Theaterland Styria: New concept for creative diversity and development!

Theaterland Styria: New concept for creative diversity and development!

Oberzeiring, Österreich - Today, a fresh wind was announced in the “Theaterland Styria”. The new artistic director, Kiegerl and Tögl, have developed an innovative three-pillar model that forms the basis for future theater work in Styria. This model is established as a work compass for the development of offers and priorities in the region. The three pillars include the width of the theater offers for a diverse audience, reliable partnerships for the Styrian theater scene and quality assurance through further training, international networking and promoting young talent. According to Kleine Zeitung, these points serve not only the further development of the theater landscape, but also to promote the cultural dialogue within the community.

Special attention to the new ladder on the future theater days, which are to be designed uniformly. An expansion of the festivals is planned, whereby five to seven events are supposed to take place annually, which are connected to artist residences and theater workshops. A new, innovative format called "Mobile Living Room" is introduced to promote artists' talks, workshops and discourses and at the same time act as a research tool for artists.

diverse festivals and anniversary celebration

In 2024, the Theaterland Styria could celebrate its 20th anniversary. The previous balance sheet includes impressive 1,900 theater projects in 14 Styrian regions, 180,000 visitors and 500 original and Austrian initial survey. Kiegerl and Tögl are planning to present new ideas and projects as part of the summer dreaming, which takes place from 2nd to May 8th, 2024 in Wies, Stainz, Bad Radkersburg and Eibiswald. With its international figure theater performances, the festival attracts almost 3,000 visitors.

In addition, further festivals are planned in 2024, including:

• "Literary local supply" on May 21 with 13 readings.
• classical from June 5th to 8th with productions by Shakespeare, Nestroy and Kreisler.
• Theaterfabrik Weiz on June 26th, a theater of children for children.
• Theatertage Weissenbach from July 19 to August 2 with 8 projects, including "Elektra" and "Farewell Dinner".
• Workshop festival in Oberzeiring from September 17th to 22nd with 10 premieres.

cultural -political developments in Styria

The implementation of the plans and festivals depends heavily on the future cultural funding policy. Governor Christopher Drexler has initiated cultural policy guidelines for Styria since the summer of 2021, which are based on a variety of discussions and regional conferences. These have manifested a strong integration of the Styrian regions. The results from discussions with representatives of cultural institutions and regional initiatives are a basis for the new cultural policy guidelines, which are also intended to strengthen the dialogue between the regions, as [https://www.verwaltung.steiermark.at/cms/175957425/de/).

in Oberzeiring, which is now experiencing a change in the artistic management team, the theater work continues. This region will probably continue to remain an important part of the festival landscape of the Styria Field, while at the same time focusing on the promotion of young talents. Between the future festivals, the focus is on the youth festival in Eastern Styria, which is planned in 2027.