Mödling theatre unveils 11 premieres for 2026-27 season
Monday 14th September 2026 on 08:00 in
Austria
Stadttheater Mödling, a theatre in Mödling, will stage 11 premieres in its 2026-27 season under the motto “Strong women, wild stories,” ORF reported. The season opens on October 10 with Axel Hellstenius’s Scandinavian comedy “Elling.”
Anselm Lipgens will direct David Harrower’s “Blackbird” in the expanded stage space as part of the “Stadttheater Frontal” series. The controversial play, which addresses the sensitive subject of paedophilia, premieres on October 30. Leopold Dallinger will appear from November 10 in “All That Is Beautiful” by British author Duncan Macmillan.
Artistic director Bruno Max will direct “Hamlet the Easter Bunny or Baby Wallenstein or Sellawie!”, a bizarre “social comedy from the best circles of Bohemia and Moravia” by Fritz von Herzmanovsky-Orlando, from December 5. Florian Zeller’s play “The Father”, about dementia, will open on January 16 under the direction of Rüdiger Hentzschel.
The German-language premiere of D.W. Gregory’s “Radium Girls”, translated by director Sam Madwar, is scheduled for February 13. Max will direct Christopher Marlowe’s royal drama “Edward II” from March 9. “Marie Antoinette or Cake for Everyone”, a black comedy by Peter Jordan directed by Marcus Ganser, will open on April 3.
Lee Hall’s offbeat family story “Cooking with Elvis”, directed by Vanja and Peter Fuchs, will premiere on April 22. Max will also contribute a Brecht adaptation, “Mama Courage”, from May 8. The season will end on June 12 with Ken Ludwig’s crime spectacle “Baskerville”, based on Arthur Conan Doyle and directed by Felix Metzner.
The theatre reported 86 percent occupancy for its own productions in the 2025-26 season. Including outside events, it recorded 16,200 visitors. The revival of “Horrible Habsburg! Sex and Crime and Kaiserschmarrn” at Theater im Bunker was particularly successful, reaching 105 percent occupancy over 11 performances.
Mödling Mayor Silvia Drechsler and cultural councillor Stephan Schimanowa, both members of the Social Democratic Party, expressed confidence that the theatre could continue operating as a “showcase” and “guiding star” of Mödling’s cultural life. A two-year funding agreement with the state of Lower Austria is under consideration.