Elisabeth

Elisabeth of Austria-Hungary, better known as Sisi, is one of the most formative female figures in Europe—a empress, a myth, and a projection surface all at once. In this piece, she speaks for herself and dismantles with a sharp eye the clichés that have overshadowed her life to this day. Between historical reality and contemporary debates on external attributions, self-images, and the power of historical writing, a multilayered portrait emerges that also draws connections to other female figures.

The Salzburg author Mareike Fallwickl, one of the most prominent feminist voices of the present, crafts a clever and furious re-examination of this icon. Sophia Aurich’s direction brings the text to life with precise contemporaneity, while Katharina Cibulka’s stage design adds visual emphasis: her works on identity and regimes of the gaze lend the evening its own distinctive aesthetic power. Recommended from age 14, as the play addresses complex themes such as societal expectations and self-determination.