Onwards to the beginnings - back to the future

Wiener Festwochen are turning into the Free Republic of Vienna – featuring Pussy Riot and Mozart, its own hymn and constitution, a tribunal with real protagonists and five and a half weeks of polyphonic, combative, crazy world theatre in over thirty venues in more than fifteen districts of the city.

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Onwards to the beginnings - back to the future

Wiener Festwochen are turning into the Free Republic of Vienna – featuring Pussy Riot and Mozart, its own hymn and constitution, a tribunal with real protagonists and five and a half weeks of polyphonic, combative, crazy world theatre in over thirty venues in more than fifteen districts of the city.

Welcome to the Republic of the Arts!
Five-and-a-half weeks of art and activism in all corners of Vienna – from Burgtheater to football pitch. 46 productions and artistic projects from the fields of theatre, opera, music, dance, performance, visual art and activism are waiting to be discovered.

Free Republic of Vienna.
Just a load of theatrics? As if!

Soon it's on! On May 11 the Free Republic of Vienna will be declared on Rathausplatz. Just a load of theatrics? As if!
Milo Rau, the new artistic director of your trusted festival, has just presented the new programme of the Wiener Festwochen | Free Republic of Vienna. The Festwochen are being reinvented; there’s a lot in store for Vienna – and for you, too. We’re kicking off the second Modernism and making Vienna into the capital of social art for the future. We’re setting up Vienna’s first art republic replete with anthem, its own flag, democratic institutions and the rest.

A Play is touring the City

L’ Addition by Tim Etchells is the first of the Volksstück / Pièce Commune series, which the Free Republic of Vienna is producing together with the Festival d’Avignon. These touring plays with no more than two actors and very little technology are staged by a different artist each year and performed in community centres, on football pitches, open-air stages and more. It’s highest quality popular theatre – world theatre for everyone!

+++ 19 MAY | Schutzhaus Zukunft auf der Schmelz +++ 23 MAY | Schloss Neugebäude +++ DIE RECHNUNG / L'ADDITION +++ 25 MAY | Kunst- und Kulturzentrum Semmelweisklinik +++ 28 MAY | Tschauner Bühne +++ DIE RECHNUNG / L'ADDITION +++ 29 MAY | Klimt Villa Wien +++ 1 JUNE | Strandbad Gänsehäufel +++ DIE RECHNUNG / L'ADDITION +++ 3 JUNE | Hauptbücherei am Gürtel +++ 5 JUNE | Italienisches Kulturinstitut +++ RECHNUNG / L'ADDITION +++ 7 JUNE | Grätzl-Zentrum Hernals +++ 8 JUNE | 4lthangrund +++ RECHNUNG / L'ADDITION +++ 11 JUNE | 48er-Tandler Margareten +++ 15 JUNE | Fußballverein 1210 Wien +++ RECHNUNG / L'ADDITION +++ 19 JUNE | Theater Arche +++ 21 JUNE | CAPE 10 +++ 23 JUNE | Volkskundemuseum Wien +++ 19 MAY | Schutzhaus Zukunft auf der Schmelz +++ 23 MAY | Schloss Neugebäude +++ DIE RECHNUNG / L'ADDITION +++ 25 MAY | Kunst- und Kulturzentrum Semmelweisklinik +++ 28 MAY | Tschauner Bühne +++ DIE RECHNUNG / L'ADDITION +++ 29 MAY | Klimt Villa Wien +++ 1 JUNE | Strandbad Gänsehäufel +++ DIE RECHNUNG / L'ADDITION +++ 3 JUNE | Hauptbücherei am Gürtel +++ 5 JUNE | Italienisches Kulturinstitut +++ RECHNUNG / L'ADDITION +++ 7 JUNE | Grätzl-Zentrum Hernals +++ 8 JUNE | 4lthangrund +++ RECHNUNG / L'ADDITION +++ 11 JUNE | 48er-Tandler Margareten +++ 15 JUNE | Fußballverein 1210 Wien +++ RECHNUNG / L'ADDITION +++ 19 JUNE | Theater Arche +++ 21 JUNE | CAPE 10 +++ 23 JUNE | Volkskundemuseum Wien +++ 19 MAY | Schutzhaus Zukunft auf der Schmelz +++ 23 MAY | Schloss Neugebäude +++ DIE RECHNUNG / L'ADDITION +++ 25 MAY | Kunst- und Kulturzentrum Semmelweisklinik +++ 28 MAY | Tschauner Bühne +++ DIE RECHNUNG / L'ADDITION +++ 29 MAY | Klimt Villa Wien +++ 1 JUNE | Strandbad Gänsehäufel +++ DIE RECHNUNG / L'ADDITION +++ 3 JUNE | Hauptbücherei am Gürtel +++ 5 JUNE | Italienisches Kulturinstitut +++ RECHNUNG / L'ADDITION +++ 7 JUNE | Grätzl-Zentrum Hernals +++ 8 JUNE | 4lthangrund +++ RECHNUNG / L'ADDITION +++ 11 JUNE | 48er-Tandler Margareten +++ 15 JUNE | Fußballverein 1210 Wien +++ RECHNUNG / L'ADDITION +++ 19 JUNE | Theater Arche +++ 21 JUNE | CAPE 10 +++ 23 JUNE | Volkskundemuseum Wien +++ 19 MAY | Schutzhaus Zukunft auf der Schmelz +++ 23 MAY | Schloss Neugebäude +++ DIE RECHNUNG / L'ADDITION +++ 25 MAY | Kunst- und Kulturzentrum Semmelweisklinik +++ 28 MAY | Tschauner Bühne +++ DIE RECHNUNG / L'ADDITION +++ 29 MAY | Klimt Villa Wien +++ 1 JUNE | Strandbad Gänsehäufel +++ DIE RECHNUNG / L'ADDITION +++ 3 JUNE | Hauptbücherei am Gürtel +++ 5 JUNE | Italienisches Kulturinstitut +++ RECHNUNG / L'ADDITION +++ 7 JUNE | Grätzl-Zentrum Hernals +++ 8 JUNE | 4lthangrund +++ RECHNUNG / L'ADDITION +++ 11 JUNE | 48er-Tandler Margareten +++ 15 JUNE | Fußballverein 1210 Wien +++ RECHNUNG / L'ADDITION +++ 19 JUNE | Theater Arche +++ 21 JUNE | CAPE 10 +++ 23 JUNE | Volkskundemuseum Wien

Council of the Republic

which will represent the audience and at the same time issue a call to the city, the country, Europe and the whole world to join the Free Republic of Vienna.
© Karin Rocholl Elfriede Jelinek
Elfriede
Jelinek
© Katharina Luetscher Sibylle Berg
Sibylle
Berg
© Ira Polyarnaya Kirill Serebrennikov
Kirill
Serebrennikov
© Jakob Schleicher Carola Rackete
Carola
Rackete
© David Pichler Kid Pex
Kid
Pex
© Eyluel Aslan Elisabeth Großschädl
Elisabeth
Großschädl
© Frank Ruiter David van Reybrouck
David van
Reybrouck

Newsletter

With the weekly Festwochen Newsletter you will find out about the highlights in advance, receive exclusive information and get the chance to take part in our raffles.

Events with free admission

The Wiener Festwochen offer more than 100 events with free admission over the entire festival period. Supported by Arbeiterkammer Wien.

From Burgtheater to 48er-Tandler

From a total work of art at Burgtheater via popular theatre in the districts, the destruction of a Diesel engine on a special square to trials at Odeon, the festival is the best way to discover the city.

Vienna’s best Offer for Under-30s

Thanks to the Vermehrt Schönes!-tickets, all people under thirty can visit each performance for a price of only 15 Euros. This unique offer is made possible by the Erste Bank sponsorship programme.

Latest news

12 March 2024Extras wanted

We are looking for Extras for Liebestod, a play by award-winning Spanish performance artist Angélica Liddell. The closing date for applications is 14 April, 2024.
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