Fri March 20, 2026 | 19:30 (Sold out)
Sat March 28, 2026 | 15:30 (Sold out)
Bahngasse 27, 2700 Wiener Neustadt
approx. 1 hour 20 minutes (no break)
Normal price: € 30
U25 ticket: € 5
For further discounts see here
The performance band Fox On Ice presents part of their new, international music theatre project POLYXENA before the world premiere in Troy/Canakkale. A musical and cinematic reinterpretation of the myth with Homer experts Georg Danek and Michael Köhlmeier.
Following the international success of “Orlando Trip”, Fox On Ice is currently developing the second part of its trilogy about European myths: POLYXENA. The “Iliad” from Homer is told from a female, contemporary perspective and is transformed into a visually powerful concert performance that combines music, theatre, literature and film.
With TROJA FOREVER, a selection of the songs and visuals will be shown for the first time before the world premiere in Cannakale/Troja and the secrets surrounding the enigmatic female figure Polyxena and one of the most spectacular finds in recent archaeological history will be revealed.
Die herausragenden Homer-Experten Michael Köhlmeier und Georg Danek analysieren mit uns Homers zeitloses Epos über die sinnlose Zerstörung der Stadt Troja durch einen grausamen und kindischen Krieg. Ikonische Held:innen, Geschichten, Szenen und Bilder werden neu und lebendig beleuchtet. Ikonische Held:innen, Geschichten, Szenen und Bilder werden neu und lebendig beleuchtet.
With: Fox On Ice (Anna Luca Krassnigg, Christian Mair) and Korhan Basaran (in the film)
Text & performance: Anna Luca Krassnigg
Composition & visuals: Christian Mair
Discussion guests: 20.3. Georg Danek (classical philologist) and 28.3. Michael Köhlmeier (writer)
Moderation: Azelia Opak
A production of Wortwiege as part of the SEA CHANGE Initiative, sponsored by the Province of Lower Austria and the City of Wiener Neustadt, supported by the Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs (BMEIA).
Fox On Ice
is the joint project of Anna Luca Krassnigg and Christian Mair at the inter-creative interface between music, literature, film and theatre and deals with narratives of transformation through feminine and fluid perspectives and strategies.
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Georg Danek studied Classics and has been a professor at the Department of Classics at the University of Vienna since 1997. He works primarily on Homer, the South Slavic heroic epic and the ancient novel, for example in his book “Epos und Zitat. Studies on the Sources of the Odyssey”.
Michael Köhlmeier writes novels, short stories, radio plays and songs and is known as a narrator from the ARD series “Mythen”, in which he retells legends from classical antiquity. His most recent publication is “Dornhelm. Roman einer Biografie” (2025).
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SEA CHANGE
is a transnational initiative for the joint development of artistic and interdisciplinary projects that deal with transformation and systemic change – across borders, disciplines and cultures. All projects are based on scientific research and are supported by professional discourse.
The SEA CHANGE initiative has been growing since 2021 with the support of the Austrian Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs, Austrian cultural forums and embassies and involves partners in the arts and sciences, theatres, festivals and universities worldwide.
As part of the international SEA CHANGE initiative, paradigm shifts in the context of “Female Empowerment”, “Mortality and Dignity”, “Home and Foreignness”, “Fluidity versus Binarity”, “Reconciling of Nature and Culture” will be addressed internationally and interdisciplinarily.
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