The Best Play Ever - Milo Rau - Vienna Festival 2026

From faeces performances to gory theatre worship, from fantastic canonical evenings to immersive nightmares, from a Lipizzaner stallion to the spirit of Luc Bondy, from Baroque operas to Christoph Schlingensief’s container, The Best Play Ever is a bizarre and touching revue that brings the highs and lows of 75 years of the Vienna Festival (Wiener Festwochen) back on stage! Moderated by Vienna’s darlings Inge Maux and Samouil Stoyanov, the evening takes the audience from the birth of the Vienna Festival (Wiener Festwochen) in 1951 all the way to today’s Free Republic of Vienna. It is the opener for this year’s festival edition, the Republic of Gods.
Settled Viennese and new arrivals, both fans and haters of the Vienna Festival recount stories of their first theatre love, of divine rapture, boredom and fun. Great moments of collective memory meet personal stories as the city itself becomes the stage, with its longings, secrets and juxtapositions. It is a small history of theatre and of our beloved Vienna.

Recommended for ages 16+

Language: German with English surtitles
Duration: 2 hours

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Das beste Stück aller Zeiten

75 Jahre Wiener Festwochen

Milo Rau