Fleeing – Migration – Theatre

Documents and Positions on the Long Summer of Migration

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Literature Book release in German and English
{fleeing & displacement} {debates & stances} {theatre & activism}
, © Antonia Zapata/Gin Müller

Antonio Zapata using a photograph by Gin Müller at the Austrian-Hungarian border near Nickelsdorf, 2013

, © B. Peter, Gabriele C. Pfeiffer

Flucht - Migration - Theater (book cover)

The 2015 “long summer of migration” inspired the University of Vienna’s lecture series Fleeing – Migration – Theatre in the winter semester starting the same year. Refugees, students, activists, artists, performers, dramaturges and researchers entered debates, questioned stances and opened up new perspectives. The university thus became a venue of up-to-date socio-political debate and critical reflection.

The anthology Fleeing – Migration – Theatre now accumulates documents and positions from said lecture series, presenting itself as an archive of the hard-to-grasp history of fleeing, displacement and theatrical expression. An array of scientific papers, essays, interviews, documents, theatre texts and images deals with such issues as the current treatment of the “summer of migration” at state-funded theatres, post-migrant theatre, political as well as theatrical instances of activism and historical references to resistance and exiled theatre, among many other topics.

 Many of the participants will be present at the book release to introduce their book project.

Dates & Tickets

January 2017

Wed. 18.01.2017, 19:00
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Karlsplatz 5, 1010 Wien

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Nordwestbahnstraße 8-10, 1200 Vienna
Subway: U1, U2 (Praterstern), U4 (Friedensbrücke), U6 (Dresdnerstraße) Tram: 5 (Nordwestbahnstraße) Bus: 5A (Wasnergasse)
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November 2025
DARUM (Victoria Halper & Kai Krösche)
[EOL]. End of Life
November 2025
Touch tour
November 2025
Alex Franz Zehetbauer
An Evening with
December 2025
Adam Man with Judith Hamann & Michiyasu Furutani
Reforest
January 2026
Stefanie Sourial
FLASHMOB
January 2026
Aperitivo
January 2026
Angela Alves & Claire Lefèvre
In Bed with Angela & Claire
January 2026
Touch tour
January 2026
Marta Navaridas
Once upon a Time in the Flames: Our Firebird Ballet
February 2026
Gin Müller, Sandra Selimović, Mariama Nzinga Diallo & Edwarda Gurrola
JUSTITIA! Identity Cases
February 2026
Malika Fankha
No Place Like Home
February 2026
Breaking Silence: On Limits, (In)Justice and Responsibility

studio brut

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

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

December 2025
Alex Franz Zehetbauer
An Evening with

WUK performing arts

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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)