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Artwork Season 2024/25

The artwork for season 2024/25 by filmmaker and interdisciplinary artist Nigel Gavus focuses on the performativity of everyday life and coincidences. The ‘Marocats’ series shows street cats in order to visualise their everyday situations and capture them as a contemporary document.
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Kira Kirsch will be the new artistic director of Festival Perspectives for the upcoming festival editions from 2025 onwards. She will continue as artistic director of brut Wien until the end of season 2025/26.

In addition to her work as Artistic Director of brut Wien, Kira Kirsch will take over the management of the Franco-German cultural festival Perspectives in her home town of Saarbrücken from 2025.
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Artwork Season 2023/24

Chen Wei's cinematic imagery depicts mesmerizing scenes, situating the brut artwork of season 2023/24 in a poetic atmosphere.
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Impressions of the opening of "HOUSE OF CONSTRUCTS" by Aldo Giannotti in collaboration with Karin Pauer at Bank Austria Kunstforum Wien

Aldo Giannotti's performative exhibition project "HOUSE OF CONSTRUCTS", in collaboration with choreographer Karin Pauer and curator Lisa Ortner-Kreil, reimagines the exhibition space as both a literal and metaphorical construction site. Continuously evolving over the duration of three weeks, this innovative undertaking examines the dynamic interplay between spatial configurations and human behaviors through Giannotti's signature approach: instruction-based drawings that probe their practical and conceptual potentials.
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Ausschreibung: Outreach & Dramaturgie / 30 Stunden (M/W/D) Karenzvertretung bis Ende 2025 (mit Option auf Verlängerung) ab 15. September 2024

brut such ab Mitte September eine Karenzvertretung im Bereich Dramaturgie & Outreach. Bewerbungsfrist: 21. August 2024
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Fünf Termine von Nestervals "Der Rosa Winkel – Die Geschichte der Namenlosen" finden mit ÖGS Dolmetschung statt!

Am 21. / 24. Mai & 10. / 13. / 14. Juni finden die Vorstellungen mit ÖGS (Österreichische Gebärdensprache) Begleitung statt. Die Vorstellungen werden von Eva Böhm und Pam Eden gedolmetscht. Die künstlerische Erarbeitung für die ÖGS Dolmetschung erfolgte in enger Zusammenarbeit mit Pam Eden.
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150 Berufsschüler*innen treffen die Namenlosen Ein dreitstufiges Vermittlungsprojekt für Jugendliche und junge Erwachsene mit Nesterval und QWIEN

Wie werden Feind- und Fremdbilder konstruiert? Was bedeutete der Rosa Winkel? Warum ist Erinnerungsarbeit wichtig? Was haben die Opfer des Nationalsozialismus mit mir zu tun? Wie viel ist uns unsere Freiheit wert? Dies sind einige der Fragen denen sich Nesterval in der Produktion "Der Rosa Winkel – die Geschichte der Namenlosen" stellt und die im Rahmen eines dreiteiligen Vermittlungsprojekts mit 150 Berufsschüler*innen diskutiert werden. Die Auseinandersetzung mit den Inhalten des Stücks leistet eine zeitgemäße Form der Erinnerungsarbeit, sie macht aber auch auf die Situation jener Menschen aufmerksam, die aktuell unter Diskriminierung, homophoben Angriffen oder Hassverbrechen leiden – und dies aus Scham, aufgrund bisheriger Erfahrungen oder wegen der politischen Situation verschweigen.
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brut barrierefrei

The series brut accessible deals with aesthetics and conditions of accessibility in the performing arts. In workshops, discourse formats, artistic impulses and a conference, experiences of artists and audiences with disabilities can be discussed, existing practices can be explored, and new incentives and impulses can be created: lived experience and perception is at the center of this discussion.
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Publication on 20 Years of FREISCHWIMMEN – Platform for Dance, Theatre and Performance in Germany, Austria and Switzerland

In the independent performing arts, it is perhaps emerging artists who most need spaces for artistic development, networking, building up trust, sustainable production structures, and gaining international visibility. Since its founding in 2004, FREISCHWIMMEN, as the platform for dance, theater, and performance in the German-speaking world, has made all of this possible across Germany, Austria, and Switzerland’s national borders.
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Changes to the brut programme in December

Two planned productions in December have to be postponed: "LOIE (is a fire that cannot be extinguished)" by Claire Lefèvre and "now" by Inge Gappmaier will be presented in 2024. We are working on new dates in collaboration with the artists and will inform you about the rescheduled dates as soon as possible. The guest performance "The Feeling of Home" by Frans Poelstra & Oleg Soulimenko with support from Oliver Stotz planned for February unfortunately has to be cancelled. Read more about the programme changes in this article.
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Impressions Choreographic Platform Austria 2023

Over three days in October 2023, Chroreographic Platform Austria presented insights into the Austrian dance and performance scene in pitching sessions, film screenings and performance formats to a national and international audience. Photographer Christine Miess captured the impressions of the three-day platform for us in these pictures.
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Two brut co-productions are nominated for the Nestroy Award!

We are happy to announce that this year two of our co-productions are nominated for the Nestroy Award: In the category Special Award "Die Namenlosen" by Nesterval and in the category Best Off-Production "JUSTITIA! Identity Cases" by Gin Müller, Sandra Selimović, Mariama Nzinga Diallo and Edwarda Gurrola, directed by Gin Müller, Natalie Ananda Assmann, Selina Shirin Stritzel and Andreas Fleck.
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Gala premiere with irreality.tv at brut nordwest

The new series PING PONG SPLIT SCREEN by irreality.tv was presented at brut nordwest.
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Dance till you drop: Teenage brut celebrates it's 15th birthday with Powerjam & A party called JACK

15 years of performance, dance and theater! Artists, audience, friends and companions from 15 years were invited to celebrate brut! According to the teenage years, the party was accompanied by the roller skate community Powerjam. For the roller disco, the concrete floor of brut nordwest was transformed into a dance floor for dancing on eight wheels. Also off the roller skate rink, people celebrated to the sound of the artists' collective A party called JACK. Christine Miess captured the atmosphere for us in these pictures.
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Artwork Season 2022/23

Our current subjects by photographer AnaHell depict creatures that transcend the purely human and reveal the absurdity of the ordinary.
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20 Jahre FREISCHWIMMEN – Plattform für Performance und Theater steht vor dem Aus

FREISCHWIMMEN ist seit 2004 die Plattform für Performance und Theater im deutsch-sprachigen Raum. Als Netzwerk ist FREISCHWIMMEN nicht für eine Weiterförderung 2024-2025 durch das Förderprogramm „Verbindungen fördern!“ des Bundesverbandes Freie Darstellende Künste (BFDK) ausgewählt worden. Damit droht der gemeinsamen Produktionsplattform von acht Theatern aus Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz nach 20 Jahren nun das Aus.
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Behind the scenes – brut Artwork 2022/23

For our current artwork, photographer AnaHell came to Vienna to shoot new photos on the area of brut nordwest. AnaHell often uses the human body as fluid material that can transform into beings that transcend the purely human. Her images reveal the absurdity of the ordinary, creating a parallel reality where the real and the surreal collide. Here we show some impressions from the photo shoot in autumn.
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Thanks to Österreichischer Herzfonds!

This week, the Österreichische Herzfonds visited brut nordwest to hand over a defibrillator.
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Nestroy-nominated group toxic dreams comes to brut nordwest with new project starting October 21st

The Viennese group toxic dreams and the set designer Paul Horn are nominated for the Nestroy Award for Best Set Design with the production "The Art of Asking your Boss for a Raise". The co-production of toxic dreams and brut premiered in October 2021 at brut nordwest. The next co-production of toxic dreams with brut will premiere again at brut on October 21, 2022 – this time in collaboration with the Rabtaldirndln.
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brut Artwork Season 2021/22

Our current subjects by photographer Chase Middleton re-enact stories from life.
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Save the date – brut season starts from October 1st

with toxic dreams, Sara Lanner, Lau Lukkarila, Andrea Gunnlaugsdóttir, Gin Müller & Denice Bourbon, Oleg Soulimenko, Doris Uhlich, Simon Mayer, Willi Dorner, Potpourri, Georg Blaschke & Jan Machacek, Florian Malzacher & The Art of Assembly, and many more
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New Art on Air – The brut Wien Podcast

We love performance dance and theater and we love conversation. The podcast “New Art on Air” introduces artists from the independent performance, dance and theater scene and asks questions about artistic creation and the art of life, about what inspires, motivates and moves. We are Kira Kirsch and the team from brut Wien, the theater for New Art on Stage.
FREISCHWIMMEN
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FREISCHWIMMEN – Platform for performance and theatre

FREISCHWIMMEN is an international exchange and production platform for young groups and artists* from theatre and performance. It is supported by brut Wien, FFT Düsseldorf, Gessnerallee Zürich, HochX München, LOFFT – DAS THEATER Leipzig, Schwankhalle Bremen, Sophiensæle Berlin, and Theater Rampe Stuttgart.
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About BEATE – brut's active audience club

The brut audience club meets regularly to exchange ideas, works internationally with groups of other Be SpectACTive! network members and visits events of the brut programme.
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Looks like it has begun IV – So much space!

In brut nordwest everything is united under one roof: colleagues and artists can meet again in one place, exchange ideas and participate in the development of the projects together. In addition to event and rehearsal areas, there is also enough space for the administration offices, the technology warehouse and lounge areas for employees and artists in the Nordwestbahnstraße. The new edition of "Looks like it has begun" takes a look at the areas on the sideline of the big stage.
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Looks like it has begun III – Please take your seats!

A lot has happened in brut nordwest over the last few weeks and months to adapt the former industrial hall in the 20th district to a theater. On the checklist for the first premiere in front of an audience, only a few points have to be done. Now that a lot of black molton transforms the center of the hall into a black box, t is no longer difficult to imagine the first evening of the premiere. Rehearsals have already started!
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Looks like it has begun II – Stage clear at brut nordwest

Work continues in brut nordwest. brut has performed at 90 venues in 19 Viennese districts over the past few years - some of them in places completely unfamiliar to the theatre, such as on the lakeside of Seestadt Aspern or in the huge laundrette of the Matteottihof in the 5th district. The many experiences in adapting new theatrical locations are now benefiting us! And yet it is something quite new to transform a former factory hall into a theatre venue for several years. . . .
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Looks like it has begun I – a stopover with a lot of potential

There's already a lot going on behind the scenes at brut nordwest and we can't wait to welcome our audience here. Until the completion of the future permanent venue in St. Marx, brut will find a new temporary home in the Nordwestbahnstraße for three years. The nomadic existence of the last few years will come to an end except for the further planned site-specific projects. Until the moving to St. Marx, brut nordwest will become the center for New Art on Stage in the 20th district. studio brut will continue to exist as a secondary venue in the 7th district. The “Looks like it has begun” magazine series will shed light on the background to the development of brut nordwest. In the first issue: How did the brut get on the Nordwestbahnstraße?
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The adaption process of the new venue "brut nordwest" has started

A new space for performance, dance and theater is emerging – In January, the adaptation of the new brut venue “brut nordwest” in Vienna's Nordwestbahnstraße 8-10 started. The 1.600 square meter factory building right next to the Augarten will be transformed into brut's temporary main venue in the upcoming weeks. From March 2021, rehearsals for the imagetanz Festival will begin in brut nordwest. Performances will be opened to spectators as soon as the circumstances permit them. The location brut nordwest will be in use until the end of 2023.
Nobody but you.
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Art Work brut

Our current poster subjects by photographer Kanghee Kim combine magical moments from everyday life with modern surrealism.
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Video: brut Wien – New Art on Stage

brut is a place for the production and presentation of performative works of art in Vienna and one of the most renowned institutions of the independent performance, dance and theatre scene in the German-speaking countries.
Artwork by Robert Świerczyński
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ANY RESAMBLANCE TO REALITY IS PURELY INTENTIONAL.

Simple answers and populist slogans are currently booming in politics. In view of this, the brut program invites us to pause, change perspectives, and discard prefabricated perspectives. This autumn's artists* ask complex political questions, raise contradictions, develop poetic visions and create space for openness and imagination.
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Führung Kunst & Kultur – eine Initiative von Neue Wiener

Anlässlich der Neubesetzung des Wiener Volkstheaters hat Neue Wiener Theaterkritik neun Führungspersonen kleiner, mittlerer und ganz großer Bühnen Wiens zum YouTube-Interview über Machtstrukturen, Mitbestimmung und die besondere Verantwortung von Leiter_innen künstlerischer Betriebe getroffen.
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brut all over Vienna

brut nordwest

accessible

Nordwestbahnstraße 8-10, 1200 Vienna
Subway: U1, U2 (Praterstern), U4 (Friedensbrücke), U6 (Dresdnerstraße) Tram: 5 (Nordwestbahnstraße) Bus: 5A (Wasnergasse)

October 2024
Myassa Kraitt
The Last Feminist
October 2024
Cleidy Acevedo
QUIET EMOTIONS? FREE YOUR MENTAL LOAD
October 2024
Asher O'Gorman
mind numbing filthy-finger potholes: a glossary of the paradox of boredom
November 2024
Alix Eynaudi & Guests
Death by Landscape, a concert
November 2024
Hungry Sharks Company
Destination FCKD
November - December 2024
Anne Juren & Matthias Kranebitter
We Are All Mothers WAAM
December 2024
Karin Pauer
AVA
December 2024
VIENNA IMPROVISERS ORCHESTRA
unfolding poetic vision(s) on common ground

WUK performing arts

barrierefrei

Währinger Straße 59, 1090 Vienna
Subway: U6 (Währinger Straße / Volksoper), Tram: 40, 41, 42 (Währinger Straße / Volksoper), 5, 33 (Spitalgasse), 37, 38, 40, 41, 42 (Spitalgasse / Währinger Straße)

November 2024
Ale Bachlechner
Ruin Your Life
November 2024
MO-ZA-IK (Rosa Perl, Viviane Tanzmeister, Jamal Abale, Mátyás Kántor)
Elevate

brut at Betrieb

accessible

Vogelweidplatz 13, 1150 Wien
Subway: U6 (Burggasse-Stadthalle) / Bus: 48A (Moeringgasse) / Tram: 9 (Camillo Sitte Gasse)

October - November 2024
Der Betrieb / Anna Maria Nowak
The Generations Season

brut in the 3rd district (close to Stadtpark)

not accessible

Address will be announced after registration

October 2024
Charlotta Ruth
Choreographic Traces and Chain Creations

studio brut

not accessible

Zieglergasse 25, 1070 Wien
Subway: U3 (Zieglergasse), Tram: 49 (Westbahnstraße / Zieglergasse)

September - October 2024
DARUM (Victoria Halper & Kai Krösche)
[EOL]. End of Life
October 2024
Tubi Malcharzik & Team
PASKUDNIK
October 2024
Nazis & Goldmund
Please take over. or: The Future of the Past of Resistance
October 2024
Nazis & Goldmund
Please take over. or: The Future of the Past of Resistance
November 2024
Helena Araújo
and it gets better

Literaturhaus Wien

accessible

Zieglergasse 26A , 1070 Wien
U-Bahn: U3 (Zieglergasse), Tram: 49 (Westbahnstraße / Zieglergasse), Bus 13A (Neubaugasse)

October 2024
Nazis & Goldmund
Please take over. or: The Future of the Past of Resistance