Swiss cabaret prize goes to Knuth and Tucek
The Zurich cabaret duo Knuth and Tucek have been recommended by the Swiss Federal Theater Jury to receive the 2019 Swiss Cabaret Prize, which is endowed with CHF 40,000. The mobile fairytale circus Nicole & Martin and comedian Marjolaine Minot were also nominated.
The duo Knuth and Tucek are the actress Nicole Knuth, who grew up in Küsnacht in a theater family with Viennese roots, and the singer Olga Tucek, who grew up in Zurich with Czech roots and trained as a classical singer. According to the Federal Office of Culture, they deal with "everyday grievances such as abuse of power or social injustices in dramaturgically cleverly constructed scenarios and stories in a critical but also humorous way".
The Swiss Cabaret Prize was founded in 1993 by Thun initiators as the "Golden Tuna". It was later taken over and organized by the KTV ATP - Vereinigung KünstlerInnen - Theater - VeranstalterInnen, Switzerland, under its current name. Since 2015, the Kleinkunstpreis has been part of the Swiss Theater Awards and is presented as part of the Swiss Artists' Exchange.
