Reichenau Festspiele [ENA] The Festspiele Reichenau staging of 24 Stunden aus dem Leben einer Frau in the Neuer Spielraum offers an exquisitely focused, emotionally charged encounter with Stefan Zweig’s famous novella—an intimate chamber piece that feels both timeless and acutely contemporary. Under the direction of Gordon Greenberg, with a dramatisation by Thomas Kahry and Greenberg himself, the production becomes a finely tuned exploration.   [Full story...]

Festspiele Reichenau [ENA] The Festspiele Reichenau production of Krieg und Frieden at the Südbahnhotel Semmering is conceived as a resonant, contemporary meditation on Tolstoy’s monumental novel, built around a deceptively small but conceptually rich word: und. Rather than attempting a simple condensation of the narrative, director Philipp Hauß and dramatist Nicolaus Hagg craft an evening that explores the tension and coexistence of opposites   [Full story...]