Scala Wien [ENA] Arthur Miller’s “Hexenjagd” asks a question that remains profoundly unsettling: what happens when a community becomes more committed to preserving its certainty than discovering the truth? Theater Scala’s production, directed by Sam Madwar and premiered on 1 October 2026, brings this disturbing drama to its October programme. The choice offers audiences an opportunity to confront a theatrical world in which fear becomes a source of authority and accusation acquires a momentum almost impossible to resist.   [Full story...]

Schlosstheater Schönbrunn [ENA] What happens when the appetite for power becomes the only principle of government? In Alfred Jarry’s “King Ubu,” ambition is stripped of dignity, authority of legitimacy, and violence of its convenient excuses. Julian Rohrmoser’s diploma production, featuring students of the Institute of Acting and Directing, approaches this anarchic play as a disturbing reflection of a world increasingly accustomed to the grotesque. At Schlosstheater Schönbrunn, its questions promise to resonate beyond the stage.   [Full story...]