Happy Birthday to us!
We are going to celebrate our anniversary with two productions: our classic Wortstattnächte and our new production House of Words.
Wortstattnächte 2025
This years production of Wortstattnächte with 4 brandnew texts by Renate Aichinger, Eva Bormann, Judith Humer and Xaver Schumacher will take place on November 14 & 15. November at Kosmos Theater in Wien.
House of Words
Starting November 25 we will transform the Theater am Werk on Petersplatz into a House of Words!
We are celebrating our birthday and have commissioned 20 authors to write short plays for the occasion. 20 world premieres in one evening! Prizes and citizenships will be awarded. Regime changes will be celebrated and gifts distributed. Songs will be sung, dogs will perform, humpback whales will appear, and finally, the End themselves will make an appearance. A scenic-musical collage. Sometimes funny, sometimes tragic. Sometimes ironic, sometimes critical, or sometimes just beautiful. We invite you to join the celebration at the House of Words!
IN A NEW LIGHT
Within the edition of Fabulamundi. Playwriting Europe. New Voices the documentary “In a New Light” was realized by Hector Manchego. A journey with all 19 participating playwrights of the New Voices back to their roots, sharing reflections on the work of writing and very personal insights to the people behind the written words.
VIENNA CALLING – WIENER WORTSTAETTEN CALLING
Here we go again: We were looking for new dramatic texts for our project of the Drama Lab 2026 in cooperation with Theater Kosmos Bregenz. Applications are possible until October 10, 2025 via our online form.
Please note that the multilingual texts are welcome, the working language of the programme will be German.
Arad Dabiri awarded Upcoming Author of the Year 2025
Arad Dabiri was awarded with the title of Upcoming Author of the Year 2025 with his play “DRUCK”. The title was awarded by the magazine Theater heute according to a survey with 47 critics of the german speaking theater landscape who were asked for their dramatic highlights of the season 24/25. We are of course thrilled for him, since we were privileged to partake live in the the development of the play within our project of the Drama Lab 2023.
It’s a wrap.
On the occasion of the last Fabulamundi. Playwriting Europe. New Voices meeting of all cooperation partners in Barcelona a filmic overview of the joint work from the past 3 years was presented.
Video: Hector Manchego
Voiceover: Simonetta Solder
Text: Valentina De Simone
Our new Drama Lab 2025 authors!
Out of anonymous 124 submissions the jury chose four authors for this years’ Drama Lab 2025. We are very much looking forward to working together with Renate Aichinger, Eva Bormann, Judith Humer und Xaver Schumacher!
Their first drafts were promising and full of feminist, poetic, political and humorous power. We are eager to see the development of their texts and the final results on stage!
Fabulamundi. Playwriting Europe. New Voices 2023-2025
After two small and one large-scale past editions funded by the European Commission, FABULAMUNDI NEW VOICES marks a new chapter of a successful history of European cooperation, which aims to bring contemporary playwriting closer to the younger generations.
With a network of 10 countries and 15 organizations active in the field of theatre and dramaturgy, located in all the European regions including the Western Balkans, NEW VOICES will develop a new methodology to sustain and train a new generation of playwrights, putting dramaturgy into the spotlight, removing the barriers to the profession and integrating digital tools and results in the creation process.