Gala Magazine article translation to English:
THE PREMIER OF A UNIQUE PRODUCTION IN ZURICH
The feature film was shot in India and England and was funded 100% through donations and foundation grants. All proceeds from the film will be donated to selected organisations through the Zariya Foundation, which works to provide education and healthcare for the sick, disabled and abandoned children living in poverty. The Swiss actress Jacqueline Fritschi-Cornaz travelled to India twelve years ago with the aim of Bollywood studios. She was confronted with the misery of many children and the images never left her. Teresa and Kavita: two women's lives, passionately and uncompromisingly interwoven in two parallel stories. Both women realise their vocation despite great doubts. This interwoven story shows Mother Teresa, the woman behind the myth, in a new dimension. Her loss of faith inspires Kavita, a young Englishwoman with Indian roots, to discover real love and empathy in today's Calcutta.
Pictures:
Kamal Musale (director of the film) and
Jacqueline Fritschi- Cornaz (initiator of the film project and lead role)
Marco Rima (actor and comedian) with
Bea and Hans Syz (film producer)
Thierry Cagianut (President Zariya Foundation) and
Reto Brennwald (Journalist and Moderator)
Sara Aduse (Ambassador against female circumcision)
with husband Marlon Schellenberg
From left to right:
Richard Fritschi (Founder of the Zariya Foundation),
Dr Teuta Agai-Demjaha (Ambassador of Northern Macedonia to the UN),
Naser Curri (Director National Museum - Memorial House Mother Teresa in Skopje), Jacqueline Fritschi-Cornaz,
Nik Gugger (National Councillor and Dr h.c. of the Indian University KISS)
and Daniela Lager, moderator of the evening.
Coco Chanel welcomes world-famous personalities from the worlds of art and politics to her villa ‘Respiro’, where she passionately creates a revolutionary fashion that is still unmistakable today. As a patron, she financed Igor Stravinsky's adaptation of ‘Sacré du Printemps’ and was friends with Dali, Picasso, Modigliani and many other bohemians. She collaborates with the Nazis, is arrested and is only released thanks to her friendship with Winston Churchill. She only drinks champagne in two situations: when she is in love and when she is not! This entertaining and inspiring one-woman play, lasting about an hour, combined with a small exhibition and a champagne aperitif, invites the audience to feel for a moment like a guest in one of Coco Chanel's most famous villas.
This attractive, varied programme is also ideal for company/customer events
Kontakt:
Email: info@jfritschi-cornaz.ch
Tel. +41(0)79 323 89 57
Tour dates 2025
CHANEL⁵
A portrait in five scenes
Grand Casino, Lucerne:
Wednesday, 8 October 2025
Thursday, 9 October 2025
Friday, 10 October 2025
Saturday, 11 October 2025
Villa Belvoirpark, Zurich:
Wednesday, 5 November 2025
Tuesday, 11 November 2025
Thursday, 3 December 2025
Wednesday, 17 December 2025
Tuesday, 13 January 2026
Wednesday, 14 January 2026
Tour dates 2024
The premiere weekend
will take place at Villa Schönfels, Oberrieden, on 16./17.11.24.
more info about the premiere ....
Further performances 4./5./11./12./18./19. December 2024;
New Year’s Eve performance: 31. December 2024
at the Villa Belvoirpark, in Zurich.
EARLY
THEATRE PROJECTS
Mord im Gewächshaus
Musik-Theater von und mit Jacqueline Fritschi-Cornaz, Einfraustück mit Musiker, Leo Rusterholz, Piano/Violine
Supervision: Bettina Lohmeyer und Barbara Müller-Zwygart, Schweizer Tournee inkl. Theater Stok, Zürich (2015-2019)
Mondfenster
Musik-Theater Einfraustück mit Musiker, Leo Rusterholz, Piano/Violine
Regie: Barbara Schneider, Herzbaracke, Zürich (2011)
In der Bar zum Krokodil, Revue
Nanette, Hauptrolle, Regie: Ernst Jenni, Jungbrunnen Theater, Zürich (2008-2009)
Der Bettelstudent von Carl Millöcker
Kornett v. Richthofen, Regie: Kurt Rösler, Operettenbühne, Hombrechtikon (2006)
Ibicaba und Crevetten
Von und mit Barbara Tellenbach/Jacqueline Fritschi-Cornaz
Esther, Hauptrolle, Regie: Barbara Schneider, Schweizer Tournee inkl. Theater Rigiblick, Zürich (2004-2009)
Klick - die Sehnsucht im Internet
Monika, Hauptrolle, Text: Susanne Stalder, Regie: Barbara Schneider, KKL Luzern (2003)
Himmelwärts von Oedön von Horvàth
Teufel, Regie: Brigitte Meyer, Zürich (2002)
Laura und Lotte von Peter Shaffer
Laura, Hauptrolle, Regie: Barbara Schneider, Theater am Hechtplatz, Zürich (2001)
Bodies von James Saunders
Helen, Hauptrolle, Regie: Marco Hausammann- Gilardi, Sommercasino, Basel (2000)