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KONTRÄR is a venue for contemporary theatre that presents international guest performances, original pieces and national co-productions among other events within the genre of experimental performing arts.
As of September 1, 2024, KONTRÄR is closed to the public due to a lack of funds.
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HOW TO RESIST?
Opening Keynote at the International Conference of the ITI “Embrace and Connect”
Antwerp, Belgium, September 19, 2024
Milo Rau
Dear friends,
I come to you from Central Europe, more precisely from Vienna, the capital of Austria. Vienna is the fifth-largest and fastest-growing city in the EU, thanks to immigration from Eastern Europe: from the former Yugoslavia, Hungary, from Ukraine and so on. Demographers estimate that Vienna will overtake Paris in terms of population next year. Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia, is an hour’s drive away, and Budapest, the capital of Hungary – Victor Orban’s kingdom – just over two hours. Both countries, Austria’s neighbors, are ruled by authoritarian regimes.
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SOME OF THE PREVIOUS PERFORMANCES AT KONTRÄR
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SOME OF THE PREVIOUS PERFORMANCES AT KONTRÄR
DÖDENSPIRIT WORLD RISINGKJAG VILL INTE DÖ, JAG VILL BARA INTE JUL (2)OIDIPUS (DRAMAT, EJ KOMPLEXET) – EN ANTIK KVÄLLTHE EROTIC CLOWNB2W#2 – SEJD, HÄXKONST OCH CEREMONIELL NÄRVARO1974AAA – ANONYMA ANDLIGA ATEISTERFRAGMENTSNATTINÉ – ‘EVERYWHERE AT THE END OF TIME’ AV THE CARETAKERSIREN DANCESAMTAL – FRAMTIDENS FRIA SCENKONSTGRUPPERFOOL’S ERRAND: AN ALCHEMICAL SONATABRÅKEROTIC CLOWNFRAGMENTS SAMTALSMASH COLLECTIVETHE PORN HORROR MUSICAL 2HAPPY NEW FEARNATTINÉ- UTDRAGET JAG SKICKADEÅRSKRÖNIKA 2023HUNGARIAN ACACIA (HU)SAMTAL: DOKUMENTÄR SCENKONSTCAN’T HELP FAILING IN LOVETHE STAFF YOUR DREAMS ARE MADE OF (IT/DE)PRESENTATION AV KONTRÄR FÖR BRANSCHLARS VON TRIER – KVÄLLENPOINT OF NO RETURNAGEPLAYMEAN TIMEPRESENTATION AV HÖSTENS PROGRAM OCH MINGELSKÅDIS I BURFamiljen-kvällenCOMMUNITY CARRIES LEGACYSAMLING OM KULTURPOLITIKENNATURE THEATER OF OKLAHOMAS FILMADAPTION AV ELFRIDE JELINEKS ZOMBIEROMAN “DIE KINDER DER TOTEN”HEXEN – HÄXORNAS BALINSTÄLLT A MOUTHFUL OF TONGUES (AT)UNCANNY VALLEY (DE)NIKO HALLIKAINEN (FI): BLACK MERCEDESBODY HORROR-KVÄLLENÅRSKRÖNIKA 2022BACK2WORK#5BRÅKSOUND OF STOCKHOLMNiko Hallikainen (FI) : Black MercedesSOUND OF STOCKHOLMNAKENKÖRENS JULKONSERTKEEPING UP WITH THE IRANIANSSOUND OF STOCKHOLMSOUND OF STOCKHOLMBaywatchOUR FAMILY GARDEN – SMIRA KULENOVIĆ (BA)SOUND OF STOCKHOLMNiXXXavuoriHBTQULS DAGBOKIN PURSUIT OF REPETITIVE BEATS