Rosenburg summer night comedy
Summer night comedy Rosenburg (until 2014 Shakespeare on the Rosenburg ) is the name of a theater festival that takes place annually in the Waldviertel in Lower Austria and primarily plays plays by William Shakespeare . The festival tent is located on the grounds of the Rosenburg , a renaissance castle that is located in Rosenburg in the Kamptal Nature Park .
The festival
Alexander Waechter directed the festival from 2004 to 2014. The performances take place in July and August. Every year over 10,000 spectators come to the Rosenburg to find a unique ambience and a magnificent backdrop for Shakespeare's works. From the beginning, the festival has also been a member of the Lower Austria Theater Festival . At the end of 2014, Alexander Waechter handed over the management to Nina Blum , who renamed the festival the Rosenburg Summer Night Comedy .
The premiere of Jean Poiret's A Cage Full of Fools , planned for 2020, has been postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic .
The stage
The covered arena stage was designed by François Valentiny . The “theater-in-the-round”, which is rare for Austria, is the trademark of Shakespeare's mediation at the Rosenburg. There are only seven rows of seats, so that despite the large number of spectators (856 seats), the intimacy of a small theater with great proximity to the actors is offered.
The program
Every year an ensemble of young actors shows a different major work by the great English playwright in a fresh interpretation. 2013 is an exception with a performance composed of several pieces.
- Shakespeare at the Rosenburg
- 2004 Hamlet , directed by Birgit Doll
- 2005 The Taming of the Shrew , director: Alexander Waechter ; Guest performance at the Stadttheater Baden in October 2005
- 2006 Much Ado About Nothing , Director: Alexander Waechter; Guest performance at the Stadttheater Baden in October 2006
- 2007 Was ihr wollt Director: Alexander Waechter; ORF recording: first broadcast July 2008; Guest performance at the Stadttheater Baden in October 2007
- 2008 The Merchant of Venice , directed by Birgit Doll
- 2009 A Midsummer Night's Dream , director: Birgit Doll
- 2010 Romeo and Juliet , directed by Carolin Pienkos
- 2011 Othello , directed by Sylvie Rohrer
- 2012 As you like it , directed by Helene Vogel
- 2013 Falstaff , directed by Birgit Doll
- 2014 The Imaginary Sick , Molière , directed by Alexander Waechter
- Rosenburg summer night comedy
- 2015 A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy , Woody Allen , directed by Marcus Ganser
- 2016 Calendar Girls , Tim Firth , director: Marcus Ganser
- 2017 Bedroom Guests , Alan Ayckbourn , directed by Marcus Ganser
- 2018 Monsieur Claude and his daughters , stage adaptation by Stefan Zimmermann , director: Marcus Ganser
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ derStandard.at - Nina Blum new director at the Rosenburg . APA notification dated October 22, 2014, accessed March 12, 2015.
- ↑ Theater Festival: Between waiting and rejecting. In: ORF.at . May 1, 2020, accessed May 1, 2020 .
- ^ Festival website