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Oropax are returning to Swiss stages with “Zwei wie kein anderer” (Two Like No Other). Brothers Volker and Thomas Martins are once again banking on controlled chaos. Wordplay, slapstick, and absurd questions make up their new stage universe.
The show bears Oropax’s familiar signature style but expands their world. At its heart is the self-proclaimed “KARTON-AGE.” The duo juggles language, physics, and deliberate nonsense. Universal questions quickly veer into the pleasantly offbeat.
Can you go fishing with a catchy tune? Such leaps of thought fuel this new production. Quantum leaps collide with kinship, cheese, and cosmic oat milk galaxies. Even the very first sound becomes a linguistic experiment.
Familiar Oropax characters also appear in this new cosmos. Among them is Harald Pinski as an absurd fatty acid. The title itself plays with artfully twisted grammar. Two brothers become an absurd form of singularity. This fits right in with the promised world between everyday life and the cosmos.
The official show chronicle traces Oropax’s history back to 1983. Thomas and Volker Martins form the core of Chaos Theater. Language has always been more than just a means of conveyance. It is deconstructed, shifted, and played against its own meaning.
The appeal lies in the rapid shifts between different levels. A corny joke can tip over into slapstick or a costume change. The stage functions more like an experimental lab. Props become part of the language, not mere decoration. According to the description, the new show builds on this once again. Tour cities include Olten, Baden, Bern, Landquart, and Thun, among others.
The new tour focuses on maximum comedic friction. Between cardboard, the cosmos, and corny jokes, little remains stable. It is precisely this instability that has been at the heart of the Oropax concept for years. Tickets for their shows between October 31, 2026, and March 5, 2027, are now on sale.