State Theater of Lower Austria
Theatre
Description
Today's Landestheater Niederösterreich was originally built in 1820 by Josef Schwerdfeger. It was rebuilt and extended in 1890, 1968 and 2012. It has been a spoken theater since 2005.
With its own ensemble and top-class guests and plays, the theater has been able to establish itself very well in the city center of St. Pölten. In addition to its own and co-productions, it offers international guest performances, readings, children's and youth theater as well as other special events. In addition to an extensive educational program for all age groups, the Landestheater also acts as a mediator and platform for contemporary literary creation in connection with the Peter Turrini Playwrights' Scholarship.
The building on the central Rathausplatz is divided into the main theater, the theater workshop and the nearby stage in the courtyard (Linzer Str. 18, 3100 St. Pölten).
Educational offers at the Landestheater Niederösterreich:
- Outreach for schools & kindergartens or children & young people (vacation workshops),
- play introductions and audience discussions for children and adults,
- annual citizens' theater,
- theater laboratory,
- Childcare for selected afternoon performances,
- guided tours of the house,
- annual theater festival (costume, fabric and prop flea market, readings, children's activities).
Landestheater on the road: theater throughout Lower Austria
In order to make the program, plays, actors and educational offers known beyond the region, artistic director Marie Rötzer and her ensemble have been presenting the "Landestheater unterwegs" since 2016 - and stopping at locations throughout the province.
