Chlötz

Life is like a casino. The game is always going. The ball is rolling on the roulette table, the cards are dealt, the bets are placed, and only a few win. Do you gamble away your own money or that of your grandparents? Do you have to beg or do the winnings just fall to you? Do you earn enough to be allowed to sit at the VIP table? Can you even afford it or should you save? We don't talk about money, but it still has a decisive influence on our lives: it determines which school you go to, which acquaintances you make and which restaurants you visit. We all have our own history with money and gamble with different stakes.In the annual project Chlötz, ten young people from the LAB Jungen Theater Zürich, together with an artistic team, face the myth of money. The stage is transformed into a casino, the game becomes a choreography. The young players slip into a variety of characters, weave them into their own stories about money and talk about possessions, debts and how it is just damn unfair who is born rich and who is born poor.How much was your first pocket money? Did you get money for good grades? Did you have to hand something in at home? How much does the rent for your room in a shared flat cost? How much do you have to save to make it to the end of the month? How much does that drink cost? What, that expensive?! How do you finance your studies? Do you work part-time? We enter the casino with different chances and don't know whether we will end up with a big win or empty-handed. No one is safe from losses and everything is at stake. In the end, the bank wins anyway.