Artist in Residence: Patti Basler

February 18th & 19th 2026
Author, satirist, and comedian

Patti Basler brings the down-to-earth attitude of a farmer's daughter from the hayloft to the stage. Raised in the Catholic Fricktal region, she became a secondary school teacher, educator and author of teaching materials, and earned a degree in education, sociology and criminology from the University of Zurich.

She stumbled onto the slam stage late in life and immediately took home success by the whiskey bottle. She soon became one of the most established poets on the Swiss slam scene and has since appeared on all the well-known stages, television channels and radio stations nationwide.

She is the winner of the 2019 Salzburger Stier and the 2019 Prix Walo and was named ‘Columnist of the Year’ in 2022 for her writing in the NZZ am Sonntag. Together with her stage partner Philippe Kuhn, she received the 2024 Swiss Comedy Award for her current stage programme ‘LÜCKE’.

The events are open to the public and free of charge. The detailed programme and link to register will follow.

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