Theater im Bahnhof
GUESTS at brut – A Talk-Show Concentrate
featuring Pia Hierzegger & Guests
For the fifth issue of GUESTES at brut, the focus lies on the topic traffic. On this occasion we invited people who, in a broader sense, deal with this subject in and around Vienna. That includes, amongst others, people who actively participate in traffic or actively refuse the traffic as well as people who are responsible for the regulation of traffic.
One guest, two tables, 110 questions. A genially merciless interviewer provides insights into a country’s mentality. For the fifth time now three different local personalities are thoroughly probed in 30-minute interviews by Pia Hierzegger, member of the Graz-based company Theater im Bahnhof. The guests answer randomly drawn questions ranging from the current political situation to personal issues, thus unfolding a vivid selection of greatly varying insights, views and perspectives.
The interviewer’s infallible sense of situation comedy and her charmingly relentless questioning not only produce some unexpected surprises, they also paint an intimate portrait of her interviewees. The purpose is not to expose or denounce. The spectators are part of worlds they not usually get to see: the worlds of politicians and squatters, early risers and night owls, natives and newcomers, higher and lower earners. Some questions might be banal but all the harder to answer. And then, after 30 minutes, an alarm goes off and ends the conversation.
Graz-based Theater im Bahnhof makes contemporary theatre for the people and deals with the Austrian identity between tradition and pop culture. It is Austria’s largest independent theatre group and has been a regular guest at brut, most recently with its production CLEANING UP.
Credits
Concept Ed. Hauswirth Featuring Pia Hierzegger/Theater im Bahnhof Guests Michaela Lindinger (curator and author), Dieter Wellmann (psychologist, blogger), Andrea Weninger (traffic- and urban planner) u. a.
A co-production by Theater im Bahnhof and brut Wien. With the kind support by the City of Graz' Cultural Department, the Cultural Department of the provincial Government of Styria and the Federal Ministry for Education, Art and Culture.
Dates & Tickets
February 2017
brut 16 € / 12 € / 8 €
brut
Karlsplatz 5, 1010 Wien
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
studio brut
not accessible
Zieglergasse 25, 1070 Wien
Subway: U3 (Zieglergasse), Tram: 49 (Westbahnstraße / Zieglergasse)
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Gropius Bau Berlin
Niederkirchnerstraße 7, 10963 Berlin