Seefestspiele Mörbisch, Seebühne [ENA] Some musicals were made for indoor jewel-boxes. And then there is La Cage aux Folles, which — as the Seefestspiele Mörbisch have gloriously proved this summer — was in fact secretly waiting all these years for a lake, a reed belt, a Burgenland sunset, and a floating stage the size of a small Riviera boulevard under general director Alfons Haider, who also steps into the sequined shoes of Albin/Zaza.   [Full story...]

Theater in Bunker [ENA] With Horrible Habsburger! Theater zum Fürchten transforms the former air-raid tunnels of Mödling into one of Austria’s most imaginative and exhilarating theatrical environments. This is not conventional theatre, nor does it pretend to be. Instead of taking a seat and observing a story unfold at a safe distance, the audience enters the dark, cool labyrinth of the bunker and becomes part of a moving historical fantasie   [Full story...]