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Meret Matter studied drama at the University of the Arts Bern.  Together with Grazia Pergoletti, she then founded the Club 111 theatre company, with which she has staged more than fifty productions as a director and co-writer. Amongst other venues, she has directed productions at Schauspielhaus Zürich, Luzerner Theater, Theater Freiburg and Schauspiel Hannover. Her productions have toured a wide range of venues, including Gessnerallee in Zurich, Kaserne in Basel, Zürcher Theater Spektakel, Schauspielhaus in Zurich, in Leipzig, Dresden and Paris, and Schauspielhaus in Hamburg. Matter has also developed her very own theatre comic formats, such as ‘Popeye’ and ‘Miss Monster’. Her more recent works include ‘Jeeps’ (2025) ‘dieINsekten’ and ‘Superheldinnen’ (both 2026).  As a singer, she has performed with the Dead Brothers and Steamboat Switzerland amongst others. In the field of cabaret, she has produced three shows in collaboration with Aeberli/Grob, including STIMMT!:  

Fabienne Hadorn, born in 1975, completed her acting studies at ZHDK after obtaining her commercial diploma in 1994. Since then, she has been working as a freelance actress, singer, director, comedian and writer. In 1999, she founded the Kolypan theatre group with Gustavo Nanez. She has worked as an actress and comedian at a wide range of venues, including Theatre Basel, Schauspielhaus Zürich, Theater Kanton Zürich, Zurich Opera House and Casinotheater Winterthur, and appeared in TV/radio productions and feature films, such as ‘Tatort’ (eight episodes with the Lucerne team), ‘Die Göttliche Ordnung’ and ‘Zwingli’.

Hadorn is currently a featured comedian on SRF’s ‘Die Sendung des Monats’ and directed ‘Fun Fatale’, SRF’s first all-female comedy programme, this year.

She has been touring with her solo show series ‘Kaboom Room’ since she was 23. In recent years, she has been increasingly active as a director, too.

Her most recent theatre productions are: ‘Boss/y – Ein feministischer Liederabend’ (play, TOBS/Theater Freiburg/Sophiensääle Berlin), ‘Goliath Show’ (director, Theater Fleisch und Pappe, nominated for the Swiss Comedy Award for Ensemble 2026) and ‘Dragon Love’ (co-director, Lea Whitcher). Hadorn has also been leading the guided city tour ‘Heureka – Zürich einfach erfunden’ for Einfach Zürich for the past 23 years.

She was awarded the title of ‘Outstanding Actress’ in 2014 and won the 2018 Ensemble award at the Comedy Awards for ‘Bundesordner’ (Director) 

Thierry Romanens is an comedien, singer and director. After being highly active in the comedy scene early in his career, with numerous performances, he has devoted himself primarily to singing and theatre since 2000. He was awarded the 2009 Charles Cros ‘coup de coeur’ prize for French-language works and has released several albums.  

He has created numerous productions combining theatre and music with his company and the A’3 trio, amongst others, including in particular 'Courir' by J. Echenoz, 'Saga des Lehmann Brothers' by S. Massini, and two productions based on the work of the poet Alexandre Voisard.He also regularly writes humorous sketches such as ‘Dicodeur’ for the eponymous programme on RTS Première.

His experience on stage has led him to work as a director or external consultant on numerous projects. Moreover, he received the 'Kleinkunstpreis' (an award for performing artists) in 1998 and the 'Prix culturel vaudois' in 2006,  and has had a fixed-term contract with the canton of Vaud from 2020.