Looks like it has begun III – Please take your seats!

brut gets a new temporary venue – the brut nordwest – in a vacant industrial hall right next to the Augarten. The hall is currently being adapted. The article series "Looks like it has begun" reports on the development phase and what the brut audience can soon expect at this new location!
, © brut Wien

brut nordwest

, © brut Wien

brut nordwest

, © brut Wien

brut nordwest

, © brut Wien

brut nordwest

, © brut Wien

brut nordwest

, © brut Wien

brut nordwest

, © brut Wien

brut nordwest

, © brut Wien

brut nordwest

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! 

How much material and individual parts it takes to put together a theater is only really noticeable when it is taken apart into its individual pieces and then reassembled. Headlights, loudspeakers, projectors and much more come from brut's own inventory. Fortunately, with such a large item as the grandstand, the Wiener Festwochen as a long-term cooperation partner helps out. The grandstand including chairs will seat 180 people. Together with the Wiener Festwochen a good synergy has come into being.

 

 

A huge locational advantage of the new building is its accessibility. All viewers can come through a level access from the street to the black box. There are two permanent spaces available for wheelchair users. The old toilet facilities were adapted for temporary use and expanded to include a toilet for people with disabilities in order to enable accessible events for the audience. 

Before the audience, the first brut artists moved into brut nordwest last week and started rehearsing at the new location. Namely in the now finished black box: an enormous amount of black moltons was necessary to shield the stage area from the rest of the light-flooded hall. After sufficient darkness had been ensured, the lighting, sound, video and stage technicians went to work. Now the theater space is finished and we are ready – we are rehearsing and looking forward to the first audience visit. What it looks like backstage in brut nordwest is part of the next issue of Looks like it has begun.

 

Events

Let's talk about brut brut nordwest

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. . . .
Let's talk about brut brut nordwest

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?
October 2025
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
    01 02 03 04 05
06 07 08 09 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
27 28 29 30 31    

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)
accessible

November 2025
Veza Fernández
Chantal, the body is a text longing for perspective
November 2025
Aperitivo
November 2025
Elena Lach & Ema Benčíková
Spacing in: Relaxed Performance Lab
November 2025
DARUM (Victoria Halper & Kai Krösche)
[EOL]. End of Life
November 2025
Drag Show with the Dragsau Collective
November 2025
Touch tour
November 2025
Alex Franz Zehetbauer
An Evening with

studio brut

not accessible

Zieglergasse 25, 1070 Wien
Subway: U3 (Zieglergasse), Tram: 49 (Westbahnstraße / Zieglergasse)
not accessible

November 2025
François-Eloi Lavignac
Fifth position
November 2025
Laureen Drexler & Giorgia Scisciola
PIERRE

Breitenseer Lichtspiele

not accessible

Breitenseer Straße 21, 1140 Vienna
U-Bahn: U3 (Hütteldorfer Straße) Tram: 10 (Laurentius Platz), 49 (Hütteldorfer Straße)

Shop in the 4th district (Theresianumgasse 35)

not accessible

Theresianumgasse 35, 1040 Vienna
U-Bahn: U1 (Taubstummengasse) Bus: 13A (Belvederegasse)

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 2025
Maria Mam & Flora Renhardt
sk8r grrrl
November 2025
Simone Lorenzo Benini & Miriam Budzáková
Sandpit
November 2025
Tanja Erhart & Elisabeth Magdlener
Becoming Allies: How to Access Rider