Ferdinand Schmalz

The partnership with the Vienna Burgtheater will resume in 2025. For the first time in the recent history of the festival, Austria’s famous national theatre will visit Bregenz during the summer festival – with guest performances that feature a world premiere and a co-production. The co-production, opening at the Kornmarkt Theatre on 18 July 2025, will be bumm tschak oder der letzte henker, the latest work by the multiple-award-winning Austrian playwright Ferdinand Schmalz. The topical, unsettling play about a society in a state of emergency marks the beginning of an association with the Bregenz Festival that will extend over several years. The play will be directed by the Swiss stage director Stefan Bachmann, artistic director of the Burgtheater. 

Tickets and all further information about bumm tschak oder der letzte henker, including the program, performance times and other details, can be found here.