Tiroler Volksschauspiele: "Feuernacht"

What's it about?

Felix Mitterer returns to Telfs. Herbert Pixner composes - and plays live every evening with his band. The real star of the evening, however, is Tyrolean history: With this spectacular world premiere, the Volksschauspiele 2026 bring the continuation of Mitterer's "Die verkaufte Heimat" about stories and fates of people in South Tyrol between the late 1930s and the 1960s to the stage for the first time. "Feuernacht" takes place in the early 60s, at the height of the so-called "Bumser", when South Tyrol was in a permanent state of emergency. In the "Feuernacht" (Night of Fire) from June 11 to 12, 1961, numerous power poles were blown up to draw international attention to the cause of the German-speaking South Tyroleans. Even today, 65 years after the "Feuernacht", there is a highly emotional debate about the sense or nonsense of these actions. Is there a historically unjust border? Does it become less unjust just because time passes? Should one finally stop talking about it...