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.

New to the council +++ SANDRA HÜLLER (actress) +++ WOLFGANG KALECK (human rights lawyer) +++ New to the council +++ VALIE EXPORT (artist) +++ FLORIAN BÖHM (fireman) +++ New to the council+++ SANDRA HÜLLER (actress) +++ WOLFGANG KALECK (human rights lawyer) +++ New to the council +++ VALIE EXPORT (artist) +++ FLORIAN BÖHM (fireman) +++
New to the council +++ SANDRA HÜLLER (actress) +++ WOLFGANG KALECK (human rights lawyer) +++ New to the council +++ VALIE EXPORT (artist) +++ FLORIAN BÖHM (fireman) +++ New to the council+++ SANDRA HÜLLER (actress) +++ WOLFGANG KALECK (human rights lawyer) +++ New to the council +++ VALIE EXPORT (artist) +++ FLORIAN BÖHM (fireman) +++
Council of the Republic

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.

From Mundruczó to Meded: Down with Kaputtalism!
Five-and-a-half weeks of art and activism, world-class theatre and vibrant concerts in all corners of Vienna – From Volkstheater to 48er-Tandler. We are starting Vienna's first republic of art with an anthem, its own flag, democratic institutions and so on.
© Rafaela Pröll_Suhrkamp Verlag / Sebstian Madej / Lukas Beck

"Meine Zeit wird nicht kommen"
A tribute to the 150th birthday of Karl Kraus in five lectures

In the Free Republic of Vienna, different artists and intellectuals will stage a serie of lectures like those held by Karl Kraus. On five weekends,  his Theatre of Poetry will be dusted off; lingusitic analysis and text demolition a la Kraus will receive a new interpretation.

With Cornelius Obonya, Florian Scheuba, Petra Slottova, Samouil Stoyanov, Boris Eder, Sir Henry, Clemens J. Setz, Robert Stadlober, Barbara Zeman and Onkel Gusta, Thea Ehre, Nick Romeo Reimann und Olivia Axel Scheucher.

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
© Christian Hüller Sandra Hüller
Sandra
Hüller
© Gerald von Floris Dirk Stermann
Dirk
Stermann
© Sibylle Fendt VALIE EXPORT
VALIE
EXPORT
© Wael Ibraheem Dunia Khalil
Dunia
Khalil
© Ira Polyarnaya Kirill Serebrennikov
Kirill
Serebrennikov

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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.

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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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