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Lisanne 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...

Lisanne Brouwer - July 16, 2018

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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...

Lisanne Brouwer - May 29, 2018

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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 ...

Lisanne Brouwer - May 28, 2018

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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 ...

Lisanne Brouwer - May 28, 2018

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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...

Lisanne Brouwer - May 28, 2018

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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-...

Lisanne Brouwer - May 28, 2018

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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...

Lisanne Brouwer - May 28, 2018

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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 an...

Lisanne Brouwer - May 28, 2018

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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...

Lisanne Brouwer - May 8, 2018

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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...

Lisanne Brouwer - May 7, 2018

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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...

Lisanne Brouwer - May 3, 2018

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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...

Lisanne Brouwer - May 3, 2018

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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 ...

Lisanne Brouwer - May 3, 2018

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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...

Lisanne Brouwer - March 29, 2018

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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...

Lisanne Brouwer - March 29, 2018

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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...

Lisanne Brouwer - March 29, 2018

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