First Cut Productions

First Cut Productions is the name we have used for various performance and art projects since 2005. In 2010 it was registered as a non-profit Association (Verein) in Zurich, Switzerland. 

In Switzerland we have co-produced with or performed at; Gessnerallee Zurich, Fabriktheater Zurich, Zürcher Theater Spektakel, Roxy Birsfelden, Kaserne Basel, Schlachthaus Bern, Dampfzentrale Bern, AUA Wir Leben Bern, Théatre de l’Usine Geneva, Le Grütli Geneva, St Gervais Geneva, Arsenic Lausanne, Programme Commun Lausanne, Theatre Vidy Lausanne, Südpol Luzern, Kurtheater Baden and Journées de Théâtre Suisse Contemporain with Zeughaus Brig.

Our projects have regularly toured internationally and we have co-produced with or performed at a number of international theatres and festivals including: brut Vienna, Mousonturm Frankfurt, Schwankhalle Bremen, PACT Zollverein Essen, Wunder der Prärie / zeitraumexit Mannheim, Impulse Festival Cologne, Sommer Szene Salzburg, Actoral Festival Marseille, CCS Paris, Terni Festival (Italy), Wuhzen Theatre Festival (China), La Villette Paris, Théâtre Paul Eluard Choisy-le-Roi, Selection Swiss at Avignon Festival,  Festival Latitudes Contemporaines, Lille/Roubaix (France), Danae Festival Milan and Bonus, Hédé-Bazouges (France).

In 2020, Phil Hayes and First Cut Pro­duc­tions were awarded a "kul­turelle Ausze­ich­nung“ award from the city of Zurich, for the UN­DER THE IN­FLU­ENCE I-III se­ries of per­for­mances.

First Cut Pro­duc­tions are currently supported by both the city and canton of Zürich under their Konzeptförderung and Mehrjährige Projektförderung schemes and by the Ernst Göhner Foundation with 2 year project funding for 2024-25.

First Cut Productions' work is represented for touring by Lise Leclerc