Tag: Burgtheater
Burgtheater Vienna: Big end to a short directorship – culture
At the end, during the final applause, Martin Kušej steps up to the stage and bows to the Viennese audience with an ironic and elegant flourish. So that’s it, after…
Ulrich Rasche stages Goethe’s “Iphigenie auf Tauris” at the Burgtheater Vienna. – Culture
In contemporary theater, Ulrich Rasche is one of the last directors with an unmistakable style. You can recognize a Rasche production at first glance. Elaborate stage machinery is just as…
“Heldenplatz” at Vienna’s Burgtheater: Did anyone hear a bang? – Culture
One thing was clear from the start: Where it says Frank Castorf, there is Frank Castorf in it. Some spectators in Vienna’s Burgtheater, where Thomas Bernhard’s legendary play “Heldenplatz” premiered…
Burgtheater Vienna: Who is the animal here?
At Vienna’s Burgtheater, the productions “Nosferatu” and Kafka’s “Metamorphosis” deal with the question of how human humans actually are. source site
“The Misanthrope” at the Vienna Burgtheater: Kušej gives the finger – culture
In the run-up to this premiere there was a bit of a theater scandal smell. Word had gotten around that Martin Kušej was doing well with his production of Molière’s…
On the back burner: “Phädra, in Flames” is on at the Burgtheater in Vienna, but the spark doesn’t want to spread. – Culture
Phaedra is one of the large, complicated female figures in Greek mythology, like Clytemnestra or Penthesilea. This queen embodies desire, as well as the fury of insult. Phaedra falls in…
Start of the season at the Vienna Burgtheater – Culture
The Burgtheater’s new image campaign consists of combative slogans printed in large black letters on red posters or banners. “Wake up before it gets dark again” is what it says.…
Martin Kušej directs “Three Winters” at the Vienna Burgtheater – Culture
When playwright Tena Štivičić moved to London from Zagreb 20 years ago, it was a career challenge. As a foreign-language playwright, you don’t actually have the best cards on the…
Burgtheater Vienna: With Karacho
Mateja Koležnik is relocating Horváth’s Oktoberfest play “Kasimir and Karoline” to a multi-storey car park at the Burgtheater in Vienna. There it goes. source site
"The magic Mountain" at the Burgtheater: shoo, shoo
1000 pages in 130 minutes: Thomas Mann’s “The Magic Mountain” in a quick version at the Burgtheater in Vienna. source site