The Kulturhaus Helferei is located in the middle of Zurich's old town - in the very house where Ulrich Zwingli lived. Here there is an extensive cultural programme with theatre, performances, literature, cinema and music. The house is strongly networked with other cultural institutions in the city and places these networks in the context of its work. Themes of social change in our society are at the forefront.
The performance *Washing Away Your Gaze* is a choreography of gazes in a public shower. What gazes are exchanged, who is looking at whom, who looks away, ...
09.10.2026
19:30
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Kulturhaus Helferei
Washing Away Your Gaze
The performance *Washing Away Your Gaze* is a choreography of gazes in a public shower. What gazes are exchanged, who is looking at whom, who looks away, ...
10.10.2026
19:30
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Kulturhaus Helferei
Anti-fascism in the 1930s
WOZ journalist Daniel Stern takes us on a tour of the sites of anti-fascist resistance. Where cabaret artists cracked jokes about Hitler, a play denounced ...
14.10.2026
18:00
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Kulturhaus Helferei
When the dromedary was standing in my garden
How does a soft toy find its way to its favourite person? By bus? Down the grand staircase? Or in a shipping container? When an oversized soft toy dromedary ...
21.10.2026
14:15
Kulturhaus Helferei
Filus’s wondrous colours – a chameleon loses its colours
Andrea Seehafer talks about her picture book, lovingly illustrated by Leila Merkofer. The story is about friendship, saying goodbye, sadness, helping one ...
21.10.2026
15:30
Kulturhaus Helferei
Women in non-fiction – still a male-dominated field?
Elisabeth Joris and Nicole Egloff in conversation with Christiane Schmidt (Rotpunktverlag). How do female authors work? Do women tackle different topics – ...
