WERK X – small theatres in Vienna

One of Vienna’s newest members to its theatre scene is WERK X. Newly founded in 2014, after merging two projects together, this theatre has its main location in a creative corner that used to be a factory, in a far corner of Meidling (fun fact: they even call themselves ‘Theater am Arsch der Welt’ on their Facebook page). Their more central location, WERK X-Eldorado, is located at Petersplatz in Vienna’s city center. WERK X wants to go beyond what the big theatres are offering their audiences. They like to experiment a little and push boundaries.

They offer politically engaged, and progressive artists a platform to express what they have to express about the big issues of the day. The concept of many of their plays is to update classical dialogue theatre, and question what has been done before. Modern influences and new perspectives break traditional theatre performances that most theatre-goers are used to. Plus, they also sometimes get in international productions. Check out the WERK X program, here.