bäng! / Theater im Römerhof / Garching bei München DE ///
★ 11. Okt / Bäng! Bäng! Bäng! / ChanSongFest / Renitenztheater Stuttgart DE ///
★ 26. Oktober / #carecity _stories* / Ort tba Zürich
★ 4. Nov / Bäng! Bäng! Bäng! / Sisters of Comedy / Vorderhaus Freiburg DE ///
★ 17. November / #carecity _stories* / Fabriktheater Rote Fabrik Zürich
★ 20. November / #carecity / Gespräch /
"UND - Generationentandem" / Thun
★ 27. Nov / Bäng! Bäng! Bäng! / Il Boccone / Konstanz DE /
9 Volt Nelly
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ABOUT
Lea Whitcher (she / her) is a Swiss-American performing artist based in Zurich.
She studied acting in the Bachelor and Master program at the Zurich University of the Arts. During her studies she received talent study awards from several foundations.
Since 2012, she has been on the road as a freelancer, participating in theater and film projects in various collaborations in which she derives, writes, acts and plays music. She is part of the comedy duo 9 Volt Nelly together with Jane Mumford and realized her first solo Mama Love in 2021, with which she won the kulturelle Auszeichnung der Stadt Zürich 2023 .
In her work she focuses on the tightrope walk between humor and abyss, between research and utopia.
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