Volkstheater Vienna – Schedule, Program & Tickets

Volkstheater

Since the Viennese Volktheater (then to distinguish it from other national platforms of the Dual Monarchy under the name Deutsches Volkstheater) was founded in 1889, the Viennese theater scene is still divided sharply by stalls: the Burgtheater is about reserved as an imperial private theater of the aristocracy. There is increasing the over voices calling for a German folk theater as decidedly bourgeois, even folk pictorial counterpart to the Court Theatre. There should be played alongside popular plays mainly classical and modern dramas ...
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Tu 19:30
Die Unbekannte aus der Seine
Finally: Ödön von Horváth's wonderful, far too rarely performed, eerily beautiful crime comedy can be seen in a new production on a major Viennese stage after more than a quarter of a century. The film is directed by Anna Bergmann, known for her complex portraits of female roles.
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"Prove to me that horses can fly."

California 150 years ago. Eadweard Muybridge (1830-1904), who immigrated from England, is considered an enigmatic genius and excellent photographer. His landscape photographs commissioned by the state set standards. He worked tirelessly on new equipment and techniques to give wings to the still young medium of photography.
One, two or three. Today it's about you, because in this prime-time TV show, the audience votes on the most important questions of the era! morality, politics, religion. But be careful: a draw was yesterday, only those who make a commitment win. But are the candidates also capable of winning a majority? Do you feel the audience? And do they decide fast enough? Hesitation and procrastination, ambivalence and compromises - that's for Wappler and Schattenparker. Because YOU HAVE TO DECIDE! the heightened awareness triumphs: You can see whether you are standing where the majority is when the light goes on!