Turkish CommunityLisanne Brouwer
Dutch born and bred, Lisanne holds a Liberal Arts and Sciences BA, is passionate about Diversity and Cultural Studies and likes theatre, art museums, cooking, trying out new restaurants and singing in the shower. After a great few months in Vienna with METROPOLE, an MA in Arts Administration & Cultural Policy at Goldsmiths, University of London is up next.
Art
Buying Art for the First Time | An Essential Guide to Viennese Etiquette
Metropole and viennacontemporary join forces to help new buyers navigate the local art scene in style
When you visit the sauna for the first time...
Stage
A Bleak Family Portrait at the Burgtheater | Eugene O’Neill’s Long Day’s Journey i...
Family relations are tested to the breaking point in the Burgtheater’s rendition of Eugene O’Neill’s Long Day's Journey into Night
A house divide...
Film
Restrained Young Lovers in On Chesil Beach
Saoirse Ronan and Billy Howle are two lovers brought down by repressive times.
A decade after starring in Atonement and getting an Academy Award ...
Film
Promised Land | America’s “Fat Elvis” Period
For director Eugene Jarecki, “Fat Elvis” is a metaphor for a country in crisis.
If you watch Promised Land expecting a pleasant two-hour feature ...
Film
Our Top 5 Picks to Stream in June
There’s so much good television on streaming websites, to say nothing of the films. It’s impossible to keep track of what is worth your while.
And wh...
Music
Kris Kristofferson and CeeLo Green Headline Jazz Fest Wien
Vienna’s annual jazz summer presents international stars and local talent.
As orchestras go on tour and Vienna’s major concert halls take a well-...
June 2018
The Female Gaze | Florentina Pakosta’s Retrospective at the Albertina
The combative artist gets a large retrospective
There is no denying that throughout the history of art, the bulk of works has come from men who p...
Stage
Anarchy & Absurdity | English Mondays at the Schauspielhaus
English Mondays at the Schauspielhaus are a mad scientist’s laboratory of experimental theater.
An effective antidote to theatrical ennui, the anarc...
Film
Metropole’s Top 5 Picks to Stream this May
There’s so much good television on streaming websites, to say nothing of the films. It’s impossible to keep track of what is worth your while. Use tho...
Stage
The Moon has Fallen from the Sky | Friendship, Power and Loyalty in Guards at the Taj
The Vienna Theatre Project production explores the limits of friendship in a witty and intimate performance.
When low-rank Imperial Guard Humayun ca...
Art
Get a Glimpse of the Man Behind ‘The Kiss’
The Klimt Villa offers an insightful glance into the private life of the iconic painter.
“I am convinced that I am not particularly interesting a...
Culture
Bonobo in Vienna | Dreamy Beats for a Changing World
The introspective musician creates dreamy beats for a changing world.
With an eclectic style that draws from jazz and world music, English electr...
Culture
Don’t Miss the Patriotic Pop Hysterics at this Year’s Eurovision Song Contest
The campy continent-wide tournament of patriotic pop hysterics returns.
Every year in May, Europeans fall under the peculiar spell of an unusual ...
Music
A Midsummer Night’s Dream Comes to Life in a Brand New Production
Benjamin Britten’s take on Shakespeare’s seminal comedy comes to life in a brand new production.
English may not be n...
Art
Retrospective | Anton Romako
A big retrospective presents outstanding works from Anton Romako, a painter ahead of his time.
One of the great pioneers of Modernism, Anton Romako...
Art
“The Shape of Time” Brings New Masters to the Kunsthistorisches Museum
Old Masters meet the new, bridging the gaps in the KHM’s collection with an new exhibit, "The Shape of Time".
Despite representing some 5,000 years...
