Theater Festival Lower Austria
The association Theaterfest Niederösterreich is an interest group of summer theaters in Lower Austria .
In 2020 the club will have a total of 20 active venues. These include seasonal open-air stages in castle courtyards and palace parks, in front of ruins and churches, as well as permanent houses that offer special summer programs.
The aim of the association is the joint marketing of nationally important summer theater activities in Lower Austria while adhering to the highest possible quality criteria. The cultural offer of the Theaterfest stages covers the majority of the branches of the performing arts: opera , operetta , musical , drama , popular theater , tabloid comedy, etc. a.
history
The association was founded at the end of 1993 by the “Working Group of Directors of the Lower Austrian Theater Summer” - including such renowned actors as Elfriede Ott , Felix Dvorak and Jürgen Wilke .
From the first season in 1994, the club was originally called the “Association of Directors of the Lower Austrian Theater Summer”, but in 1996 it was renamed to the more concise name “Theaterfest Niederösterreich”.
In the 26 summer seasons from 1994 to 2019, over 5.3 million visitors were counted, i.e. an average of around 200,000 visitors a year.
The club chairman was Peter Loidolt , director of the Reichenau Festival from 1994 to 2009 ; Werner Auer , director of the Felsenbühne Staatz, has been chairman of the Lower Austria Theater Festival since the 2010 season .
Many of the performances planned for 2020 have been postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic .
Venues
The following venues were or are in the association Theaterfest Niederösterreich (termination of membership does not mean the end of performances at the respective venues):
| Venue | Festival | Year of foundation, artistic orientation | Artistic director (current season) | The venue is a member of the theater festival |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Altenburg | Altenburg Abbey Summer Games | 1987-2011 classic drama | 1994 to 2012 | |
| Altenburg | Teatro Barocco in Altenburg Abbey | historical music theater since 2012 | 2014 to 2017 | |
| Amstetten | Musical summer Amstetten | 1983–1988 operetta and comedy ; since 1989 musical | Alex Balga | since 1994 |
| Asparn | Filmhof Wein4tel | since 2003 spoken theater and summer cinema | Michael Rosenberg | since 2007 |
| Baden near Vienna | Baden summer arena | since 1957 operetta and musical | Michael Lakner | since 1994 (except 2010) |
| Berndorf | City Theater Berndorf | Tabloid comedy | Kristina Sprenger | since 1994 |
| Bisamberg | Bisamberg Castle Games | no longer active after 1995 | only 1994 | |
| Bruck an der Leitha | Bruck Summer Festival | no longer active after 2003 | 2002 to 2003 | |
| Gars am Kamp | Opera Burg Gars | since 1990 opera | Johannes Wildner | since 1996 |
| Gutenstein | Gutenstein Festival | since 1993 Raimund , with the exception of 2008–2012: musical | Andrea Eckert | since 2002 |
| Hague | The Hague theater summer | since 2000 spoken theater | Christian Dolezal | since 2002 |
| Kirchstetten | Kirchstetten classical music festival | since 1999 opera | 2015 to 2016 | |
| Klosterneuburg | Klosterneuburg Opera House | since 1994 opera | Michael Garschall | since 1996 |
| Krems at the Donau | Comedy Festival Krems | no longer active after 1995 | 1994 to 1995 | |
| Langenlois | Operetta Langenlois | since 1996 operetta | Christoph Wagner-Trenkwitz | since 2000 |
| Laxenburg | Laxenburg cultural summer ( Franzensburg ) | 1985–2011 Alt-Wiener Volkstheater , since 2012 tabloid comedy | Adi Hirschal | since 1994 |
| Laxenburg | Laxenburg cultural summer in the castle theater | no longer active after 1996 | 1994 to 1996 | |
| Litschau | Herrenseetheater Litschau | no longer active after 1998 | 2011 to 2016 | |
| Maria Enzersdorf | Maria Enzersdorfer Festival | no longer active after 2012 | 1994 to 2012 | |
| Maria Enzersdorf | Liechtenstein Castle vault | no longer active after 1998 | only 1994 | |
| Melk | Summer Games Melk | classic drama since 1960 | Alexander Hauer | since 1994 |
| Mödling | Comedy games Mödling | after 2010 no longer active in the theater festival | 1996 to 2010 | |
| Mödling | Theater in the bunker | since 1999 station theater | Bruno Max | since 2011 |
| Perchtoldsdorf | Summer Games in Perchtoldsdorf | classic drama since 1976 | Michael Sturminger | since 1994 |
| Reichenau on the Rax | Reichenau Festival | since 1981 classical and contemporary theater | 1994 to 2009 | |
| Reichenau on the Rax | Schnitzler at Thalhof | after 2014 no longer active at the theater festival | 2011 to 2014 | |
| Reinsberg | Reinsberg Castle Arena | after 2010 no longer active in the theater festival | 2007 to 2010 | |
| Retz | Festival Retz | since 2005 opera | Alexander Loeffler | since 2007 |
| Rosenburg | Rosenburg summer night comedy | 2004–2014 Shakespeare , since 2015 comedies | Nina Blum | since 2007 |
| Schwechat | Nestroy Games Schwechat | since 1973 Nestroy | Peter Gruber | since 1994 |
| Staatz | Staatz rock stage | 1986–1998 Winnetou , since 2000 musical | Werner Auer | since 2008 |
| Stockerau | Festival Stockerau | since 1964 spoken theater (except 2001–2012 musical ) | Christian Spatzek | since 1994 |
| Weißenkirchen in the Wachau | Wachaufestspiele Weißenkirchen | 1979–1999 opera , since 2000 comedy | Marcus Strahl | since 2007 |
| Weitra | Weitra Castle Festival | since 2006 spoken theater | Peter Hofbauer | since 2007 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Record attendance at the Theaterfest Niederösterreich 2018 . OTS announcement of September 19, 2018, accessed October 4, 2018.
- ↑ 25 years ago the "Lower Austria Theater Summer" was founded . OTS bulletin of April 22, 1998, accessed October 4, 2018.
- ↑ Corona crisis: summer theater: break from Amstetten to Weißenkirchen. In: Niederösterreichische Nachrichten . May 4, 2020, accessed May 6, 2020 .
- ↑ Further cancellations at the theater festival. In: ORF.at . May 4, 2020, accessed May 6, 2020 .