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The Vienna Festival | Free Republic of Vienna is Europe's most significant cross-over festival with a radical socio-political impact.

96% capacity utilization +++ 100.000 visitors +++ 1.5 mio. reached Social Media Users +++ 2.800 media reports in 25 countries worldwide +++ 96% capacity utilization +++ 100.000 visitors +++ 1.5 mio. reached Social Media Users +++ 2.800 media reports in 25 countries worldwide +++ 96% capacity utilization +++ 100.000 visitors +++ 1.5 mio. reached Social Media Users +++ 2.800 media reports in 25 countries worldwide +++

The Vienna Festival | Free Republic of Vienna is Europe's most significant cross-over festival with a radical socio-political impact.

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4 SeptemberResistance now Stop the FPÖ!

Support the Burgtheater production team's appeal: Mavie Hörbiger, Elfriede Jelinek, Birgit Minichmayr, Caroline Peters, Claus Philipp and Milo Rau

Appeal

3 September 2024Start of the RESISTANCE NOW! Tour

Politically motivated attacks on cultural institutions and artists are becoming increasingly brazen. We say: “Dismiss the Politics, not the Artists!” This week, Milo Rau and partners from all over the world are launching the debate tour RESISTANCE NOW!

Tour Dates

29 August 2024Casting Call

Two actors are required for a play by Mariano Pensotti for the Wiener Festwochen 2025.

Casting Call

14 August 2024Open Petition - Sign our Letter to Prime Minister Robert Fico

We were astonished and shocked to learn of the decision by the Minister of Culture of the Republic of Slovakia, Martina Šimkovičová, to dismiss the general director of the Slovak National Theatre, Matej Drlička.

Sign the Petition now!

RESISTANCE NOW!
Appeal against the FPÖ by Elfriede Jelinek & Milo Rau

High time to resist – with the means of civil society activism and art! Together with Nobel Prize winner Elfriede Jelinek, Milo Rau is preparing the production of her anti-fascist play Burgtheater, which was barred for 45 years, at the Burgtheater itself. Today, Elfriede Jelinek, Mavie Hörbiger, Birgit Minichmayr, Caroline Peters, Claus Philipp and Milo Rau publish an appeal against the far-right FPÖ: ‘Not a single vote for the FPÖ!’.

Burgtheater Appeal