Three productions already on presale

We are excited to already share three highlights from the upcoming program with you. Tickets are available in our webshop.

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+++ Advance ticket sales for the entire program start on 28 February 2025, 10am +++ Advance ticket sales for the entire program start on 28 February 2025, 10am +++ Advance ticket sales for the entire program start on 28 February 2025, 10am +++ Advance ticket sales for the entire program start on 28 February 2025, 10am +++ Advance ticket sales for the entire program start on 28 February 2025, 10am +++ Advance ticket sales for the entire program start on 28 February 2025, 10am +++ Advance ticket sales for the entire program start on 28 February 2025, 10am  +++ Advance ticket sales for the entire program start on 28 February 2025, 10am +++

Three productions already on presale

We are excited to already share three highlights from the upcoming program with you. Tickets are available in our webshop.

Three productions already on presale

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RESISTANCE NOW! TourUpcoming dates

2025 began with a milestone for RESISTANCE NOW! – the reading of Elfriede Jelinek’s latest text, ENDSIEG | THE SECOND COMING, a commentary on Donald Trump’s re-election, performed live from Mosul and New York on Inauguration Day, January 20. Additional tour stops in Berlin and Vienna are already confirmed.

Open CallScholarship In the Field

In the Field offers 15 artists and cultural workers the opportunity to connect in Vienna from 30 May to 8 June 2025 and exchange ideas about their practice at the interface of art and community work.

Take partBecome part of the Council of the Republic

As a member of the Council of the Republic, you can once again accompany the entire festival this year, take part in discussions and get involved. We are looking for people under 30 and people over 65.

RESISTANCE NOW!: FREE CULTUREPetition for artistic freedom

Join the major campaign for the autonomy of cultural organizations in Europe and take a stand for solidarity and vigilance!
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Silver Lion of the Biennale Teatro 2025 for Ursina Lardi

Actress Ursina Lardi has been awarded the Silver Lion of the Theatre Biennale in Venice. Willem Dafoe, the artistic director of the Biennale, praised her remarkable ability to intertwine personal stories with societal contradictions and highlighted her performances as a form of artistic, political, and human resistance.

She will be performing at the world premiere of DIE SEHERIN at the 2025 Vienna Festival. A co-production of the Vienna Festival (Wiener Festwochen) | Freie Republik Wien, Venice Biennale and Schaubühne Berlin.

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New members of the Academy Second Modernism

An increasing number of organizations worldwide are joining the Academy Second Modernism. Among the newest members are the Taiwan Philharmonic and the Iraqi National Symphony Orchestra, warmly welcomed by Milo Rau. Together with Lydia Wenchen Kuo, Managing Director of the Taiwan Philharmonic, and Mohammed Amin Ezzat, Chief Conductor of the Iraqi Orchestra, he discussed global strategies for societal change.

The New York festival PROTOTYPE Festival: Opera/Theatre/ NOW, Outernational magazine and the Viennese artist agency Dr Raab & Dr Böhm have also recently joined the strong international alliance. Laurie Anderson was made an honorary member in New York.

`Finally, Vienna is back to being a theatre hotspot`.

‘It’s the most exciting thing theatre currently has on offer.’

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