Venue Schutzhaus Zukunft auf der Schmelz
Venue Schloss Neugebäude
Venue Kunst- und Kulturzentrum Semmelweisklinik
Venue Tschauner Bühne
Venue Klimt Villa Wien
Venue Strandbad Gänsehäufel
Venue Hauptbücherei
Venue Italienisches Kulturinstitut
Date change: original date 4 June
Venue Grätzl-Zentrum Hernals
Venue 4lthangrund
Venue 48er-Tandler Margareten
Venue Fußballverein 1210 Wien
Venue Theater Arche
Venue CAPE 10
Venue Haus der Republik - Volkskundemuseum Wien
A table, a chair, a bottle. And a glass of wine, which a waiter is serving to a guest. That is how it starts. But who is serving who? Or who is serving whom? Who will foot the bill at the end of the day? Who will up the ante? In the work of British author and director Tim Etchells, which he originally developed with Bertrand Lesca and Nasi Voutsas in Avignon, power dynamics are played out both acerbically and humorously in countless variations of the same scene. With a table, chair and bottle, the Free Republic of Vienna, in cooperation with the Volkstheater in den Bezirken, is inviting audiences in all 23 districts of Vienna to see the slapstick comedy during spring and autumn, from Tschauner Bühne in Ottakring to the football club in Floridsdorf. Join us – after all, everyone has to deal with power, and that can be a nightmare or insanely funny.
Die Rechnung / L’Addition by Tim Etchells marks the start of the Volksstück / Pièce Commune series, which the Free Republic of Vienna produces together with the Festival d’Avignon: touring plays with a maximum of two actors and hardly any technology, staged by a different artist each year and performed in community centers, on soccer pitches, openair stages etc. Popular theatre at the highest level, world theatre for everyone.
Direction Tim Etchells Text Tim Etchells, Bertrand Lesca, Nasi Voutsas With Frank Genser, Christoph Schüchner Assistant Director German Version Johanna Mitulla Translation Astrid Sommer Music Graeme Miller Stage design Richard Lowdon Light design Alex Fernandes
The German language version is a joint project of Wiener Festwochen | Freie Republik Wien and Volkstheater in den Bezirken Production original version Festival d'Avignon Coproduction Original Version
GRRRANIT Scène nationale de Belfort, Centre culturel André Malraux Scène nationale de Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, Théâtre de la Manufacture CDN Nancy Lorraine, CCAS les activités sociales de l’énergie, le Théâtre Silvia Monfort (Paris), La Vignette Scène conventionnée Université Paul-Valéry (Montpellier), Théâtre du Bois de l’Aune (Aix-en-Provence), Théâtre de Choisy-le-Roi Scène conventionnée d’intérêt national art et création pour la diversité linguistique, Théâtre Alibi (Bastia), The Coronet Theatre (London)
Premiere (L’Addition) July 2023, Festival d’Avignon
Premiere German language version (Die Rechnung) May 2024, Wiener Festwochen
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