The seventh studio album by the legendary Viennese band 5/8erl in Ehr'n is ready to go.
BURN ON replaces burnout as a common ailment:
Our society is in constant stress, but pushing through to exhaustion is the norm. Breaks are not planned, BURN ON! 5/8erl in Ehr’n turn the tables and provide a sound therapy with BURN ON! and songs for the wonderful dolce far niente. Viennese soul serves as a painkiller against the overwhelming everyday life of our times. The 8erl have perfected their do-it-yourself ethos over 18 years, playing a diverse range of music in unusual line-ups from the Danube, through the Nile and Amazon, to the Mississippi, and they make music and sing with joy. BURN ON!

Max Gaier, Robert Slivovsky: Vocals
Miki Liebermann: Guitar
Hanibal Scheutz: Bass
Clemens Wenger: E-Piano, Accordion

Happy is he who forgets. Or remembers? For example, the year 1926. On August 1st, an old wooden grinding mill in Reichenau was converted into a theater and opened with Die Fledermaus.

One hundred years later, the Reichenau Festival returns to these very origins: with a new production set in Vienna in the year 1926. Nils Strunk and Lukas Schrenk are now dedicating themselves to a great operetta for the first time, to put it another way: the operetta par excellence.

Their version of Die Fledermaus pulses to the rhythm of the "Roaring Twenties": swing, blues, and Charleston meet the timeless melodies of Johann Strauss. An era on the knife's edge between economic hardship and escapism, hyperinflation and hedonism.

In this dance on the volcano, the entanglement unfolds around the wealthy Gabriel von Eisenstein, who ends up at a party in the most notorious cabaret in the city instead of prison: the "Palais Orlofsky." The champagne corks pop, and the fragile façade of bourgeois propriety begins to crumble...

An excellent live band and a high-caliber ensemble from drama and musical theater perform in this intoxicating mélange of the Golden Operetta Era and the Golden Twenties. In July 2026, the "Palais Orlofsky" will open its doors.
Will you be there?

Cast:

Direction, music and text adaptation: Nils Strunk & Lukas Schrenk
Production: Julia Wagner, Tina Schmidt

With:
Helmut Bohatsch Julia Edtmeier
Gerhard Kasal
Peter Lesiak Eva Mayer
Jakob Semotan
Sebastian Wendelin et al.

Skandalumwoben is Arthur Schnitzler's Reigen has always been. What was considered offensive over a hundred years ago is now commonplace. What causes problems today was barely an issue back then. The Reigen: a scene play of people who find themselves in a field of tension – in dialogue, in interpretation, and in time. Then as now. It touches you how Schnitzler's characters plunge headlong into their love adventures to wrest pleasure and passion from their "ah so short lives." You laugh about it, and in the next moment, the laughter catches in your throat as you witness how they lie, disguise themselves, manipulate, and play with their power. Insightfully, Schnitzler dissects his characters: overwhelmed by their own fears and the pressure of convention, they fail to remain entirely themselves in the most intimate moments. Perhaps not unfamiliar to us, is it?

Where we cover our naked vulnerability, it not only affects the lovers, the players, but also us spectators.

The New Play Space offers the perfect arena for Schnitzler's classic to observe these slippery games on the dance floor of love from all sides. Join us in circling around intimacy and alienation, scandal and society, love and double standards.

Cast

Direction: Alexandra Henkel & Dietmar König
Stage & Costume: Dimitrij Muraschov
Dramaturgy: Lisa Kerlin
Production Management: Julia Wagner, Tina Schmidt

The Prostitute: Theresa Affolter
The Soldier: Lukas Watzl
The Chambermaid: Bettina Schwarz
The Young Man: Markus Freistätter
The Young Woman: Alexandra Henkel
The Husband: Dietmar König
The Sweet Girl: Clara Wolfram
The Poet: Daniel Jesch
The Actress: Stefanie Dvorak
The Count: Stefan Jürgens

Happy is he who forgets. Or remembers? For example, the year 1926. On August 1st, an old wooden grinding mill in Reichenau was converted into a theater and opened with Die Fledermaus.

One hundred years later, the Reichenau Festival returns to these very origins: with a new production set in Vienna in the year 1926. Nils Strunk and Lukas Schrenk are now dedicating themselves to a great operetta for the first time, to put it another way: the operetta par excellence.

Their version of Die Fledermaus pulses to the rhythm of the "Roaring Twenties": swing, blues, and Charleston meet the timeless melodies of Johann Strauss. An era on the knife's edge between economic hardship and escapism, hyperinflation and hedonism.

In this dance on the volcano, the entanglement unfolds around the wealthy Gabriel von Eisenstein, who ends up at a party in the most notorious cabaret in the city instead of prison: the "Palais Orlofsky." The champagne corks pop, and the fragile façade of bourgeois propriety begins to crumble...

An excellent live band and a high-caliber ensemble from drama and musical theater perform in this intoxicating mélange of the Golden Operetta Era and the Golden Twenties. In July 2026, the "Palais Orlofsky" will open its doors.
Will you be there?

Cast:

Direction, music and text adaptation: Nils Strunk & Lukas Schrenk
Production: Julia Wagner, Tina Schmidt

With:
Helmut Bohatsch Julia Edtmeier
Gerhard Kasal
Peter Lesiak Eva Mayer
Jakob Semotan
Sebastian Wendelin et al.

Happy is he who forgets. Or remembers? For example, the year 1926. On August 1st, an old wooden grinding mill in Reichenau was converted into a theater and opened with Die Fledermaus.

One hundred years later, the Reichenau Festival returns to these very origins: with a new production set in Vienna in the year 1926. Nils Strunk and Lukas Schrenk are now dedicating themselves to a great operetta for the first time, to put it another way: the operetta par excellence.

Their version of Die Fledermaus pulses to the rhythm of the "Roaring Twenties": swing, blues, and Charleston meet the timeless melodies of Johann Strauss. An era on the knife's edge between economic hardship and escapism, hyperinflation and hedonism.

In this dance on the volcano, the entanglement unfolds around the wealthy Gabriel von Eisenstein, who ends up at a party in the most notorious cabaret in the city instead of prison: the "Palais Orlofsky." The champagne corks pop, and the fragile façade of bourgeois propriety begins to crumble...

An excellent live band and a high-caliber ensemble from drama and musical theater perform in this intoxicating mélange of the Golden Operetta Era and the Golden Twenties. In July 2026, the "Palais Orlofsky" will open its doors.
Will you be there?

Cast:

Direction, music and text adaptation: Nils Strunk & Lukas Schrenk
Production: Julia Wagner, Tina Schmidt

With:
Helmut Bohatsch Julia Edtmeier
Gerhard Kasal
Peter Lesiak Eva Mayer
Jakob Semotan
Sebastian Wendelin et al.

Skandalumwoben is Arthur Schnitzler's Reigen has always been. What was considered offensive over a hundred years ago is now commonplace. What causes problems today was barely an issue back then. The Reigen: a scene play of people who find themselves in a field of tension – in dialogue, in interpretation, and in time. Then as now. It touches you how Schnitzler's characters plunge headlong into their love adventures to wrest pleasure and passion from their "ah so short lives." You laugh about it, and in the next moment, the laughter catches in your throat as you witness how they lie, disguise themselves, manipulate, and play with their power. Insightfully, Schnitzler dissects his characters: overwhelmed by their own fears and the pressure of convention, they fail to remain entirely themselves in the most intimate moments. Perhaps not unfamiliar to us, is it?

Where we cover our naked vulnerability, it not only affects the lovers, the players, but also us spectators.

The New Play Space offers the perfect arena for Schnitzler's classic to observe these slippery games on the dance floor of love from all sides. Join us in circling around intimacy and alienation, scandal and society, love and double standards.

Cast

Direction: Alexandra Henkel & Dietmar König
Stage & Costume: Dimitrij Muraschov
Dramaturgy: Lisa Kerlin
Production Management: Julia Wagner, Tina Schmidt

The Prostitute: Theresa Affolter
The Soldier: Lukas Watzl
The Chambermaid: Bettina Schwarz
The Young Man: Markus Freistätter
The Young Woman: Alexandra Henkel
The Husband: Dietmar König
The Sweet Girl: Clara Wolfram
The Poet: Daniel Jesch
The Actress: Stefanie Dvorak
The Count: Stefan Jürgens

Skandalumwoben is Arthur Schnitzler's Reigen has always been. What was considered offensive over a hundred years ago is now commonplace. What causes problems today was barely an issue back then. The Reigen: a scene play of people who find themselves in a field of tension – in dialogue, in interpretation, and in time. Then as now. It touches you how Schnitzler's characters plunge headlong into their love adventures to wrest pleasure and passion from their "ah so short lives." You laugh about it, and in the next moment, the laughter catches in your throat as you witness how they lie, disguise themselves, manipulate, and play with their power. Insightfully, Schnitzler dissects his characters: overwhelmed by their own fears and the pressure of convention, they fail to remain entirely themselves in the most intimate moments. Perhaps not unfamiliar to us, is it?

Where we cover our naked vulnerability, it not only affects the lovers, the players, but also us spectators.

The New Play Space offers the perfect arena for Schnitzler's classic to observe these slippery games on the dance floor of love from all sides. Join us in circling around intimacy and alienation, scandal and society, love and double standards.

Cast

Direction: Alexandra Henkel & Dietmar König
Stage & Costume: Dimitrij Muraschov
Dramaturgy: Lisa Kerlin
Production Management: Julia Wagner, Tina Schmidt

The Prostitute: Theresa Affolter
The Soldier: Lukas Watzl
The Chambermaid: Bettina Schwarz
The Young Man: Markus Freistätter
The Young Woman: Alexandra Henkel
The Husband: Dietmar König
The Sweet Girl: Clara Wolfram
The Poet: Daniel Jesch
The Actress: Stefanie Dvorak
The Count: Stefan Jürgens

Under a bridge on the Seine, Andreas lingers as a failed existence. Through a mysterious encounter with a stranger, the possibility of a new beginning opens up. But how does one deal with happiness when it suddenly overwhelms? The homeless man wanders through the streets of Paris, life wants to flow and be celebrated. A little drink won’t hurt …

We follow the good-natured, seemingly naive city drifter, recognizing ourselves in his inner dividedness and observing how the past gradually starts to catch up with him. Roth skillfully depicts this development and raises the question of the fateful aspects of our lives. His poetic language takes us deep, his stories stir up emotions, but they always also speak of the quiet longing for wonders.

It is comforting and deeply moving how Joseph Roth portrays the fate of the drinker Andreas in his literary testament – at once a mirror of his own life and exemplary for many who walk this path. He shows us two faces that can never reconcile yet can be brought together in one person.

In a gentle tone, full of quiet dignity and subtle humor, he opens a space where pain, hope, and humor can quietly coexist.

Cast

Director: Alexandra Liedtke
Drama: Lisa Kerlin
Stage & Costume: Johanna Lakner
Production: Julia Wagner, Tina Schmidt

Andreas, the drinker: Joseph Lorenz
Therese, the love (also as the lady of the house, among others): N.N.
Stefan, the miracle (also as a gentleman of a certain age, among others): David Oberkogler
Joseph, the addiction (also as the innkeeper & music, among others): Oliver Urbanski

Happy is he who forgets. Or remembers? For example, the year 1926. On August 1st, an old wooden grinding mill in Reichenau was converted into a theater and opened with Die Fledermaus.

One hundred years later, the Reichenau Festival returns to these very origins: with a new production set in Vienna in the year 1926. Nils Strunk and Lukas Schrenk are now dedicating themselves to a great operetta for the first time, to put it another way: the operetta par excellence.

Their version of Die Fledermaus pulses to the rhythm of the "Roaring Twenties": swing, blues, and Charleston meet the timeless melodies of Johann Strauss. An era on the knife's edge between economic hardship and escapism, hyperinflation and hedonism.

In this dance on the volcano, the entanglement unfolds around the wealthy Gabriel von Eisenstein, who ends up at a party in the most notorious cabaret in the city instead of prison: the "Palais Orlofsky." The champagne corks pop, and the fragile façade of bourgeois propriety begins to crumble...

An excellent live band and a high-caliber ensemble from drama and musical theater perform in this intoxicating mélange of the Golden Operetta Era and the Golden Twenties. In July 2026, the "Palais Orlofsky" will open its doors.
Will you be there?

Cast:

Direction, music and text adaptation: Nils Strunk & Lukas Schrenk
Production: Julia Wagner, Tina Schmidt

With:
Helmut Bohatsch Julia Edtmeier
Gerhard Kasal
Peter Lesiak Eva Mayer
Jakob Semotan
Sebastian Wendelin et al.

How can one ever win life if one never dares to risk it? This question lies at the heart of Stefan Zweig's novella, which still surprises us today with its urgency. Triggered by an observation, Mrs. C. recalls a fateful moment in her own life. In the safe confines of a conversation with a stranger, she begins to tell her story …

In 24 hours, Mrs. C. experiences more love, danger, humanity, betrayal, and insight than in all the decades before. Stefan Zweig skillfully portrays her story, which stands for the whole in its individuality. Caught in the conflict between convention and identity, Mrs. C. is an exemplar of the yearning for inner and outer freedom. Her narration reminds us that we are only truly alive when we dare the unknown – surrendering ourselves to the flow of life.

For the stage, this story is a gift: Before us unfolds a fluid, playful world that draws us into the depths of human passion and fragility. Stefan Zweig's vibrant text transforms into an atmospheric experience in a dramatization by Thomas Kahry, inviting us to dance, to take risks, to live!

Cast:

Director: Gordon Greenberg
Adaptation: Thomas Kahry & Gordon Greenberg
Stage & Costume: Hannah König
Makeup: N.N.
Light: N.N.
Dramaturgy & Assistant Direction: Julia Wagner
Production: Julia Wagner, Tina Schmidt

Mrs. C.: Julia Stemberger
Teo: Nils Arztmann
Agnes: Sona MacDonald
Georges, Pianist (et al.): Alex Kapl

Happy is he who forgets. Or remembers? For example, the year 1926. On August 1st, an old wooden grinding mill in Reichenau was converted into a theater and opened with Die Fledermaus.

One hundred years later, the Reichenau Festival returns to these very origins: with a new production set in Vienna in the year 1926. Nils Strunk and Lukas Schrenk are now dedicating themselves to a great operetta for the first time, to put it another way: the operetta par excellence.

Their version of Die Fledermaus pulses to the rhythm of the "Roaring Twenties": swing, blues, and Charleston meet the timeless melodies of Johann Strauss. An era on the knife's edge between economic hardship and escapism, hyperinflation and hedonism.

In this dance on the volcano, the entanglement unfolds around the wealthy Gabriel von Eisenstein, who ends up at a party in the most notorious cabaret in the city instead of prison: the "Palais Orlofsky." The champagne corks pop, and the fragile façade of bourgeois propriety begins to crumble...

An excellent live band and a high-caliber ensemble from drama and musical theater perform in this intoxicating mélange of the Golden Operetta Era and the Golden Twenties. In July 2026, the "Palais Orlofsky" will open its doors.
Will you be there?

Cast:

Direction, music and text adaptation: Nils Strunk & Lukas Schrenk
Production: Julia Wagner, Tina Schmidt

With:
Helmut Bohatsch Julia Edtmeier
Gerhard Kasal
Peter Lesiak Eva Mayer
Jakob Semotan
Sebastian Wendelin et al.

Under a bridge on the Seine, Andreas lingers as a failed existence. Through a mysterious encounter with a stranger, the possibility of a new beginning opens up. But how does one deal with happiness when it suddenly overwhelms? The homeless man wanders through the streets of Paris, life wants to flow and be celebrated. A little drink won’t hurt …

We follow the good-natured, seemingly naive city drifter, recognizing ourselves in his inner dividedness and observing how the past gradually starts to catch up with him. Roth skillfully depicts this development and raises the question of the fateful aspects of our lives. His poetic language takes us deep, his stories stir up emotions, but they always also speak of the quiet longing for wonders.

It is comforting and deeply moving how Joseph Roth portrays the fate of the drinker Andreas in his literary testament – at once a mirror of his own life and exemplary for many who walk this path. He shows us two faces that can never reconcile yet can be brought together in one person.

In a gentle tone, full of quiet dignity and subtle humor, he opens a space where pain, hope, and humor can quietly coexist.

Cast

Director: Alexandra Liedtke
Drama: Lisa Kerlin
Stage & Costume: Johanna Lakner
Production: Julia Wagner, Tina Schmidt

Andreas, the drinker: Joseph Lorenz
Therese, the love (also as the lady of the house, among others): N.N.
Stefan, the miracle (also as a gentleman of a certain age, among others): David Oberkogler
Joseph, the addiction (also as the innkeeper & music, among others): Oliver Urbanski

Skandalumwoben is Arthur Schnitzler's Reigen has always been. What was considered offensive over a hundred years ago is now commonplace. What causes problems today was barely an issue back then. The Reigen: a scene play of people who find themselves in a field of tension – in dialogue, in interpretation, and in time. Then as now. It touches you how Schnitzler's characters plunge headlong into their love adventures to wrest pleasure and passion from their "ah so short lives." You laugh about it, and in the next moment, the laughter catches in your throat as you witness how they lie, disguise themselves, manipulate, and play with their power. Insightfully, Schnitzler dissects his characters: overwhelmed by their own fears and the pressure of convention, they fail to remain entirely themselves in the most intimate moments. Perhaps not unfamiliar to us, is it?

Where we cover our naked vulnerability, it not only affects the lovers, the players, but also us spectators.

The New Play Space offers the perfect arena for Schnitzler's classic to observe these slippery games on the dance floor of love from all sides. Join us in circling around intimacy and alienation, scandal and society, love and double standards.

Cast

Direction: Alexandra Henkel & Dietmar König
Stage & Costume: Dimitrij Muraschov
Dramaturgy: Lisa Kerlin
Production Management: Julia Wagner, Tina Schmidt

The Prostitute: Theresa Affolter
The Soldier: Lukas Watzl
The Chambermaid: Bettina Schwarz
The Young Man: Markus Freistätter
The Young Woman: Alexandra Henkel
The Husband: Dietmar König
The Sweet Girl: Clara Wolfram
The Poet: Daniel Jesch
The Actress: Stefanie Dvorak
The Count: Stefan Jürgens

Skandalumwoben is Arthur Schnitzler's Reigen has always been. What was considered offensive over a hundred years ago is now commonplace. What causes problems today was barely an issue back then. The Reigen: a scene play of people who find themselves in a field of tension – in dialogue, in interpretation, and in time. Then as now. It touches you how Schnitzler's characters plunge headlong into their love adventures to wrest pleasure and passion from their "ah so short lives." You laugh about it, and in the next moment, the laughter catches in your throat as you witness how they lie, disguise themselves, manipulate, and play with their power. Insightfully, Schnitzler dissects his characters: overwhelmed by their own fears and the pressure of convention, they fail to remain entirely themselves in the most intimate moments. Perhaps not unfamiliar to us, is it?

Where we cover our naked vulnerability, it not only affects the lovers, the players, but also us spectators.

The New Play Space offers the perfect arena for Schnitzler's classic to observe these slippery games on the dance floor of love from all sides. Join us in circling around intimacy and alienation, scandal and society, love and double standards.

Cast

Direction: Alexandra Henkel & Dietmar König
Stage & Costume: Dimitrij Muraschov
Dramaturgy: Lisa Kerlin
Production Management: Julia Wagner, Tina Schmidt

The Prostitute: Theresa Affolter
The Soldier: Lukas Watzl
The Chambermaid: Bettina Schwarz
The Young Man: Markus Freistätter
The Young Woman: Alexandra Henkel
The Husband: Dietmar König
The Sweet Girl: Clara Wolfram
The Poet: Daniel Jesch
The Actress: Stefanie Dvorak
The Count: Stefan Jürgens

Under a bridge on the Seine, Andreas lingers as a failed existence. Through a mysterious encounter with a stranger, the possibility of a new beginning opens up. But how does one deal with happiness when it suddenly overwhelms? The homeless man wanders through the streets of Paris, life wants to flow and be celebrated. A little drink won’t hurt …

We follow the good-natured, seemingly naive city drifter, recognizing ourselves in his inner dividedness and observing how the past gradually starts to catch up with him. Roth skillfully depicts this development and raises the question of the fateful aspects of our lives. His poetic language takes us deep, his stories stir up emotions, but they always also speak of the quiet longing for wonders.

It is comforting and deeply moving how Joseph Roth portrays the fate of the drinker Andreas in his literary testament – at once a mirror of his own life and exemplary for many who walk this path. He shows us two faces that can never reconcile yet can be brought together in one person.

In a gentle tone, full of quiet dignity and subtle humor, he opens a space where pain, hope, and humor can quietly coexist.

Cast

Director: Alexandra Liedtke
Drama: Lisa Kerlin
Stage & Costume: Johanna Lakner
Production: Julia Wagner, Tina Schmidt

Andreas, the drinker: Joseph Lorenz
Therese, the love (also as the lady of the house, among others): N.N.
Stefan, the miracle (also as a gentleman of a certain age, among others): David Oberkogler
Joseph, the addiction (also as the innkeeper & music, among others): Oliver Urbanski

How can one ever win life if one never dares to risk it? This question lies at the heart of Stefan Zweig's novella, which still surprises us today with its urgency. Triggered by an observation, Mrs. C. recalls a fateful moment in her own life. In the safe confines of a conversation with a stranger, she begins to tell her story …

In 24 hours, Mrs. C. experiences more love, danger, humanity, betrayal, and insight than in all the decades before. Stefan Zweig skillfully portrays her story, which stands for the whole in its individuality. Caught in the conflict between convention and identity, Mrs. C. is an exemplar of the yearning for inner and outer freedom. Her narration reminds us that we are only truly alive when we dare the unknown – surrendering ourselves to the flow of life.

For the stage, this story is a gift: Before us unfolds a fluid, playful world that draws us into the depths of human passion and fragility. Stefan Zweig's vibrant text transforms into an atmospheric experience in a dramatization by Thomas Kahry, inviting us to dance, to take risks, to live!

Cast:

Director: Gordon Greenberg
Adaptation: Thomas Kahry & Gordon Greenberg
Stage & Costume: Hannah König
Makeup: N.N.
Light: N.N.
Dramaturgy & Assistant Direction: Julia Wagner
Production: Julia Wagner, Tina Schmidt

Mrs. C.: Julia Stemberger
Teo: Nils Arztmann
Agnes: Sona MacDonald
Georges, Pianist (et al.): Alex Kapl

Happy is he who forgets. Or remembers? For example, the year 1926. On August 1st, an old wooden grinding mill in Reichenau was converted into a theater and opened with Die Fledermaus.

One hundred years later, the Reichenau Festival returns to these very origins: with a new production set in Vienna in the year 1926. Nils Strunk and Lukas Schrenk are now dedicating themselves to a great operetta for the first time, to put it another way: the operetta par excellence.

Their version of Die Fledermaus pulses to the rhythm of the "Roaring Twenties": swing, blues, and Charleston meet the timeless melodies of Johann Strauss. An era on the knife's edge between economic hardship and escapism, hyperinflation and hedonism.

In this dance on the volcano, the entanglement unfolds around the wealthy Gabriel von Eisenstein, who ends up at a party in the most notorious cabaret in the city instead of prison: the "Palais Orlofsky." The champagne corks pop, and the fragile façade of bourgeois propriety begins to crumble...

An excellent live band and a high-caliber ensemble from drama and musical theater perform in this intoxicating mélange of the Golden Operetta Era and the Golden Twenties. In July 2026, the "Palais Orlofsky" will open its doors.
Will you be there?

Cast:

Direction, music and text adaptation: Nils Strunk & Lukas Schrenk
Production: Julia Wagner, Tina Schmidt

With:
Helmut Bohatsch Julia Edtmeier
Gerhard Kasal
Peter Lesiak Eva Mayer
Jakob Semotan
Sebastian Wendelin et al.

Happy is he who forgets. Or remembers? For example, the year 1926. On August 1st, an old wooden grinding mill in Reichenau was converted into a theater and opened with Die Fledermaus.

One hundred years later, the Reichenau Festival returns to these very origins: with a new production set in Vienna in the year 1926. Nils Strunk and Lukas Schrenk are now dedicating themselves to a great operetta for the first time, to put it another way: the operetta par excellence.

Their version of Die Fledermaus pulses to the rhythm of the "Roaring Twenties": swing, blues, and Charleston meet the timeless melodies of Johann Strauss. An era on the knife's edge between economic hardship and escapism, hyperinflation and hedonism.

In this dance on the volcano, the entanglement unfolds around the wealthy Gabriel von Eisenstein, who ends up at a party in the most notorious cabaret in the city instead of prison: the "Palais Orlofsky." The champagne corks pop, and the fragile façade of bourgeois propriety begins to crumble...

An excellent live band and a high-caliber ensemble from drama and musical theater perform in this intoxicating mélange of the Golden Operetta Era and the Golden Twenties. In July 2026, the "Palais Orlofsky" will open its doors.
Will you be there?

Cast:

Direction, music and text adaptation: Nils Strunk & Lukas Schrenk
Production: Julia Wagner, Tina Schmidt

With:
Helmut Bohatsch Julia Edtmeier
Gerhard Kasal
Peter Lesiak Eva Mayer
Jakob Semotan
Sebastian Wendelin et al.

Skandalumwoben is Arthur Schnitzler's Reigen has always been. What was considered offensive over a hundred years ago is now commonplace. What causes problems today was barely an issue back then. The Reigen: a scene play of people who find themselves in a field of tension – in dialogue, in interpretation, and in time. Then as now. It touches you how Schnitzler's characters plunge headlong into their love adventures to wrest pleasure and passion from their "ah so short lives." You laugh about it, and in the next moment, the laughter catches in your throat as you witness how they lie, disguise themselves, manipulate, and play with their power. Insightfully, Schnitzler dissects his characters: overwhelmed by their own fears and the pressure of convention, they fail to remain entirely themselves in the most intimate moments. Perhaps not unfamiliar to us, is it?

Where we cover our naked vulnerability, it not only affects the lovers, the players, but also us spectators.

The New Play Space offers the perfect arena for Schnitzler's classic to observe these slippery games on the dance floor of love from all sides. Join us in circling around intimacy and alienation, scandal and society, love and double standards.

Cast

Direction: Alexandra Henkel & Dietmar König
Stage & Costume: Dimitrij Muraschov
Dramaturgy: Lisa Kerlin
Production Management: Julia Wagner, Tina Schmidt

The Prostitute: Theresa Affolter
The Soldier: Lukas Watzl
The Chambermaid: Bettina Schwarz
The Young Man: Markus Freistätter
The Young Woman: Alexandra Henkel
The Husband: Dietmar König
The Sweet Girl: Clara Wolfram
The Poet: Daniel Jesch
The Actress: Stefanie Dvorak
The Count: Stefan Jürgens