Olivia El Sayed

"Aren't we all like everyone, if only because we all don't want to be like everyone?" asks Olivia El Sayed, hitting us the nose like a child's foot. After all, who wants to be average? 0814 — Living on the average is a cheerful toast to mediocrity and the fact that although we may all be very peculiar in our striving for individuality, happiness and two identical socks on our feet, we are all part of the very large group of amiable average people. The author reads, narrates and illustrates, all based on her keen powers of observation, accompanied by quiet poetry and loud laughter. And so the audience goes home not only with new insights, but also with a little love letter to themselves in their pockets.

After more than 30 performances, Olivia El Sayed's debut program "flowery wordis" was shown for the last time in spring 2023. The author wrote a serial novel for the NZZ am Sonntag, which was published in a modified form as her second book "Divorce Children's Club" after completion. Olivia El Sayed was born in Winterthur in 1981 and lives with her family on the outskirts of Zurich.

By and with Olivia El Sayed.
Director: Reeto von Gunten. A production by Atelieer.