Thomas Verstraeten
Inselliebe (Love for the island)

Wiener Festwochen are looking for people who want to be part of a theatre performance on Donauinsel. Inselliebe will tell the stories of the people and groups who make the Donauinsel into Vienna’s greatest recreational paradise every spring to autumn. The Belgian artist Thomas Verstraeten, renowned for his large-scale, participative projects in the public sphere, will develop a theatre project in homage to Donauinsel together with over a hundred fans of the island. The performance will comprise about six scenes that take place all over Donauinsel. Various groups of Donauinsel visitors will recreate their usual activities during the performance. They will be fishing or barbecuing, skating or raving, lazing about or doing sports. Each extract of island life will be turned into a theatre event by dramatic lighting, an enthralling sound set and a huge painted backdrop as décor.

Who?
Everyone who likes to visit Donauinsel to swim, to fish, to barbecue, to do sports or to lie in the sun. Also everyone who comes here to rave or to cruise. No acting experience required.

Where?
The performance will take place in approx. six locations on Donauinsel south of Reichsbrücke.

When?
The performances will take place on 7 and 8 June 2025. Rehearsals will take place between 31 May and 6 June 2025.

Remuneration?
All participants will receive a payment of 250 euro for rehearsals and performance. Food and drink will be provided for all participants during rehearsals.

Learn More & Contact Us
If you are interested in participating, please send an email to inselliebe@festwochen.at or call us at +43 664 22 589 88.

*The Vienna Festival is one of the most prestigious art and culture festivals in the world. Every year in May and June since 1951, up to 100,000 people attend the theater, dance and performance programs throughout the city. The festivals' performances take place not only on theater stages, but also in unusual places or public spaces. Time and again, the festival engages with the city and its inhabitants and works with them to create performances in which they themselves take to the stage.