Plankton is the story of four people who, for different reasons, have decided to withdraw from society in order to live in solitude from now on. In individual, intimate portraits, their independent lives and their connections to their surroundings slowly unfold. The four different stories develop side by side, sometimes their paths cross, the worlds of action and sound intertwine, sometimes they exist completely isolated from each other in absolute solitude. The secluded worlds become eerie environments in which their own memories and fantasies merge. With Plankton, Léo Collin and Kapitolina Tsvetkova create a fun and humorous musical-theatrical thought experiment on major themes such as digital life, love, the place we occupy in modern social systems and, above all, our relationship with ourselves and the nature that surrounds us.

Entry 15/20/30

A co-production of Kollektiv International Totem with CNZ

Plankton Musiktheater für Performer·innen, Ensemble und bewegliches Publikum (2025, UA)
Kevin Toksöz Fairbairn Performance
Gilles Grimaître Performance
Kay Zhang Performance
Nuriia Khasenova Performance
Léo Collin Konzept, Komposition
Kapitolina Tsvetkova Konzept, Regie, Bühnenbild
Leandro Gianini Technische Leitung, Konzept
Mariana Vieira Grünig Kostüm
Inès Assoual Bühnenbildassistenz
Gregory Charette Musikalische Leitung

Collegium Novum Zürich
Elia Pianaro, Flöte
Matthias Arter, Oboe
Shuyue Miao Zhao, Klarinette
Sascha Armbruster, Saxofon
Tomás Gallart, Horn
Jens Bracher, Trompete
Brian Archinal, Schlagzeug
Manon Pierrehumbert, Harfe
Rahel Cunz, Violine
Kinga Wojdalska, Viola
Martina Schucan, Violoncello
Tizia Zimmermann, Akkordeon