Waldviertel Court Theater

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Waldviertel Court Theater

The Waldviertler Hoftheater , Austria's northernmost theater, has existed for over 20 years in Lower Austria, near the border with the Czech Republic . An old mayor's yard in Pürbach , a place near Schrems in the Waldviertel , was converted into a theater for this purpose. The director of the Waldviertel court theater was Harald Gugenberger (1953–2015). The television actor Wolfgang Böck ( Trautmann ) is a founding member of the court theater. Every year around 13,000 to 15,000 people from the region and the rest of Austria visit the theater. After a winter-proof renovation in 2001, it is now played all year round. After the death of the founder Harald Gugenberger in 2015, it is continued by his son Moritz Hierländer.

Theater space

Sign on the theater building

In addition to a stage with lighting and sound technology, the theater has an auditorium with 178 seats, a theater café , a champagne bar and a showroom where artists from Waldviertel can exhibit their work.

Programming

The theater program ranges from classical dramas to modern theater pieces to cabaret and music events. The cabaret artists Alfred Dorfer , Josef Hader and Wolfgang Böck also appeared several times in this context .

In 2009, for example, the pieces Don Camillo and Peppone by Joan Toma , Der Alpenkönig und der Menschenfeind by Ferdinand Raimund , sound track pirates by Uli Boettcher and Bernd Kohlhepp , The Diary of Anne Frank, a summary by Maddalena Hirschal , The God of Carnage by Yasmina Reza and Who will save the world played.

Furthermore, the summit of the Nebelstein near Harmanschlag will provide the backdrop for Felix Mitterer's piece entitled Munde . The piece premiered in 1990 on a mountain, the Hohen Munde in Tyrol .

Others

In 2008, the Waldviertel silent film cinema was set up as a branch of the court theater . It is an old cinema on the main square of the market town of Vitis . Classic silent films such as Der Golem , Nosferatu and Der General (1926) are shown here. The films are accompanied by live music, just like in the days of silent films.

Web links

Commons : Waldviertler Hoftheater  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b orf.at - Theater maker Gugenberger dead . Article dated November 27, 2015, accessed November 27, 2015.

Coordinates: 48 ° 46 '  N , 15 ° 6'  E