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"Through the course of my life I became interested in heavy topics such as mass extinction, social pressure and belief. As a performer I think those themes are easily transmitted in a funny way. Why do we laugh about people or ourselves? At some point I think it’s because we are shocked or we are desperate. "


Daphne Oberholzer is an author, actress and clown.
Growing up in small conservative Swiss Village,
the question of fitting (and specially not fitting)
within traditional social values, became inevitably a central point of interest. 

With a passion for telling stories, Daphnes works are a mixture of entertainment and deeply moving moments. An interest in talking about heavy topics such as xenophobia, climate change and death; as well as theatrical approach where characters are created to address those topics from changing perspectives, makes the shows nothing like a walk in the park.
Portably more like a run on earthquake.

2020  Migros Kulturprozent Studienpreis
2023  Atelierstipendium Paris, Förderpreis Kanton Solothurn

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