Lara & Lars: Heart-Pounding Moments and Unanswered Questions
Overview
Intro
Set in a classroom, *LARA & LARS* tells the story of first love and a repressed trauma. Lara perceives closeness as a threat until she confronts her past and rediscovers her trust in life.
About one in seven children in Switzerland experiences sexual violence. That’s an average of three per school class.
Despite the serious subject matter, LARA & LARS is a playful, tender, yet straightforward play for young people that doesn’t shy away from addressing issues head-on: neither dramatizing nor trivializing them, but also without causing fear.
It is an uplifting story about two young people who navigate difficult times together—and, despite everything, never lose their sense of humor or their connection. Through music, humor, and clear language, Lara and Lars, the two protagonists, tell their story. The most important prevention messages and strategies for combating sexual violence are thus conveyed in a sensitive and compelling way.
Director: Eliane Blumer
Writer & Theater Educator: Lisa Gartmann
Performers: Lisa Gartmann & Lukas Bollhalder
Graphic Design: Nicole Tannheier
Trailer: Dominik Zulian
Production Managers: Jacques Erlanger & Liselotte Hunziker-Kraessig
Recommended Age: Suitable for 6th grade and up
Classroom theater addressing sexual violence. Followed by a theater education workshop.
The St. Gallen Child Protection Center writes about the play:
“Lara and Lars” can make a very important contribution to helping children and adolescents realize that they are not alone with their doubts and fears. The play encourages them to open up! The language used is appropriate for children and adolescents, and the situations portrayed reflect the realities of young people’s lives, as the KSZ encounters them in its work.”
Note: This text was translated by machine translation software and not by a human translator. It may contain translation errors.
| Contact address |
Lisa Gartmann
Theater Spielfeld Unter Bendlehn 50 9042 Speicher +41 79 605 83 89 theater.spielfeld@gmx.ch |
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| Location |
Tanzraum Mühlebühl 16A 9100 Herisau Switzerland |
| Event Homepage | https://theater-spielfeld.ch/de |
| Price |
Adults: CHF 35.00
Teens ages 13 and up: CHF 20.00
Teachers, school social workers, and other professionals may attend all public performances free of charge.
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Event dates
- 26 September 2026