Grand Hotel Steirerhof: ein Abend für Verlierer*

The former Grand Hotel Steirerhof on Jakominiplatz becomes the resonating space of the evening. A place of transition, once a symbol of splendor and new beginnings, demolished in 1989 and replaced by a shopping center. A place into which the theme of loss has been inscribed. Fragments of the hotel from different eras reappear on stage. In the lobby, characters come together who carry with them a wide variety of experiences of loss; at the bar, they talk about broken deals, lost dreams and thwarted plans for the future.

The evening is not a nostalgic retrospective, but creates a polyphonic space between melancholy, humor and ruptures in order to jointly perceive loss as a feeling and as a social experience – and to reflect on what forms dealing with it could take in our time.

Duration: 1 hour 45 minutes, no break