English Theatre Company Lyceum Alpinum Zuoz
P e r f ormanc e s:
Tuesday 11th February 2014
Zuoz Globe, 3.00pm
Wednesday 12th February 2014
Zuoz Globe, 7.30pm
Thursday 13th February 2014
Zuoz Globe, 7.30pm
Free admission, donations
THE GREAT GATSBY
S e at reservation s:
CH-7524 Zuoz
Tel +41 81 851 3000
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Our partners:
11 / 12 / 13 February 2014, Zuoz Globe
the gr eat gatsby
“Gats by be lieve d in the g re e n lig ht, the org ias tic f uture that ye ar by ye ar re c e de s
be fore us . It e lude d us the n, but that’s no matte r – tomorrow we will run f as te r,
s tre tch out our arms f ar the r ... And one f ine morning ...“
No o ne throws big g er o r better pa r ties tha n billio na ire Jay Ga tsby. No o n e h a s a b i g g e r h o u s e
o r a big g er po o l, o r drives a lo ng er, sleeker, mo re o pulent a uto mo b i l e . B u t w h e re d o e s h e
co me fro m. How did he ma ke so much mo ney. And why do es he sta nd o n h i s d o ck a t n i g h t a n d
stretch o ut his a rms to a g reen lig ht shining a cro ss the bay? The Grea t G a ts by l ays b a re th e
empty, tra g ic fa te o f the self-ma de ma n a nd tells the sto r y o f a wo rld th a t i s f u l l o f J a z z , g l i tz y
pa r ties, wea lth a nd luxur y but in which mo ney ca n neither buy love no r h ap p i n e s s . . . a wo rl d
tha t is a bo ut to fa ll to pieces.
English Theatr e Company
In the Eng lish Thea tre Co mpa ny, students fro m 14 na tio ns co me to g e th e r a n d p e rfo rm o n
the sta g e o f the Zuo z Glo be . Under the g uida nce o f yo ung lo ca l dire cto r S e l i n a G a s s e r, th e
students explo re the Cla ssics o f Eng lish litera ture a nd g a in a n inva lua b l e i n s i g h t i n to th e wo rl d
o f thea tre a nd the perfo rming a r ts.