Festival La Strada Graz 2014 by Festival La Strada Graz

PROGRAMME IN ENGLISH

INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF STREET ART AND PUPPET THEATRE 1ST – 9TH AUGUST 2014 WWW.LASTRADA.AT

Take a seat

May we offer you a seat? This summer again, through ten days of La Strada, we would like to turn squares and streets into stages, places of marvel, discovery and change; create space for art and reserve the city’s best seats for its inhabitants. We are particularly pleased about the large share of local productions in this festival year. More than a third of the programme was established in collaboration with Styrian artists. At the same time, more artists, musicians and actors from the local scene have been invited to festivals all over Europe in the context of our IN SITU network. This demonstrates that the process of internationalisation initiated by La Strada has clearly begun to have an effect. So please let’s not replace the thick stone walls, which once surrounded the old city centre, with virtual walls if it’s about art! Let us build bridges for a continuous exchange and collaboration with the international scene so that, in the summer, we can witness the exciting results. Like for instance when Graz choir Nota Bene, with its “Moving chairs” choreographed by Eddie Luis, illustrates that the mere availability of seats by no means represents an invitation to make oneself comfortable. Or, when Olivier Grossetête really takes over a lot of space in order to build a monumental building together with Graz people, only to tear it down the next day. When Pierre Sauvageot interweaves Stravinsky’s “The Rite of Spring” with city sounds at the main station, Thor McIntyre makes the voices of the Arab spring heard in the Stadtpark and theatre t’eig places a Styrian village in the middle of the city. On that note, please take a seat and enjoy La Strada 2014

Werner Schrempf | Artistic Director, Festival La Strada

LACONTENTS STRADA THANKS THE FOLLOWING FOR THEIR SUPPORT

Main Sponsor:

Opening Show COMPAGNIA FINZI PASCA (CA/CH) / La Verità Organiser:

In the streets… on the squares…

An event in ZYGOS BRASS BAND (FR) / NOLA Second Line collaboration with:

ASPHALT PILOTEN (CH) / Tape Riot THEATER T'EIG (AT) / The Village PIERRE Public Sector: SAUVAGEOT (FR) / Igor hagard LEANDRE (ES) / Rien à dire & No se LE COLLECTIF G. BISTAKI (FR) / Cooperatzía … OLIVIER GROSSETÊTE (FR) / Les bâtisses soeurs … THOR McINTYRE-BURNIE (GB) / The Speakers Project Sponsors: JUDITH HOFLAND (NL) / Like me W. BERGER & C. BAKANIC (AT) / Emperor Joseph II. … NOTA BENE & EDDIE LUIS (AT) / Moving Chairs HOPPART (HU) / Scale 1:5 IG TANZ (AT) / Friktion Lend – Blaue Zone DIE RABTALDIRNDLN (AT) / Picknick mit Erscheinung

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Cooperation In the Partners: circus tent… COMPAGNIE AKOREACRO

(FR) / KLAXON

Especially for children… for grown-ups too… THEATRE FRAGILE (GER/FR) / Anton, Luka & Benjamin 16 THEATER ZITADELLE (GER) / Rumpelstilzchen 16 Open Dance on Kaiserfeldgasse

DIE GNADENLOSEN XL | ZYGOS BRASS BAND C. BAKANIC & MALA JUNTA

Media Partners:

La Strada Finale Party THE MERRY POPPINS (AT)

Festival Hotels:

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CIRQUE NOËL 2014/2015 LA STRADA APP Open Dance in collaboration Festival LA Café: STRADA SPONSORSwith & Tango-Baustelle PARTNERS Graz: PROGRAMME & INFORMATION

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We thank for their friendly cooperation: Weiz, Stainz, Leibnitz, Schloss Seggau La Strada is Co-Organiser of the European Street Art Network IN-SITU: Open Air

Mobile Theatre

Indoor

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Opening Show… and five more times COMPAGNIA FINZI PASCA (Canada/Switzerland) LA VERITÀ (Written and directed by Daniele Finzi Pasca)

When the curtain rises for the La Strada premiere 2014 at Graz Opera House, it will reveal yet another, very special curtain: a long lost original by Salvador Dalí, which he painted in New York in the 1940s, and which was left to Daniele Finzi Pasca for his production “La Verità”. But this work of art is not the only treasure bestowed on those viewing. With “La Verità” the company aims to delve further into the technique of invisible gesture and the state of lightness pursued by the “Teatro della Carezza” (Theatre of the Caress) – and it succeeds in doing so with an opulent combination of beautiful stage design, modern acrobatics and contemporary dance. An intoxicating feast for all the senses, brimming with images that will long continue to resonate, even after the curtain has once again descended, concealing Dalí’s work of art. © Salvador Dalí, Fundación Gala-Salvador Dalí

125 Min.

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Austrian premiere! Friday 01/08 till Friday 08/08 (except Sunday 03/08 and Monday 04/08) OPERA GRAZ, in each case at 8 pm Performance lasts 125 minutes inc. 20-minute interval Category 1: € 48 Regular Price / € 43 Ö1 Club / Reduced Category 2: € 42 Regular Price / € 37 Ö1 Club / Reduced Category 3: € 36 Regular Price / € 31 Ö1 Club / Reduced Barrier-free access! € 12 wheelchair users / € 6 accompanying persons La Strada Family Package Special familiy packages are available at all advance ticket sales points but not online. More information on www.lastrada.at under the relevant programme details. Recommended from age 8!

ZYGOS BRASS BAND (France) NOLA SECOND LINE

40 Min.

Free Entry!

Jazz could not be more fun: a brass band with hip-hop dancers who have committed themselves to the tradition of “second line” parades in New Orleans. The second line of a parade follows the “serious” first section and has neither permission nor a programme, to say nothing of solemn music. It’s about dancing and having fun, and that’s exactly what ZYGOS Brass Band intends to do. Saturday 02/08 Sunday 03/08 Monday 04/08 Tuesday 05/08 Wednesday 06/08

11.00 am 7.00 pm 11.00 am 7.00 pm 5.00 pm 7.00 pm 10.30 am 12.00 am 8.00 pm 09.00 pm

MURPARK Lendplatz Burggarten Griesplatz Hauptplatz Freiheitsplatz Hauptplatz LEIBNITZ SCHLOSS SEGGAU Südtirolerplatz WEIZ Rathausplatz STAINZ

ASPHALT PILOTEN (Switzerland) TAPE RIOT 45 Min.

Free Entry!

“We are interested in the texture of a bus stop, the smell of a park bench and the fugitiveness of a street corner”. This is how Asphalt Piloten describe their approach to the city, to public space, in which they appear suddenly and unexpectedly, only to disappear just as fast again. During their performance, they will draw lines and perspectives on familiar streets and squares with black adhesive tape, creating new spaces, changing them in a playful and dance-like manner, mixing unfamiliar and well-known sounds and noises, and asking passers-by the question whether all of this is real and, first and foremost, normal. A project in collaboration with the IN SITU International network for artistic creation in public space. Saturday 02/08 and Sunday 03/08 at 11.00 am & 5.00 pm* *Those interested can receive information about Tape Riot`s venue via SMS. Register on www.meinlastrada.at or send a text message reading „Asphalt“ to +43 (0) 676 800 858 800. 6

THEATER T’EIG (Austria) THE VILLAGE 100 Min.

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The person who moves from the country to the city likes to take along his village; because the village is trendy again – as long as it is in the city. Regardless of whether he is in New York or St. Pölten, the new city dweller creates his own neighbourhood, his personal microcosm. In a Coproduction in collaboration with La Strada, the independent Theater t’eig from Graz takes its audience on a journey from the country to the city, relocating a part of the village of Weißenbach bei Haus to the city of Graz on the river Mur, and staging the urban concept of village life as a play. The audience can be both in the country and in the city, moving freely in the respective place. And all of them will experience a world premiere, which has definitely little to do with conventional theatre. The Village is a Coproduction with Theater t‘eig, La Strada and theaterland Steiermark. Saturday 02/08 and Sunday 03/08 as well as Wednesday 06/08 till Saturday 09/08 in each case at 11.00 am, Waagner-Biro-Straße 117 Thursday 31/07, Sunday 03/08 and Saturday 09/08* in each case at 8.00 pm, Village Square in WEISSENBACH/HAUS Recommended from age 12! We recommend comfortable shoes! Tickets: € 20 Regular price / € 18 Ö1 Club / € 16 Reduced Tickets for Weissenbach/Haus: € 12 Single price * Advance ticket sales for the 31/07 only via the theaterland steiermark ticket hotline: Tel.: +43 (0) 664 834 74 06. 7

PIERRE SAUVAGEOT & LIEUX PUBLICS CIE IGOR HAGARD (France) 31 Min.

What does a railway symphony sound like? When Pierre Sauvageot attends to it, it sounds a bit like Stravinsky’s “The Rite of Spring”, a bit like Graz main railway station and a bit more than an oeuvre by the French artist, whom the La Strada audience already came to love two years ago, when he directed the wind on the Schöckl mountain. For his 31-minute-long symphony, he has intertwined the sound of this place of departure with Stravinsky’s music, restaging this piece, which is a symbolic representation of the Industrial Age. What is preserved are the musical score and dynamics, but what is added are the sounds that those perceive who enjoy a moment of ease on a platform: squeaking brakes, loudspeaker announcements and the hubbub of passengers. A sacrilege? “Stravinsky would forgive us and recognise the tribute we pay to him,” says Sauvageot. A Coproduction with the IN SITU International network for artistic creation in public space. With the friendly assistance of Holding Graz Linien and the Institut Français.

Saturday 02/08 till Wednesday 06/08 in each case at 4.00 pm, 5.00 pm, 6.00 pm & 7.00 pm, Forecourt Central Station. Recommended from age 10! 8

COMPAGNIE AKOREACRO KLAXON (France) 70 Min.

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Five musicians, six artists and a panic-stricken piano: beneath the canopy of Akoreacro’s huge circus tent, classic acrobatic acts meet contemporary ways of interpretation, the limits of what is possible are explored and reality is brought face to face with fantasy – and all of this at a breathtaking pace. This year, the French artist collective, which already left the Graz audience of Cirque Noël breathless two years ago, will present its Coproduction ten times, including the Austrian premiere. Augarten park serves as the venue where, in addition to the circus tent, there will also be the caravans in which the artists live during the festival. Austrian premiere! A Coproduction of La Strada Graz. With the friendly assistance of Kleine Zeitung.

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Saturday 02/08 till Wednesday 13/08 (except Tuesday 05/08 & Monday 11/08) in each case at 8.00 pm in the Augarten (circus tent) Recommended from age 5! Tickets: € 36 Regular price / € 32 Ö1 Club / € 28 Reduced Barrier-free access: € 23 wheelchair users / € 18 accompanying persons 9

LEANDRE RIEN À DIRE & NO SE (Spain)

The role of a clown is to create a hole that allows us to see humankind from a different perspective. Spanish street artiste Leandre is a grand master at creating these holes, through which, during his 16 years on Europe’s streets and stages, countless curious eyes have already looked. This summer, he will open up these fascinating holes with his two performances “Rien à dire” and “No se” in Graz, Leibnitz, Weiz and Stainz; with his touching, poetic and unexpected performances, he will not only make the audience laugh. If you decide to get involved with Leandre, you can be fed, embraced, and sometimes kissed by him – more or less tenderly. But, first and foremost, you will laugh, looking through this infinitely exciting hole, on the other side of which mankind is to be found. RIEN À DIRE

60 Min.

Saturday 02/08 till Monday 04/08 in each case at 8.30 pm, Lesliehof, Courtyard at the Joanneum Quarter Tickets: € 29 Regular Price / € 27 Ö1 Club / € 26 Reduced Barrier-free access: € 19 wheelchair users / € 14 accompanying persons

NO SE

Sunday 03/08 Tuesday 05/08

40 Min.

Wednesday 06/08 10

11.00 am 4.00 pm 7.00 pm 6.00 pm

Hauptplatz MURPARK Südtirolerplatz WEIZ in case of rain Kunsthaus WEIZ Bahnhofspark STAINZ

LE COLLECTIF G. BISTAKI COOPERATZÍA - LE CHEMIN (France)

60 Min.

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When exceptional artists perfect their art to such a point that the borders between body language, installation, dance and classical circus art are blurred completely; when it takes a second glance to realise that what is concealed behind flying handbags are juggling techniques which have been taken beyond recognition as a result of three swirling objects; when you watch incredulously how the domino effect works with roof tiles – ascending the stairs that is: Then you are in a performance by Collectif G. Bistaki. The five French jugglers, dancers and actors succeed in telling stories in pictures, creating a surrealistic world in an ordinary place. This year, it will be the grounds of Graz University of Technology at Inffeldgasse – even if, arguably, nobody will be aware of the daily use of this place throughout the performance. With the friendly assistance of Energie Graz.

Saturday 02/08 till Monday 04/08 in each case at 9.00 pm, Starting Point: Technical University Graz, Inffeldgasse 10 Recommended from age 5! We recommend comfortable shoes! Tickets: € 29 Regular Price / € 27 Ö1 Club / € 26 Reduced Barrier-free access: € 19 wheelchairusers / € 14 accompanying persons 11

OLIVIER GROSSETÊTE (France) LES BÂTISSES SOEURS D`ÉPHÉMÈRES Free Entry!

One day is not such a long time to build a house. French artist Olivier Grossetête invites Graz people to construct an ephemeral building made of cardboard and adhesive tape in exactly this time span. He calls this new house “Les bâtisses soeurs d’éphémères”, which can rise up to 20 metres above the well-trodden ground of the city. A splendid castle in the air that will change for a moment the perception of what we currently perceive as the city, creating new space, where people live, think, are creative and celebrate. But “Éphémère” means mayfly in French – and so the ephemeral building will only be a memory the next day, to whose spectacular end a great number of people and inhabitants will contribute once again. The building will be constructed in workshops with the help of volunteers. This installation is accessible to the public from the time of public construction till the joint demolition. A project in collaboration with the IN SITU International network for artistic creation in public space. Workshop: Tuesday 05/08 till Thursday 07/08 in each case at 10.00 am & 5.00 pm. More information concerning participation on info@lastrada.at and on www.lastrada.at. Recommended from age 6! Public construction at Friday 08/08 from 2.00 pm Freiheitsplatz Joint demolition at Saturday 09/08 from 7.00 pm Freiheitsplatz 12

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PROGRAMME OVERVIEW

INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF STREET ART AND PUPPET THEATRE 1ST – 9TH AUGUST 2014 WWW.LASTRADA.AT

PROGRAMME : TICKETS : SERVICE AT A GLANCE

PROGRAMMEOVERVIEW

Thursday, 31st July

Sunday, 3rd August

IN WEISSENBACH/HAUS

8.00pm Theater t’eig The Village € 12* Weißenbach/Haus / 100’ / P.7

Friday, 1st August Man Dog 5.00pm Who Headphone Concert Postgarage / Rösselmühlpark /180’ Festival opening

8.00pm Cie Finzi Pasca La Verità CAT Opera Graz / 125’ / P.4

Saturday, 2nd August 11.00am Theater t’eig The Village € 20/16 Waagner-Biro-Straße 117 / 100’ / P.7 11.00am Asphalt Piloten Tape Riot 45’ / P.6 11.00am ZYGOS Brass Band NOLA Second Line MURPARK / 40’ / P.6 4.00pm Pierre Sauvageot Igor hagard Forecourt Central Station / 31’ / P.8 5.00pm Int. Tanzkollektiv der IG Tanz Friktion Lend - Blaue Zone Volksgarten / 45’ / P.18 5.00pm Asphalt Piloten Tape Riot 45’ / P.6 5.00pm Pierre Sauvageot Igor hagard Forecourt Central Station / 31’ / P.8 6.00pm Pierre Sauvageot Igor hagard Forecourt Central Station / 31’ / P.8 7.00pm Pierre Sauvageot Igor hagard Forecourt Central Station / 31’ / P.8 7.00pm ZYGOS Brass Band NOLA Second Line Lendplatz / 40’ / P.6 8.00pm Akoreacro KLAXON € 36/28 Augarten / 70’ / P.9 8.00pm Cie Finzi Pasca La Verità CAT Opera Graz / 125’ / P.4 8.30pm Leandre Rien à dire € 29/26 Lesliehof / 60’ / P.10 9.00pm Le Collectif G. Bistaki Cooperatzìa, Le Chemin € 29/26

TU Inffeldgasse 10 / 60’ / P.11

11.00am Theater t’eig The village € 20/16 Waagner-Biro-Straße 117 / 100’ / P.7 11.00am Asphalt Piloten Tape Riot 45’ / P.6 11.00am Leandre No se Hauptplatz / 40’ / P.10 11.00am ZYGOS Brass Band NOLA Second Line Burggarten / 40’ / P.6 4.00pm Pierre Sauvageot Igor hagard Forecourt Central Station / 31’ / P.8 5.00pm Asphalt Piloten Tape Riot 45’ / P.6 5.00pm Pierre Sauvageot Igor hagard Forecourt Central Station / 31’ / P.8 5.00pm Int. Tanzkollektiv der IG Tanz Friktion Lend - Blaue Zone Volksgarten / 45’ / P.18 6.00pm Pierre Sauvageot Igor hagard Forecourt Central Station / 31’ / P.8 7.00pm Pierre Sauvageot Igor hagard Forecourt Central Station / 31’ / P.8 7.00pm ZYGOS Brass Band NOLA Second Line Griesplatz / 40’ / P.6 8.00pm Akoreacro KLAXON € 36/28 Augarten / 70’ / P.9 8.30pm Leandre Rien à dire € 29/26 Lesliehof / 60’ / P.10 9.00pm Le Collectif G. Bistaki Cooperatzìa, le chemin € 29/26

TU Inffeldgasse 10 / 60’ / P.11

La Strada

IN WEISSENBACH/HAUS

8.00pm Theater t’eig The Village € 12 Weißenbach/Haus / 100’ / P.7

Ticket booking for the performance of Theater t’eig in Weißenbach on 31st July on theaterland steiermark ticket hotline 0664 / 8347406

** Meeting point will be announced on the tickets *** Times Judith Hofland: AM: 9.45 | 10.00 | 10.15 | 10.30 | 10.45 | 11.00 | 11.15 11.30 | 11.45 | 12.00 PM: 12.15 | 12.30 | 12.45 | 1.00 | 1.15 | 1.30 | 1.45 CAT

Cie Finzi Pasca “La Verità” Category 1: € 48 Regular price / € 43 Ö1 Club /Reduced Category 2: € 42 Regular price / € 37 Ö1 Club /Reduced Category 3: € 36 Regular price / € 31 Ö1 Club /Reduced

Monday, 4th August 11.00am Theatre Fragile Anton, Luka & Benjamin Lesliehof / 45’ / P.16 4.00pm Pierre Sauvageot Igor hagard Forecourt Central Station / 31’ / P.8 4.00pm Theater auf der Zitadelle Rumpelstilzchen MURPARK / 50’ / P.16 5.00pm ZYGOS Brass Band NOLA Second Line Hauptplatz / 40’ / P.6 5.00pm Pierre Sauvageot Igor hagard Forecourt Central Station / 31’ / P.8 5.00pm Int. Tanzkollektiv der IG Tanz Friktion Lend - Blaue Zone Volksgarten / 45’ / P.18 5.00pm Theatre Fragile Anton, Luka & Benjamin Lesliehof / 45’ / P.16 6.00pm Pierre Sauvageot Igor hagard Forecourt Central Station / 31’ / P.8 7.00pm ZYGOS Brass Band NOLA Second Line Freiheitsplatz / 40’ / P.6 7.00pm Pierre Sauvageot Igor hagard Forecourt Central Station / 31’ / P.8 8.00pm Akoreacro KLAXON € 36/28 Augarten / 70’ / P.9 8.30pm Leandre Rien à dire € 29/26 Lesliehof / 60’ / P.10 9.00pm Le Collectif G. Bistaki Cooperatzìa, Le Chemin € 29/26

TU Inffeldgasse 10 / 60’ / P.11

DOG AN M O WH Warming-up for La Strada is quite easy: DANCE! Dance to the earthy marimba-, the spacy vibraphonesounds and the angelic chime of Raphael Meinhart, the driving beats of the drummer Jörg Haberl and the thunderous bass of Stefan Padinger! All this together will lay the foundations for the powerful voice of Vesna Petkovic. Nevertheless: to hear the full sound of „Who Man Dog“, you will need the right headphones! Come to the Postgarage on Friday the 1st August at 5 p.m. and keep on dancing at the La Strada Opening. Headphones to rend on side for € 2,-.

Tuesday, 5th August Thor McIntyre-Burnie The Speakers | Installation Europaratweg-Stadtpark / P.13 from

9.45am Judith Hofland Like me*** € 14/9 Foyer Hotel Weitzer / 40’ / P.13 11.00am Theatre Fragile Anton, Luka & Benjamin Lesliehof / 45’ / P.16 4.00pm Pierre Sauvageot Igor hagard Forecourt Central Station / 31’ / P.8 4.00pm Leandre No se MURPARK / 40’ / P.10 5.00pm Theatre Fragile Anton, Luka & Benjamin Lesliehof / 45’ / P.16 5.00pm Pierre Sauvageot Igor hagard Forecourt Central Station / 31’ / P.8 6.00pm Pierre Sauvageot Igor hagard Forecourt Central Station / 31’ / P.8 7.00pm Pierre Sauvageot Igor hagard Forecourt Central Station / 31’ / P.8 8.00pm Cie Finzi Pasca La Verità CAT Opera Graz / 125’ / P.4 8.30pm Wolfram Berger & Christian Bakanic Emperor Joseph II. … € 29/26 Lesliehof / 80’ / P.14

La Strada IN LEIBNITZ 10.30am ZYGOS Brass Band NOLA Second Line Hauptplatz Kirche / 40’ / P.6

La Strada SCHLOSS SEGGAU 11.00am Theater auf der Zitadelle Rumpelstilzchen Schloss Seggau / 50’ / P.16 12.00am ZYGOS Brass Band NOLA Second Line Schloss Seggau / 40’ / P.6

La Strada IN WEIZ 5.00pm Theater auf der Zitadelle Rumpelstilzchen Kunsthaus Weiz / 50’ / P.16 6.00pm Nota Bene & Eddie Luis Moving Chairs Kunsthaus-Passage / 40’ / P.15 7.00pm Leandre No se Südtirolerplatz / 40’ / P.10 8.00pm ZYGOS Brass Band NOLA Second Line Südtirolerplatz / 40’ / P.6

Thursday, 7th August

Friday, 8th August

Thor McIntyre-Burnie The Speakers | Installation Europaratweg-Stadtpark / P.13

from 9.45am Judith Hofland Like me***

€ 14/9 Foyer Hotel Weitzer / 40’ / P.13 11.00am Theater t’eig The Village € 20/16 Waagner-Biro-Straße 117 / 100’ / P.7 11.00am Theater auf der Zitadelle Rumpelstilzchen Lesliehof / 50’ / P.16

11.00am Nota Bene & Eddie Luis Moving Chairs

Tummelplatz / 40’ / P.15 4.00pm Theatre Fragile Anton, Luka and Benjamin MURPARK / 45’ / P.16 5.00pm Theater auf der Zitadelle Rumpelstilzchen Lesliehof / 50’ / P.16

Tummelplatz / 40’ / P.15 Olivier Grossetête SET-UP 2.00pm Les bâtisses soeurs d’éphémères Freiheitsplatz / P.12 5.00pm Theater auf der Zitadelle Rumpelstilzchen Lesliehof / 50’ / P.16

5.00 pm Nota Bene & Eddie Luis Moving Chairs

5.00pm Nota Bene & Eddie Luis Moving Chairs

Tummelplatz / 40’ / P.15 6.15pm HOPPart Scale 1:5

€ 10/6

Priesterseminar Courtyard / 50’ / P.15 from Open Dance 7.30pm ZYGOS Brass Band Kaiserfeldgasse / P.17 8.00pm HOPPart Scale 1:5 € 10/6

Priesterseminar Courtyard / 50’ / P.15 8.00pm Akoreacro KLAXON € 36/28 Augarten / 70’ / P.9 8.00pm Cie Finzi Pasca La Verità CAT Opera Graz / 125’ / P.4 8.30pm Wolfram Berger & Christian Bakanic Emperor Joseph II. … € 29/26 Lesliehof / 80’ / P.14

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€ 10/6

Priesterseminar Courtyard/ 50’ / P.15 from Open Dance 7.30pm Christian Bakanic & Mala Junta Kaiserfeldgasse / P.17 8.00pm HOPPart Scale 1:5 € 10/6

Priesterseminar Courtyard/ 50’ / P.15 8.00pm Akoreacro KLAXON € 36/28 Augarten / 70’ / P.9 8.00pm Cie Finzi Pasca La Verità CAT Opera Graz / 125’ / P.4

Starting points for mobile theatre

Accessible installation in each case from 12.00 pm till 3.00 pm and 6.30 pm till 10.00 pm, Europaratweg-Stadtpark Show especially for children Indoor theatre shows Indoor shows at special locations Those interested can receive information about Asphalt Riot’s venue via SMS. Please register on www.meinlastrada.at or send a text message reading „ASPHALT“ to +43 (0) 676 800 858 800.

Friday, 8th August

Saturday, 9th August

Thor McIntyre-Burnie The Speakers | Installation Europaratweg-Stadtpark / P.13

Thor McIntyre-Burnie The Speakers | Installation Europaratweg-Stadtpark / P.13 Olivier Grossetête Installation Freiheitsplatz

from 9.45am Judith Hofland Like me*** € 14/9 Foyer Hotel Weitzer / 40’ / P.13 11.00am Theater t’eig The Village € 20/16 Waagner-Biro-Straße 117 / 100’ / P.7 11.00am Theater auf der Zitadelle Rumpelstilzchen Lesliehof / 50’ / P.16

11.00am Nota Bene & Eddie Luis Moving Chairs Tummelplatz / 40’ / P.15 Olivier Grossetête SET-UP 2.00pm Les bâtisses soeurs d’éphémères Freiheitsplatz / P.12 5.00pm Theater auf der Zitadelle Rumpelstilzchen Lesliehof / 50’ / P.16 from

5.00pm Nota Bene & Eddie Luis Moving Chairs Tummelplatz / 40’ / P.15 6.15pm HOPPart Scale 1:5 € 10/6

Priesterseminar Courtyard/ 50’ / P.15 from Open Dance 7.30pm Christian Bakanic & Mala Junta Kaiserfeldgasse / P.17 8.00pm HOPPart Scale 1:5 € 10/6

Priesterseminar Courtyard/ 50’ / P.15 8.00pm Akoreacro KLAXON € 36/28 Augarten / 70’ / P.9 8.00pm Cie Finzi Pasca La Verità CAT Opera Graz / 125’ / P.4

11.00am Nota Bene & Eddie Luis Moving Chairs Tummelplatz / 40’ / P.15 12.15pm HOPPart Scale 1:5 € 10/6

Priesterseminar Courtyard / 50’ / P.15 5.00pm Theater auf der Zitadelle Rumpelstilzchen Lesliehof / 50’ / P.16 5.00pm Nota Bene & Eddie Luis Moving Chairs Tummelplatz / 40’ / P.15 6.15pm HOPPart Scale 1:5 € 10/6

Priesterseminar Courtyard / 50’ / P.15 from Olivier Grossetête TAKEDOWN 7.00pm Les bâtisses soeurs d’éphémères Freiheitsplatz / P.12 8.00pm Akoreacro KLAXON € 36/28 Augarten / 70’ / P.9 10.00pm Finale Party with The Merry Poppins € 15 Lesliehof / P.19

La Strada

IN WEISSENBACH/HAUS Starting points for mobile theatre Accessible installation in each case from 12.00 pm till 3.00 pm and 6.30 pm till 10.00 pm, Europaratweg-Stadtpark Show especially for children Indoor theatre shows

8.00pm Theater t’eig The Village € 12 Weißenbach/Haus / 100’ / P.7

10th / 12th & 13th August 8.00pm Akoreacro KLAXON € 36/28 Augarten / 70’ / P.9

Indoor shows at special locations Those interested can receive information about Asphalt Riot’s venue via SMS. Please register on www.meinlastrada.at or send a text message reading „ASPHALT“ to +43 (0) 676 800 858 800.

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SERVICE : TICKETS : INFORMATION

LA STRADA TICKET HOTLINE

Info & advance ticket sales tel. +43 (0)720 733 748 or ticket@lastrada.at Ticket bookings made by telephone are to be paid by credit card. THE NEW LA STRADA APP

In the new La Strada app, each venue is marked on Google Maps to guide the festival visitors through the city. What is more, the app features all groups and performances, venues and ticket prices as well as a calendar, which shows at a glance what is happening where at the preferred time; visitors can also order tickets, view photos and videos as well as connect to links to all artistes’ social media presences. ADVANCE TICKET SALES

Graz Tourismus: Herrengasse 16, 8010 Graz / Opening times: daily 10am - 6pm oeticket sales points all over Austria: www.oeticket.com Kleine Zeitung ticketing: tel. +43 (0)316 871 871 11 CLOSE OF ADVANCE SALES / REMAINING TICKETS

In each case 2h before beginning of performance. For sold-out performances a waiting list will be set up when the evening box office opens (1 hour before the performance begins). From 15 minutes before the performance begins, any remaining tickets will be allocated in the order of the waiting list. One ticket will be given per person. Prior reservation is not possible. WHEELCHAIR PLACES

When indicated, venues have authorised wheelchair places or barrier-free access. Wheelchair places can be ordered in writing or by telephone via the La Strada ticket hotline and all advance ticket sales points. ADMISSION FOR LATECOMERS

Please note that latecomers sometimes cannot be admitted, depending on the production. REDUCTION

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THOR McINTYRE-BURNIE (Great Britain) THE SPEAKERS Free

Entry! Thor McIntyre’s project “The Speakers” has its roots in the numerous twitter voices with which people made their voices heard in the occupied squares during the Arab Spring. For La Strada, the British artist will expand his installation by yet another historical dimension: together with a team of the Department of History at the University of Graz, McIntyre will bring unheard voices from the First World War alive. The historians have been sifting through letters, diaries, reader’s letters and news from associations of the time to filter out what children, women and men had to say, to whom as yet hardly anybody has listened. “The Speakers” is an installation that blurs realities of other people and their public spaces with ours – in order to turn us into attentive listeners.

In collaboration with the IN SITU International network for artistic creation in public space. Tuesday 05/08 till Saturday 09/08 Accessible installation in each case from 12.00 am till 3.00 pm and 6.30 pm till 10.00 pm, Europaratweg in the City Park

JUDITH HOFLAND (Netherlands) LIKE ME “Like me” is an encounter with the city, its inhabitants and, not least, with ourselves – or at least with that person we choose to be on the net. Dutch artist Judith Hofland invites all participants in her performance to embark on a journey through Graz with an iPod touch and equipped with headphones, photos and directions, during which they be40 Reserve come members of a private social netMin. Tickets! work. The interactive video tour draws an intriguing picture of communication in the brave new world of apps, in which all of us are interconnected. And it draws a picture of ourselves or of what is visible of us on the net. A project in collaboration with the IN SITU International network for artistic creation in public space. Tuesday 05/08 till Saturday 09/08, Meeting point: Foyer Hotel Weitzer Starting time: AM: 9.45 | 10.00 | 10.15 | 10.30 | 10.45 | 11.00 | 11.15 | 11.30 | 11.45 | 12.00 and PM: 12.15| 12.30 | 12.45 | 1.00 | 1.15 | 1.30 | 1.45 Attention: Only limited group size per starting time! Recommended from age 12! Performance in English! Tickets: € 14 Regular Price / € 12.60 Ö1 Club / € 9 Reduced 13

WOLFRAM BERGER & CHRISTIAN BAKANIC EMPEROR JOSEPH II AND THE SIGNALMAN’S DAUGHTER (Austria)

80 Min.

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The drama begins at the railroad station in “Wuzelwang am Wuzel”, when Franz Teuxelsieder comes home after collecting pine cones, and his future father-in-law asks him to assemble all the railway workers to go poaching together. When the Emperor and his Chancellor arrive, just as almost all of the railway workers happen to be absent, a hunter appears with a dead chamois, Nozerl faints sinking into the Emperor’s arms, and a murderer sniffs his chance to assassinate his Highness. Events come thick and fast; until the British arrive to declare that nothing of this has ever taken place. Wolfram Berger stages this “dramatic voice from Inner Austria” with music by Christian Bakanic based on a satirical play in one act by Fritz von Herzmanovsky-Orlando – and, by the way, the Emperor buys it all.

Tuesday 05/08 till Thursday 07/08, in each case at 8.30 pm, Lesliehof, Courtyard at the Joanneum Quarter Recommended from age 12! Tickets: € 29 Regular Price / € 27 Ö1 Club / € 26 Reduced Barrier-free access: € 19 wheelchair users / € 14 accompanying person 14

NOTA BENE & EDDIE LUIS MOVING CHAIRS (Austria) Free 40 Min. Entry! This is nothing for those who like to stick in chairs, even if chairs are the protagonists in Eddie Luis’ “Moving Chairs”. Because here, everybody is walking, lying down, standing upright and singing, with the chairs in constant movement; people are sitting on seats, people are sitting on chairs, and small chairs in love practice an uprising. Besides, the almost 45- strong choir Nota Bene redefines choral sitting – and the Graz multi-instrumentalist, conductor, singer, arranger and composer, with his songs, choral speaking and spoken text, makes sure that nobody will sit still for too long.

A Coproduction of La Strada Graz. Starting point: Kunsthaus-Passage WEIZ Thursday 07/08 till Saturday 09/08, in each case 11.00 am and 5.00 pm, Starting point Graz: Tummelplatz Tuesday 05/08

6.00 pm

HOPPART (Hungary) SCALE 1:5 “Five actors – one city, five sounds – one voice, five directions – one emotion”: the artists of the Hungarian theatre group HOPPart conquer the city on a scale of one to five. With their powerful voices and a cappella performance of pop music classics on stairs, squares and benches, the graduates of the Hungarian theatre academy will turn every passer-by into a witness of experimental contemporary music theatre.

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A project in collaboration with the IN SITU International network for artistic creation in public space. Thursday 07/08 till Friday 08/08 in each case at 6.15 pm and 8.00 pm, Saturday 09/08 at 12.15 am and 6.15 pm, Starting point: Priesterseminar Courtyard Recommended from age 10! Tickets: € 10 Regular Price / € 8,50 Ö1 Club / € 6 Reduced Barrier-free access: € 4 wheelchair users / € 2 accompanying persons 15

Especially for children THEATRE FRAGILE (Germany/France) ANTON, LUKA AND BENJAMIN 45 Min.

When small boxes turn into wild animals, into colliding racing cars and, finally, into castles made of stone and steel, one can safely assume one has entered the world of games. But who decides what is to be played when and with whom? These are questions that not only adults face. The artists of Theatre Fragile, with drama, circus arts and object theatre, enable their audience of all ages to experience the fact that friendship needs attention, openness and solidarity. And, on top of this, a lot of fun. Free Entry!

With the friendly assistance of Holding Graz. Monday 04/08 till Wednesday 06/08 in each case 11.00 am and 5.00 pm, Lesliehof, Courtyard at the Joanneum Quarter Recommended from age 4! Thursday 07/08 4.00 pm MURPARK

Especially for children THEATER AUF DER ZITADELLE (Germany) RUMPELSTILZCHEN Aren’t there malicious little men, good princesses, greedy cooks, clever mice, silly millers and beautiful daughters – fortunately! Because in this “Rumpelstilzchen” Coproduction by Anna Fregin, in collaboration with Theater auf der Zitadelle and La Strada, each of these characters is brought alive thanks to a very special puppet. And, Free 50 Entry! Min. in this way, the old new story is revived again, which presumably, possibly, really took place many years ago. Story time for parents who are so wellbehaved that their children take them along. A Coproduction with Theater auf der Zitadelle, La Strada and Theater Anna Rampe. With the friendly assistance of Holding Graz. Monday, 04/08

4.00 pm MURPARK 11.00 am SCHLOSS SEGGAU Tuesday 05/08 5.00 pm Kunsthaus WEIZ Wednesday 06/08 11.00 am Rauch-Hof STAINZ Thursday 07/08 till Saturday 09/08 in each case at 11.00 am and 5.00 pm, Lesliehof, Courtyard at the Joanneum Quarter. Recommended from age 4! 16

OPEN DANCE DIE GNADENLOSEN XL | ZYGOS BRASS BAND CHRISTIAN BAKANIC & MALA JUNTA Free Entry!

Animated nights await Graz people at “Open Dance” when, under the open sky, the streets will turn into a dance floor, complete with live music. On the first evening, “Eddie Luis & Die Gnadenlosen XL” will hit the right note with light music inspired by Max Raabe; on the second night, Zygos Brass Band, with “Le Bal des Zygos”, will bring a touch of New Orleans to Styria to dance the night away. And, on the third night, Christian Bakanic and Mala Junta will present an intriguing mix of Argentine tango and European folk music. On three evenings in Kaiserfeldgasse. In collaboration with Tango-Baustelle. 7.30 pm Start Dj-Line | Live music from 9.00 pm (see below).

Wednesday 06/08 Thursday 07/08 Friday 08/08

Eddie Luis & Die Gnadenlosen XL Zygos Brass Band Christian Bakanic & Mala Junta

Kaiserfeldgasse Kaiserfeldgasse Kaiserfeldgasse 17

DIE RABTALDIRNDLN (Austria) PICKNICK MIT ERSCHEINUNG In Rabtal nothing is free, and this is also true for the picnic, complete with apparition! Anyone wishing to walk the last metres of pilgrimage in Stainz with the Rabtaldirndln, has to lend a hand carrying lemonade and going through crucial rituals. Besides, this person ought not to be scared of the artists of the Styrian theatre collective, who, as a Only in! Reserve 60 Stainz Tickets! Min. matter of principle, claim to perform in a formation that bears resemblance to a squadron. The Rabtaldirndln always deal with the conflict between town and countryside - apparition and welcome schnapps included. With the friendly assistance of Café Lex, Stainz. Wednesday 06/08 3.00 pm & 7.00 pm, STAINZ * Recommended from age 12! We recommend comfortable shoes! Tickets: € 7 | * the venue will be announced on the tickets. Tickets only available at Trafik Schauer, Grazer Straße 5 in Stainz!

IG TANZ (Austria) FRIKTION LEND – BLAUE ZONE The courting Australian satin bowerbird enjoys staking out its territory in blue – and how we are supposed to imagine this is revealed by the story in pictures and movement “Friktion Lend – Blaue Zone”, rich in associations and performed by the dancers of the dance collective IG Tanz at the playground in Volksgarten park. An enticing, sensual Free 45 and seductive performance that creates Entry! Min. a colourful scenario of cultures and open spaces, overcoming barriers. A contemporary engagement that makes spectators beam with joy, adding a new colour to the Styrian summer.

Saturday 02/08 till Monday 04/08 in each case at 5.00 pm, Playground in Volksgarten 18

La Strada-Finale Party WITH THE MERRY POPPINS (Austria) 70 Min.

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Everything has to end sometime! For La Strada, this will be quite precisely on 9 August at 10pm when the grand finale party starts in Lesliehof courtyard. And then, the only thing left to do for the artists, audience and organisers will be to move to the teeny-weeny selection of musical styles that “The Merry Poppins” have included in their repertoire. Because except for klezmer, R&B, swing, dixie, reggae, ska, Balkan pop, jive, polka, ragtime, country and jazz, the Austrian band has hardly anything to offer – but everything has to end at some point!

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Saturday 09/08 at 10.00 pm, Lesliehof, Courtyard at Joanneum Quarter Entry from 9.00 pm, Tickets: € 15 Single Price

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Ode tO a Crash Landing Cirkus Cirkör

An “Underart; Ode to a crash landing” may not be the most festive of all performances, amidst “Last Christmas” and the smell of vanilla crescent biscuits, but a wonderful change. In the course of the traditional Cirque Noël festival in Graz, this year, Cirkus Cirkör will perform its play “Underart; Ode to a Crash Landing” during the winter holidays. Under the direction of Olle Strandberg, the artists will show what positive forces can be unleashed after a rough landing in reality. All of this accompanied by specially composed music with exciting balancing acts, great acrobatics – and highly intensive coffee breaks.

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