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Press Releases

↘ steirischer herbst ʼ25 – Review, 10.10.25

↘ steirischer herbst ʼ25 – Program, 9.9.25

↘ steirischer herbst ʼ25 – Ahmet Öğüt From Freedom Square to Freedom Square, 26.6.25

↘ steirischer herbst ʼ25 – Concept, 24.6.25

For previous press releases, please contact the press office:
press [at] steirischerherbst.at.

Press Images

Press images may be used free of charge for press purposes and in connection with steirischer herbst provided that the credit and photographer’s name is mentioned. Please contact the press office for images of older editions: press [at] steirischerherbst.at.

steirischer herbst ’25
Never Again Peace

Design: Grupa Ee
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Performances

LIGNA

LIGNA, Freiheitsplatz (2025), performance, photo: steirischer herbst / Johanna Lamprecht
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LIGNA, photo: Dajana Lothert
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steirischer herbst ’25 Opening

steirischer herbst ’25, opening speech by director Ekaterina Degot, 18 September 2025 at Schauspielhaus Graz, photo: steirischer herbst / Johanna Lamprecht
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steirischer herbst ’25, opening speech by director Ekaterina Degot, 18 September 2025 at Schauspielhaus Graz, photo: steirischer herbst / Henrik Bergstedt
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Manuel Pelmuș and Frédéric Gies

Manuel Pelmuș and Frédéric Gies, Tribute to Kurt Jooss’s “Green Table” (2025), dance performance, photo: steirischer herbst / Johanna Lamprecht
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Ivo Dimchev

Ivo Dimchev, Hot Sotz (2025), performance, photo: steirischer herbst / Johanna Lamprecht
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Maria Vilkovisky and Ruthie Jenrbekova (Kreolex zentre)

Maria Vilkovisky and Ruthie Jenrbekova (Kreolex zentre), Hum Bom! (2025), performance, photo: steirischer herbst / Johanna Lamprecht
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Maria Vilkovisky and Ruthie Jenrbekova (Kreolex zentre), photo: Nicolas Harter
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Max Höfler and Andreas Unterweger

Max Höfler and Andreas Unterweger, Haus Steiermark (2025), performance, photo: steirischer herbst / Johanna Lamprecht
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Augustin Maurs

Augustin Maurs, The Story of the Wolf Tone (2025), performance (rehearsal), photo: steirischer herbst / Daniel Kindler
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Augustin Maurs, photo: Annika Larsson
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Michiel Vandevelde, Pankaj Tiwari, and Eneas Prawdzic

Michiel Vandevelde, Pankaj Tiwari and Eneas Prawdzic, Violenza 2025 (2025), performance, photo: steirischer herbst / Clara Wildberger
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Photo: Savvapanf Photo / stock.adobe.com
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Helga Lázár

Helga Lázár, Nie wieder Friede (nach Ernst Toller) (2025), Puppet theatre, photo: steirischer herbst / Johanna Lamprecht
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Helga Lázár, photo: Vera Éder
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Franz von Strolchen

Franz von Strolchen, The Great Resignation (2025), performance, photo: steirischer herbst / Johanna Lamprecht
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Franz von Strolchen, courtesy of the artist
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Theater im Bahnhof and Das Planetenparty Prinzip

Theater im Bahnhof und Das Planetenparty Prinzip, ERBEN – Wer kriegt das Haus? (2025), performance, photo: steirischer herbst / Johannes Gellner
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Theater im Bahnhof and Das Planetenparty Prinzip, courtesy of the artists
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Nazis & Goldmund

Nazis & Goldmund, courtesy of the artists
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Isabella Sedlak and Yousef Sweid

Isabella Sedlak and Yousef Sweid, photo: Ute Langkafel
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Isabella Sedlak und Yousef Sweid, Between the River and the Sea (2025), performance, photo: steirischer herbst / Daniel Kindler
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Exhibition at BAU

Ahmet Öğüt, Sports Club of the Forbidden Colours (2025), installation view, courtesy of the artist, photo: steirischer herbst / Mathias Völzke
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Angélique Aubrit & Ludovic Beillard, Besser ein gesunder Esel als ein krankes Pferd (Better a Healthy Donkey Than a Sick Horse, 2025), installation view, courtesy of the artists, photo: steirischer herbst / Mathias Völzke
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Mounira Al Solh, Stray Salt (2025), installation view, courtesy of the artist, photo: steirischer herbst / Mathias Völzke
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Six Characters of Hotel W., curatorial intervention, photo: steirischer herbst / Mathias Völzke
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Haim Sokol, Scarecrow (2025), installation view, courtesy of the artist, photo: steirischer herbst / Mathias Völzke
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Carla Åhlander and Gernot Wieland, The Archeology of Absence (2025), installation view, courtesy of the artist, photo: steirischer herbst / Mathias Völzke
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Pedro Gómez-Egaña, Night at Dawn (2025), installation view, courtesy of the artist, photo: steirischer herbst / Mathias Völzke
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Eva Ďurovec, Never Again Peace Now (2025), installation view (detail), courtesy of the artist, photo: steirischer herbst / Mathias Völzke
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Carla Åhlander and Gernot Wieland

Carla Åhlander and Gernot Wieland, courtesy of the artists
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Angélique Aubrit & Ludovic Beillard

Angélique Aubrit & Ludovic Beillard, courtesy of the artists
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Candice Breitz

Candice Breitz, courtesy of the artist
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Pauline Curnier Jardin

Pauline Curnier Jardin, courtesy of the artist
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Eva Ďurovec

Eva Ďurovec, courtesy of the artist
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Gelitin

Gelitin, courtesy of the artists
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Pedro Gómez-Egaña

Pedro Gómez-Egaña, courtesy of the artist
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Elias Holzknecht

Elias Holzknecht, courtesy of the artist
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Dana Kavelina

Dana Kavelina, courtesy of the artist
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Nástio Mosquito

Nástio Mosquito, courtesy of the artist
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Stephan Mörsch

Stephan Mörsch, courtesy of the artist
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Ahmet Öğüt

Ahmet Öğüt, courtesy of the artist
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Illya Pavlov

Illya Pavlov, courtesy of the artist
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Haim Sokol

Haim Sokol, courtesy of the artist
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Mounira Al Solh

Mounira Al Solh, courtesy of the artist
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zweintopf

zweintopf, courtesy of the artists
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herbst cabaret

Liina Magnea

Liina Magnea, Lottery Paradox / Fiasco (2025), performance, photo: steirischer herbst / Daniel Kindler
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Liina Magnea, photo: Andrea Vollmer
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Seven Trials Theatre Troupe

Seven Trials Theatre Troupe, The Present: A Bouffon Show (2025), performance, photo: steirischer herbst / Daniel Kindler
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Seven Trials Theatre Troupe, photo: Eszter Gordon
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Charlotte Gash

Charlotte Gash, The Gash Club (2025), performance, photo: steirischer herbst / Sebastian Reiser
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Charlotte Gash, Foto: Marcella Ruiz Cruz / Tanzquartier Wien
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Zaid Alsalame

Zaid Alsalame, 1000 Euro und eine Nacht (2025), performance, photo: steirischer herbst / Sebastian Reiser
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Zaid Alsalame, photo: steirischer herbst / Johannes Gellner
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Edwin Ramirez

Edwin Ramirez, photo: Chris Weber
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Edwin Ramirez, Run Daddy Run: Graz Edition (2025), performance, photo: steirischer herbst / Daniel Kindler
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Lau Lukkarila

Lau Lukkarila, photo: Marcella Ruiz Cruz
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Lau Lukkarila, Confessions of an Ex-Perfectionist (2025), performance, photo: steirischer herbst / Daniel Kindler
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Ahmet Öğüt, From Freedom Square to Freedom Square (2025)

Ahmet Öğüt, From Freedom Square to Freedom Square (2025), intervention, photo: steirischer herbst / Daniel Kindler
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Never Again Peace: Program
Press conference, 9.9.25

Director and chief curator Ekaterina Degot, Press conference at herbstcafé on 9.9.25, Photo: steirischer herbst / Johanna Lamprecht
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Never Again Peace
Press conference, 24.6.25

Director and chief curator Ekaterina Degot, Press conference at BAU on 24.6.25, Photo: steirischer herbst / Johanna Lamprecht
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Press conference at BAU on 24.6.25, from left to right: Gábor Thury, Ekaterina Degot, Pieternel Vermoortel, photo: steirischer herbst / Johanna Lamprecht
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Press conference at BAU on 24.6.25, from left to right: Ilse Wieser (OMAS GEGEN RECHTS), Gábor Thury (steirischer herbst), Zaid Alsalame, Ulrike Leger Pölzl (OMAS GEGEN RECHTS), Helmut Köpping (Theater im Bahnhof), Nora Köhler (Das Planetenparty Prinzip / KRA), Dietmar Reinbacher (steirischer herbst), Pieternel Vermoortel (steirischer herbst), Director and chief curator Ekaterina Degot, Florian Reither (Gelitin), Elias Holzknecht, Illya Pavlov, photo: steirischer herbst / Johanna Lamprecht
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Portrait Ekaterina Degot

Director and chief curator Ekaterina Degot, photo: Marija-M. Kanižaj
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Director and Chief Curator Ekaterina Degot, photo: Marija-M. Kanižaj
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