LYSISTOPIA - der Streik von den Frauen der Produktionsgemeinschaft für freies Theater BUMPER TO BUMPER
(1987)

Seven years before the first official women's strike in Switzerland: Quote from TAGES ANZEIGER, January 31, 1987, with the title "Women's strike? In Switzerland?" by Rea Brandle. "With the project Lysistopia, the three women of the theater group 'Bumper to Bumper' have presented a convincing work in the Altes Schlachthaus Bern. ... Lysistopia begins strangely, three female figures in Greek robes appear on stage, with measured steps, and solemnly recite verses from Aristophanes' 'Lysitrate', these melodious, pictorial oaths of women who want to refuse their war-mongering husbands. ... The three women have been locked up, like all women in Switzerland, by a militant action group called 'Frauen haben genug' (Women have had enough), as can be heard in fragments on the radio. Reluctantly, the three have now been drawn into a real women's strike. ... They are too caught up in their everyday inadequacies. ... It is precisely these contradictions that move the women forward. They are slowly warming up to the Frahg cause. ..." "...Spontaneity and verve characterize their play. The Lysistopia production ... offers the actresses the opportunity to use a wide variety of expressive means, ranging from punky singing to dance and pantomime, which complement each other in the play to create a lively sequence of highlights. ..."