Nest opened: A new chapter for young audience on Karlsplatz!

Nest opened: A new chapter for young audience on Karlsplatz!

In the Karlsplatz Karlsplatz, the Viennese cultural landscape experienced an impressive fresh start on December 7, 2024. The new venue, known as the nest, opened with the premiere of "says the whale to the tuna", a creative composition by the Canadian composer Thierry Tidrow. Under the direction of the emerging talent Sara Ostertag, the piece is about the subjects of destroyed nature and friendship - and thus captivates a wide audience. A total of 96 events are planned for the first season, many tickets were already sold out on the opening day, as wien.orf.at reported.

a stage for young and old

The nest, whose name is acronym for a new state opera, was designed to use not only children, but also experimental formats. On December 13, the audience awaits an impressive staging of Wagner's "goddom", performs from the cult group Nestval, which will take the entire house with 16 actresses. Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen took part in the opening and paid tribute to the ambivalence of the name Nest, while director Bogdan Roscic emphasized that this was a very own cultural initiative that should address new classes of public

The interactive character of the performances is particularly impressive. In the newly composed opera "says the whale to the tuna", both children and adults experience a fantastic adventure together. The figures You and ME discover their affection for each other in a playful way and have to face challenges as a spaceship ends up that announces flooding. The dramatic moments of this staging provide insights into the importance of cooperation and the overcoming fear, entirely in the tradition of the open and experimental theater, for which the nest is, as nest.at emphasized.