The Swiss festival PLAY provides a platform for lively contemporary writing for theatre, connecting different regions of the country and overcoming language barriers. During the festival, you can discover new theatre texts, written for demanding and exciting present times, together with authors, directors, actors and young people from all over Switzerland. PLAY offers the local literary and theatre scene, as well as an interested international audience, the opportunity to meet, exchange ideas and discover the varied and multilingual workIntellectual property creation in literature and art (as well as computer programmes) exhibiting an individual and therefore unique character. Said individual character is the prerequisite that a work can be protected. on new theatre texts.
The four writing workshops for the 2026 edition are now announced on the website. All workshops are free of charge, but the number of participants is limited. More information is available at www.festivalplay.ch. The deadline for registration is 1 March 2026.
The PLAY festival is supported by the SSA.