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TWO 2019
NEW & APPROVED News from the region
The Female Art of Comedy IS THERE A typical female sense of humour? Do women laugh differently to men? Do they make different kinds of jokes? These are the exact questions that Anna Heiss has been trying to answer of late. The 31-year-old has been the director of the legendary Dekadenz, a small-scale theatre and cabaret cellar in Brixen/Bres-
Anna Heiss has been the director of the legendary Dekadenz theatre in Brixen since 2017. The 31-yearold wants to empower more women to take to the stage.
sanone, since autumn 2017. Her mission during the current theatre season is to empower women by supporting female comedians to tread the boards. “Cabaret and small-scale theatre are so heavily dominated by men that I thought I would set up a counter movement,” says Anna, who was born in Brixen. “In our theatre, we’ve found that performances by women are generally better received, possibly because more women go to the theatre. When women account for 70 percent of the audience, why should 70 percent of the performers on stage be male?” Before launching her career as a cabaret director, Anna lived in Vienna, where she studied
The Plose massif is on its way to being a plasticfree mountain, its lodge managers having done away completely with plastic bottles. The stainless steel ones available as part of the Refill initiative can be filled up at quality-tested water fountains in the skiing and hiking area.
A PlasticFree Mountain T H E L O C A L M AG A Z I N E
PLOSE, which residents of Brixen/Bressanone commonly refer to as their local mountain, is a massif with several peaks: Telegraph (2,486 metres), Pfannspitze (2,547 metres) and Gabler (2,576 metres). Besides being a popular skiing and hiking area, it is known for the high-quality mineral water sourced from its spring.
film, theatre and media as well as cultural management. She has contributed to various theatre projects and is a member of the VonPiderZuHeiss theatre ensemble. Her involvement in theatre started at a young age when she joined a youth dance theatre group in Brixen. The Dekadenz theatre is based in a historic cellar known as the Anreiterkeller in the medieval district of Stufels/Stufles. Besides putting on two in-house productions a year, it hosts performers from German-speaking countries and jazz musicians. Anna’s wish is for gender to no longer play a role in the cabaret industry – something that she herself is now contributing to.
Now the mountain is also making a name for itself by launching an environmental protection campaign. Since summer 2019, plastic bottles have no longer been available in any of the mountain lodges on the Plose massif. The lodge managers are also taking steps to minimise their general plastic consumption as far as possible. At the same time, the “Refill” initiative has been launched to make stylish stainless steel bottles available at all lodges on the Plose. Visitors, hikers and skiers can fill up these bottles – or their own drink containers – from drinking water fountains on the Plose marked with “Refill” stickers. The quality of the water from these fountains has been tested, reassuring users that they are enjoying fresh spring water whilst doing their bit for the environment. Thanks to the pioneering campaign, Plose has become the first plastic-free hiking and skiing area in the Alps. www.brixen.org/km0
