Meet Precious Nnebedum, a Multitalented Spoken Word Artist
“In my poems I’m always telling stories, because so many of them were passed on to me
by my family.”
Stage
More Current Than Ever, “Nina Simone – Four Women” Brings Down the House at Theater Drachengasse
A stellar cast and memorable songs transports the Civil Rights movement to the #BlackLivesMatter era
Passing the Baton
The Vienna Theatre Project meditates on MLK’s last night on earth in Katori Hall’s “The Mountaintop.”
Wien Modern III | Anything That Moves
I guess human beings will always pay attention to anything that moves. Or makes noise. In fact, I paid attention to people doing both for more than an hour at last Tuesday’s Wien Modern offering: the ensemble PHACE playing FACE …
Arrested Development at Theater Drachengasse
Annie Baker’s play “The Flick” puts the mundane into the spotlight at Theater Drachengasse. Growing up is never easy, as anyone who has ever done so can attest. Most of us have resorted to lowering our expectations, or clinging to …
Vienna’s Stages | The Magic behind the Curtains
Vienna’s biggest stages have plenty of secrets the audience never gets to see It’s remarkable how daunting, yet fascinating, a few old, chipped wooden boards dangerously inclined toward the audience can be. Crisscrossed with a mosaic of colored tape that …
Profiles | Gebrüder Moped
“Wiener Schmäh is maudlin, weepy, self-pitying, but also nostalgic, wistful, gemütlich and comforting.” If you really want to know what Wiener Schmäh is, ask a German. So say the Viennese cabaret duo, Gebruder Moped (Franz Stanzl and Martin Strecha-Derkics). For …
Jokes Aside | Vienna’s International Comedy Scene
Austria’s comedy scene gets some international flair as English language stand-up grows in Vienna Downstairs, the room is cozy but packed, the bare brick walls bathed in warm, yellow light. Excited chatter comes from an array of mismatched seats as …
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The Abyss Stares Back
On Halloween, Jesse Inman’s Smallest Theatre in the World #3 defies the rules of sanity and theater The dark courtyard of the Sigmund Freud Museum is deadly quiet at 22:00 – hardly the place you’d expect to enjoy some experimental …
A new Play at the Volkstheater is Taking on the Current Political Situation in Gutmenschen
Austria’s current political situation is scathingly portrayed in Gutmenschen.
Check out Yasmina Reza’s Play Art at the Vienna’s English Theatre Before it Closes on Feb 24th
In Yasmina Reza’s Art, three friends are at odds as their dynamic shifts.
Wait Until Dark | Vienna’s English Theatre Revives the 1960s Thriller
Home invasions and darkness are two of our most primal fears – and excellent ingredients for a great thriller, as Frederick Knott succinctly proves in his play Wait Until Dark.
Margaret Cho is Coming to Vienna Again with a New Tour After Personal Turmoil
Blunt and fearless, Margaret Cho is a real groundbreaker in her field of comedy, getting a rise from audiences since exploding on stage in the early 1990s.
Vienna’s Open House Theatre Performs the Experimental White Rabbit Red Rabbit
Nassim Soleimanpour has traveled the world without leaving his native Iran. Vienna’s Spektakel theater reserved a first row seat for the playwright, but it was empty during the performance of his maiden experimental play, White Rabbit Red Rabbit. Yet Soleimanpour …
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How to Learn to Dance in Vienna
This year, the dance floor can be yours. With these tips, you’ll have all the moves to wow the ball season crowd.
Kathy Griffin: America’s Most Wanted Comedian is Coming to Vienna!
The celebrated comic tells her side of the “decapitating Trump” affair
Robert Schenkkan’s Building the Wall premiers at Theater Drachengasse
The Vienna Theatre Project brings Robert Shenkkan’s Building The Wall to life in an atmospheric premiere
Wunderkind or not, Vienna’s Amateur Orchestras Give you a Stage
[vc_row][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text] A plethora of orchestras for non-professionals makes Vienna a paradise for amateur music
Catch Britain’s Stand-Up Wunderkind, Daniel Sloss at the Gartenbau Kino
The young Scottish funnyman shocks again on his 10th solo tour, Now
Take me to Church! Vienna’s Godliest Music Venues
[vc_row][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text] Your guide to the best musical performances at churches throughout Vienna.
Shen Yun’s Traditional Chinese Artistry Marked by Vivid Color and Breathtaking Choreography
Shen Yun: choreography, artistry, dance and color share the stage in this touring Chinese production
Franz Grillparzer’s Medea
The Volkstheater tackles the original woman scorned in Franz Grillparzer’s Medea
ImPulsTanz First, Katy Perry Second!
When Katy Perry released her newest album, “Chained to the Rhythm” on February 10th, and Joachim Kapuy, publicist for the annual summer dance festival, ImpulsTanz in Vienna, noticed that it looked extremely familiar. Frederik Heyman, the illustrator who created the …
Sleuth
Vienna’s English Theatre presents Anthony Shaffer’s exemplary thriller, filled with deceit and deception
The Toughest Ticket in Town
A closer look at the Vienna Philharmonic and the New Year’s Concert, its most important event of the year
