Theater im Bahnhof / Gaststubentheater Gößnitz (AT)

The Graz-based Theater im Bahnhof is Austria’s largest professional free theatre company. According to its own definition, TiB/Graz sees itself as a contemporary popular theatre and has from the outset focused on Austrian identity between tradition and pop. Some eighteen artists continuously work on the formulation of an individual, contemporary concept of theatre. The scrutiny of their own production methods must also be seen in the context of the general discussion in the German-speaking world: Where is theatre going internationally? What do other theatre-makers think about? What manifestations arise from this and how do their individual qualities emerge? What routines need to be breached? Theater im Bahnhof is a frequent guest at steirischer herbst, e.g. in 2007 with “Zwischen Knochen und Raketen”; the “Tempel der Vernunft” for the opening of the festival 2009; the “Tod eines Bankomatkartenbesitzers” in 2010; the song performance “Time to get read for love” in 2011 and last year with “Daybreak into the city”, a series of excursions at 5am in the morning as a contribution to the 24/4 marathon camp “Truth is concrete”.

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Gaststubentheater Gößnitz was founded in 2000 and is devoted to the long tradition of “Stubentheater”, or pub theatre. The productions explore rural life in an authentic, critical and identity-promoting manner. The focus is always on the normalcy and complexity of life “in the country”, between global influences and urban accents. Characteristic of the Gaststubentheater is that the location of the performance changes every time, being staged primarily in tranquil rural pubs. Hence, every performance remains unique, with the spatial limitation encouraging a physical closeness between the company and audience. The aim of the actors, all with close ties to the rural district of Gößnitz, is to add a new inimitable facet to the familiar, local amateur theatre with their individual productions. Recent works include “Aus dem Leben Hödlmosers” after Reinhard P. Gruber (2007/2008), “Die Abelsberger Chronik”, “Wildwochen” (2010), and “Beim Woaz schöl'n” (2011).

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