Thomas Bernhard Institute

© Manuela Seethaler

The Thomas Bernhard Institute is one of the most renowned Austrian training centers for aspiring actors, directors, film and theater makers. The examination of text is related to space, body and movement as the fundamental elements of play and acting. In addition, there is an intensive and enjoyable engagement with questions of time in dialogue.

Thomas Bernhard Institute
+43 676 88122 445
rosa.batteg@moz.ac.at

Paris-Lodron-Straße 9
5020 Salzburg

Studies

News

  • Schauspieler*innen mit Helmen, Fellen und mit Flaggen auf der Bühne | © Manuela Seethaler
    15.3.2023

    Elfriede Jelinek's "Am Königsweg" is an examination of right-wing populism, Donald Trump's disastrous political practice and the helplessness of a society that cannot find an answer to the explosive spread of contempt for democracy and violence.

    Drama production
  • Gaia Till Ernecke | © Manuela Seethaler
    20.1.2023
    Directing projects on the theme of Classic 

    On January 20 and 21, the Thomas Bernhard Institute, in cooperation with the Department of Scenography of the Mozarteum University, presented Philoktet by Heiner Müller, Gaia in a version by Till Ernecke and The Bacchae by Euripides, three directorial works on the theme of classical music at the Theater im KunstQuartier.

    Drama production
  • Weite, flache Landschaft, Wolken am Himmel, Silhouette eines Menschen in der Mitte
    6.10.2022
    With Dylan on the Road - Bringing it all back home 

    Inspired by the polyartist Bob Dylan and his approaches of appropriation and transformation, nine artistic-explorative teams of two from the Mozarteum University were on the road in South Africa, the US, Mexico, Europe and Latin America during the first half of 2022. The results are nine art projects that will be premiered on October 14 and 15 as part of Jazz & The City, accompanied by a symposium "Inspired by ... commemorating 60 Years of Bob Dylan.".

    Student project

At one glance

16
Productions per year
3
Venues
9
Rehearsal rooms
20
Graduates annually

Events

Past productions

  • Schauspieler*innen mit Helmen, Fellen und mit Flaggen auf der Bühne | © Manuela Seethaler
    15.3.2023

    Elfriede Jelinek's "Am Königsweg" is an examination of right-wing populism, Donald Trump's disastrous political practice and the helplessness of a society that cannot find an answer to the explosive spread of contempt for democracy and violence.

    Drama production
  • Gaia Till Ernecke | © Manuela Seethaler
    20.1.2023
    Directing projects on the theme of Classic 

    On January 20 and 21, the Thomas Bernhard Institute, in cooperation with the Department of Scenography of the Mozarteum University, presented Philoktet by Heiner Müller, Gaia in a version by Till Ernecke and The Bacchae by Euripides, three directorial works on the theme of classical music at the Theater im KunstQuartier.

    Drama production
  • © Thorben Schumüller
    14.4.2022
    ¡Los Bernarrrdá's! 

    Based on "Bernarda Alba's House," Federico García Lorca's drama that has been performed most frequently around the world to this day, the 4th year Drama and Directing class, under the direction of Anja Herden, will deal in "¡Los Bernarrrdá's!" with being trapped, hysteria, fear of life, and the longing for freedom as a primal human drive, and will tell of people who are both victims and accomplices of their own oppression.

    Drama production

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