Hut in Klagenfurt

Young artists are given a chance here

Since 2012, Vada has been running the Jugendstiltheater in Klagenfurt, where young artists can also realize exhibitions. It will be "kaleidoscopic" with Palina Pivovarova.

(Bild: Vada)

Jugend*stil in the Art Nouveau Theater brings young artists from Carinthia into the spotlight

There is room in the smallest hut. For a happy loving couple. Friedrich Schiller knew that. Vadaists Felix Strasser and Yulia Izmaylova know this too, and in a playful way. Because in 2012, they didn't hesitate when the city of Klagenfurt made the tiny pavilion in Goethepark available to them for theater operations, whereupon the first branch (of many more) of the Kremlhoftheater in Villach, which closed in 2015, was launched in Carinthia.

Since then, the Art Nouveau building, designed by Wörthersee-style architect Franz Baumgartner, has been a year-round venue for in-house productions (and guest performances) by the Verein zur Anregung des dramatischen Appetits, or Vada for short. Theater, readings, artistry, ballet, cabaret and musical evenings are served here and are usually far more than just appetizers, but a wholesome menu for the heart, mind and soul.

This is once again conducive to the ongoing Jugend*stil series, which offers young artists from Carinthia a platform for independent exhibition projects. Marie Lagomarsino & Jeffy Strasser kicked things off in 2023; for the second Jugend*stil show, Palina Pivovarova will be using artistic means to explore emotions and their diverse forms of expression from March 15 (opening: 11 a.m.) to April 5.