# Markus Zohner Arts Company
  Canonical profile: https://zohner.com/it/company/markus-zohner/

> Swiss theatre company based in Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland.
> Physical theatre, creative writing retreats, podcasts, and cultural events.
> Active internationally since 1993. Languages: Italian, German, English.

## Legal Entity

Associazione artistica PETRUSKA (CHE-338.403.477)
Via Bertaro Lambertenghi 9, 6900 Lugano, Switzerland
Contact: studio@zohner.com | +41 79 620 23 62

## People

- Markus Zohner: Actor, director, writer, photographer. Founder and artistic director.
- Patrizia Barbuiani: Actor, director, dramaturg, writer. Swiss Theatre Award recipient.
- Elisabetta Preite: Production assistant, administration.
- Luca Massaroli: Actor, producer, voice work.

## Productions (available for touring)

- [COLLISIONS](https://zohner.com/en/productions/collisions/): Quantum physics meets human relationships. 75 min, 3 performers. Premiered 2025.
- [Odissea](https://zohner.com/en/productions/odissea/): Homer's Odyssey as solo physical theatre. 2 performers, no set.
- [Radio Frankenstein](https://zohner.com/en/productions/radio-frankenstein/): Body, transhumanism, science. Created with the EU Joint Research Centre.
- [Erotic-Comic Tales from the Arabian Nights](https://zohner.com/en/productions/storie-eroticomiche/): Comedy from 1001 Nights. 2 performers.
- [REPLIKA anno 2052](https://zohner.com/en/productions/replika/): AI, digital identity, virtual immortality.
- [OLTRE](https://zohner.com/en/productions/oltre/): A journey into the mind of Adolf Woelfli. Intimate theatre.
- [The Amber Road](https://zohner.com/en/productions/via-dell-ambra/): Walking 4,000 km from Venice to St Petersburg. Lecture-performance and photo exhibition.

## Workshops and Retreats

- [Volta Pagina: Creative Writing Retreat](https://zohner.com/it/workshops/bordei-09-2026/): September 24-27, 2026. Bordei Ecovillage, Centovalli, Ticino. Max 8 participants.
- [Fra Memoria e Immaginazione: Intensive Creative Writing Course](https://zohner.com/it/workshops/villa-ciani-07-2027/): July 19-23, 2027. Villa Ciani, Lugano. In Italian, with Patrizia Barbuiani and Markus Zohner. CHF 390.
- Z>ACT! Summer Academy: Intensive theatre creation workshop, 21st edition 2026. Lugano.
- Annual Creative Writing Laboratory: Year-long programme with individual coaching.

## Podcasts

Radio Petruska, since 2015: the first independent cultural podcast of Italian-speaking Switzerland. Italian.

- [Podcast Radio Petruska](https://zohner.com/it/podcast/): Hub. All series, featured episodes, the 2015 manifesto.
- [La creazione del mondo](https://zohner.com/it/podcast/la-creazione-del-mondo/): 23 episodes in 3 seasons, 2015-2018. Conversations with scientists on the origin of the universe, the birth of life, the rise of civilisation and the workings of the human mind.
- [Arte, Scienza, Vita](https://zohner.com/it/podcast/arte-scienza-vita/): 7 episodes. The Lugano cycle, January 2016. Encounters with people from cultural and scientific life.
- [C.U.T.! The Sense of Life](https://zohner.com/it/podcast/the-sense-of-life/): 13 episodes online, 2012-2015. Dialogues with artists, travellers and thinkers on the sense of life.
- [RECORD](https://zohner.com/it/podcast/fonoteca/): Phonomontages for the Swiss National Sound Archive (Fonoteca nazionale svizzera). 4 languages: IT/DE/FR/RM. Pilot online, season 1 from autumn 2026.

## Letters from the Studio (newsletter archive)

- [Italian articles](https://zohner.com/it/letters/): 323 articles
- [German articles](https://zohner.com/de/letters/): 47 articles
- [English articles](https://zohner.com/en/letters/): 22 articles

## Feeds (RSS)

- [Lettere dallo studio (IT)](https://zohner.com/it/letters/feed.xml): RSS 2.0, 328 items
- [Briefe aus dem Studio (DE)](https://zohner.com/de/letters/feed.xml): RSS 2.0, 49 items
- [Letters from the studio (EN)](https://zohner.com/en/letters/feed.xml): RSS 2.0, 22 items
- [La creazione del mondo (podcast)](https://zohner.com/feeds/la-creazione-del-mondo.xml): RSS 2.0 + iTunes, 43 items

## Membership

- [Compagne di viaggio](https://zohner.com/it/membership/): CHF 120/year. Personal letters, exclusive articles, early access, 10% workshop discount.

## Current Research Framework

CHANGE MY MIND! (2025-2028): Can we communicate, change our own perspective and that of others? COLLISIONS is the first production. FRICTIONS (premiere spring 2027) is the second.

## Social Profiles

- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zohnerarts/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/markuszohner/
- Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/zohner.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MarkusZohnerArtsCompany

## Website

- Main: https://zohner.com (trilingual: IT, DE, EN)
- Static HTML, no CMS. Hosted on Hetzner VPS, Nuremberg, Germany.
- Privacy-first: Matomo analytics (self-hosted, cookieless, European).