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💥 Scandal and intimacy: ‘Europe’s most influential theatre maker’ is coming to the US!

Following the acclaimed premiere of Hate Radio, Milo Rau will complete his North American “micro-syllabus in hard realism” in the coming weeks, including two premieres as well as a series of lectures and film screenings in New York and at Harvard University.
NYU Skirball Harvard University

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RAGE: Join the World Premiere of Milo Rau's new play at Swedish Royal Dramatic Theatre

After the celebrated “dark mass” 'Family' (Guardian) and the “unbearable masterpiece” 'Medea's Children' (De Morgen), Milo Rau tackles with 'Rage' the dark side of Western society again - in the form of a family drama. Don’t miss its world premiere on January 31st! More information see link below.



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Newsletter: „Art that trencends itself": This was 2025

From 'The Seer' to 'The Pelicot Trial', from 'La Lettre' to Elfriede Jelinek’s mythical 'Burgtheater', from a (banned) book to a Guerilla Festival, from an alternative 'Nobel Prize Dinner' to the 'REPUBLIC OF LOVE' with over 100,000 visitors, from a global campaign for artistic freedom to a theater tour across all continents: 2025 was definitely a wild ride!

More information see link below.



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Nobel Prize Scandal: Power, S*x & Art in Sweden - Newsletter of the IIPM out now.

Uniting 200 organisations and 100 million readers in 50 countries, Vienna Festival’s RESISTANCE NOW! campaign concludes its Fall 2025 Tour in Sweden: with the internationally acclaimed oratorio The Pelicot Trial, the intimate and spectacular An Other Nobel Prize Dinner, and the start of rehearsals for the dark comedy Rage.



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IIPM-Newsletter out now: Milo Rau's LETTER TO MY FRIENDS is being published in 13 European languages. On the occasion of the Italien premiere of Rau’s new play THE LETTER, the Artistic Director of the Vienna Festival calls on the directors of art institutions to actively oppose Israel's actions in Gaza. For more information see following link.



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Newsletter of the IIPM "„Seven hours of real horror“: Milo Rau brings THE PELICOT TRIAL to the Festival d'Avignon" - out now. To read, see link below.



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Newsletter of the IIPM "From Rammstein to Pelicot: Milo Rau stages the big trials of our time" - out now. To read, see link below.



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From Laurie Anderson to Elfriede Jelinek, from Carolina Bianchi to Miet Warlop, from Lia Rodrigues to the Red Army Fraction, from Japan to Palestine, from the Rammstein case to the Pelicot trial and from to Revolutionary Love: The Vienna Festival | Free Republic of Vienna declares the Austrian capital a REPUBLIC OF LOVE in spring 2025!

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New newsletter of the IIPM out now:

See the stream of the latest play by nobel prize winner Elfriede Jelinek THE SECOND COMING in the english translation by Gitta Honegger. Read live in Mosul/Iraq (german version) and New York/USA (english version) by Ursina Lardi and Nicole Ansari-Cox, directed by Milo Rau yesterday.

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Grafik: SIRENE studio, Photo Elfriede Jelinek: Claudia Müller

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100 Million Readers: This was our 2024!

What a year: In 2024, Milo Rau's performances enchanted audiences from Taipei to New York, from Belgrade to Bourdeaux, from Shanghai to Cologne, touring more than 20 countries. Read more in the Newsletter see link below.



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Artistic freedom and the autonomy of cultural organisations are under attack in Europe. From bans to layoffs, violent disruptions to performances like at Sofia's Ivan Vazov National Theatre, we’re witnessing red lines being crossed.

 Join the unprecedented campaign already uniting over 200 leading voices from 39 countries, representing 180 major national theatres, operas, festivals, and performing arts venues.

 📢 It’s time to act: sign the petition “RESISTANCE NOW: FREE CULTURE” addressed to the European Parliament calling for concrete actions such as the establishment of a ‘European Culture Freedom Act,’ asking for a clear positioning of the EU to protect the freedom and autonomy of culture.

 Let’s raise our voices in solidarity to protect the diversity and vibrancy of European culture. Your voice is vital!

 👉 Head to the link in bio to sign and share the petition!

 This initiative has been launched in collaboration with Milo Rau and the Vienna Festival () / Free Republic of Vienna, the network of publicly-funded theatres (ETC), Prospero – Extended Theatre platform and the network Opera Europa.

 📸Credit photo: Franz Kreis