Maria Köstlinger & Jürgen Maurer - Kultur.Sommer.Semmering

What's it about?

Whatever the global situation, there is one need that unites people at all times and everywhere: to pull themselves out of the swamp of even the most justified sadness through the healing power of laughter. The metaphorical braid by which modern Austrian people prefer to pull themselves from grey everyday life into bright pleasure has always been: cabaret! And the most famous establishment of this art form was, is, and remains the Kabarett Simpl in Vienna. How Viennese cabaret of the interwar and post-war periods joked its audience into a good mood, without ever maneuvering into shallow waters, is exemplary to this day, and should by no means be forgotten. The popular acting couple Maria Köstlinger and Juergen Maurer therefore invite you this year to a cheerful history lesson with the protagonists of this stronghold of cultivated laughter. Of course, Fritz Grünbaum, Karl Farkas and Ernst Waldbrunn, Louise Martini, Hugo Wiener and many others will have their say. The only thing you can then confidently forget: your own worries!