Burgtheater [ENA] Milo Rau’s long‑awaited staging of Elfriede Jelinek’s BURGTHEATER for the Burgtheater and Wiener Festwochen is nothing less than a theatrical event of the first order: audacious in concept, razor‑sharp in execution, and uncannily precise in its diagnosis of Austria’s cultural and political self‑image. More than four decades after Jelinek predicted that a Viennese production could become “the greatest theatre scandal"   [Full story...]

The Netherlands [ENA] Iran Has Lost Its Head Iran appears to have lost its head both literally and figuratively. In the literal sense, this refers to the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei a few days ago. In a broader sense, recent developments suggest that the country may also be losing its strategic direction and acting without clear calculation, even targeting neighboring states.   [Full story...]