Maria Happel enchants Reichenau: Summer Night's Dream in the Südbahnhotel!
Maria Happel enchants Reichenau: Summer Night's Dream in the Südbahnhotel!
Josefstadt, Österreich - In the world of theater festivals, the director Maria Happel has truly demonstrated a good hand. She has been leading the Reichenau Festival since 2022 and is bringing two remarkable pieces on stage this year: The staging of "A M. A conversation in the homely atmosphere of the Vienna Café Merkur, which Happel has discovered as a favorite place since its arrival in Vienna in 1991, gives insights into their work and visions.
The rehearsals for the "Midsummer Night's Dream" take place in the Bäcker Guild house. Happel describes the rehearsal variety as "all places with its own flair". And indeed, the variety of places where the different pieces rehearse is reflected in the creativity of the festival. So "Job" in the Akzent theater, "The Waterfalls of Slunj" in the off-theater in the seventh district, "The God of the Schmetzel" is rehearsed in the eighth district and "Arsen and top caps" in the third district.
The ensemble of the "Midsummer Night's Dream"
im "Summer Night's Dream" has gathered Maria Happel both creative and experienced talents. Nicolas Brieger shines in the role of the Thesisus and Oberon, while Barbara Petritsch embodies the Hippolyta and Titania. Other remarkable actors are Sebastian Egger as Lysander and Pia Zimmermann as Helena. The staging is supplemented by a coherent selection of music by Helmut Thomas Stippich as well as the creative stage and costumes by Alexandra Burgstaller and Erika Navas.
The plot of the "Midsummer Night's Dream" draws the audience into a fairytale network of wedding celebrations, of confusion and unspoken longings. The mixture of elegant court society and coarse comedy should captivate the audience.
A look at Tel-Aviv
But Maria Happel is not the only one who helps shape changes in the theater landscape. The staging of "Richard III" , directed by Itay Tiran, celebrated its world premiere in the Gesher Theater in Tel-Aviv in September 2023. This captivating new interpretation of the Shakespeare classic shows how alive and dynamically the theater is in an international context.
Vienna can therefore look forward to the upcoming festival in Reichenau, which will offer an exciting stage with Happel's fresh approach and a youthful enthusiasm for the theater. If you want to strengthen the anticipation for the new productions, it is best to come to the city and enjoy cultural life itself. In this sense: "The theater knocks us around!"
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