Where do iconic figures of the theatre such as Elfriede Jelinek and Peter Brook meet radical performers like Carolina Bianchi and nora chipaumire? Where do we hear the music of Pussy Riot side by side with Mozart, where does Florentina Holzinger get herself to a nunnery and Hamlet is a woman? Where are classics as well as diesel engines demolished? Which festival opens its offices to the public, has its own hymn and writes its own constitution? Where are politics, business and media dragged before the tribunal of the arts? At the Wiener Festwochen, in the Free Republic of Vienna!
Thanks to the Vermehrt Schönes!-tickets, all people under thirty can visit each performance for a price of only 15 Euros. This unique offer is made possible by the Erste Bank sponsorship programme.
Under-30ies are eligible for discounted tickets for EUR 15 in advance ticket sales (the discount does not apply to category I and II for tickets for La Clemenza di Tito, or to category I for Sancta (Arbeitstitel), BAROCCO and Kaddish Requiem "Babyn Jar". A 30% discount is available for these categories). Discounted tickets for EUR 10 or 15 can be purchased at the evening box office, subject to availability.
Please present an ID / proof of eligibility when purchasing these tickets.
From 18 May, Thursday to Saturday, from 10pm
The Rote Bar and the Weißer Salon at Volkstheater will be the place for all revellers to meet at night when they have still not had enough of the festival events and want to continue celebrating the community, life, the evening. This is where artists and audience will meet at concerts, performances and unbridled parties.
From 21 May, Tuesday to Sunday, 10am to 9pm
A dedicated House of the Republic will therefore open its doors, halls, courts, cafés and stairwells during the months of May and June. Local and international activist initiatives, students and the Free Republic team will move their workplaces to these lively headquarters of the Free Republic of Vienna at Volkskundemuseum.
