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2021

Megalomania and self-abasement

A production by the Israeli Acco Theater left the audience at the “wortwiege” festival in Wiener Neustadt with goosebumps. “The Anthology” proved to be an artful blend of different genres. The play alternated between musical cabaret, psychodrama and history lesson, but with the best means the theater has to offer: two stage professionals.

by Michaela Preiner,

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"The Anthology" zu Gast beim wortwiege Festival in Wiener Neustadt. (Foto: Julia Kampichler)

New in 2021

Demon Radio, Ausstellungsansicht, Foto: steirischer herbst / kunst-dokumentation.com
Ausstellung | Künstler

Demon Radio<br /> Colorful outside and deep black inside

The Steirischer Herbst23 features a wealth of performances in the three weeks it lasts. At the same time, however, there are also static exhibitions that have a special feature. Everything that can be seen at the exhibition venues has a reference to Graz. This is probably a unique curatorial perspective that is not found to the same extent at other festivals, and for the most part not at all.

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From the archive

Earlier articles from 2021 – a different selection every day.

  1. 20224 years ago
    L’Etang – Der Teich Wiener Festwochen (Foto: © Jean Louis Fernandez)
    TheatreThe horror does not only take place in the theatre
  2. 20224 years ago
    „Der Kirschgarten“ Wiener Festwocen (Foto: © Christophe Raynaud de Lage / Festival d’Avignon)
    TheatreAt the breaking point between the old and the new
  3. 20224 years ago
    Macbeth im Schauspiehaus Graz (Foto: © Lex Karelly)
    TheatreNot for the faint-hearted
  4. 201313 years ago
    Angélica Liddell in ihrer neuesten Produktion „Todo el cielo sobre la tierra“ bei den Wiener Festwochen
    TheatreFuck you mother!

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