What does queer joy mean to you?
What special or everyday moments come to your mind? What (or who) incites this feeling of happiness?
Civic Opera Creations, Vienna based Reportage-Podcast Inselmilieu and the Volksoper Wien are looking for positive moments of queer life to give them their stage.
Based on your experiences and stories collected from the Vienna LGBTQIA+ community, we develop new songs and text by queer creators and showcase them in a music theater evening, that centers the happy moments of being queer and stories full of joy, pride and empowerment. In addition we are creating a podcast episode and foto exhibition.
Our interview process for the summer is over. Thank you for participating in person, online or digitally. We are now creating text and music.
Come see the process and show on the following days:
Wednesday, May 15, 2024, 7:30 pm at o*books, Bruno-Marek-Allee 24, 1020 Vienna for a talk about the interviews, what topics of queer joy we found, our libretto process and first texts.
Tuesday, May 28, 2024, at Volksoper Wien, Währinger Str. 78, 1090 Wien, for the raising of the Pride Flag as well as a first evening of musical impressions in the foyer.
Friday, May 31, 2024, 7:30 pm at Otto-Wagner-Areal, Baumgartner Höhe 1, 1140 Wien, for the music theater evening premiere, opening of the foto exhibition, podcast drop and afterparty by Titti Titti Bang Bang (starting at 10pm).
Saturday, June 1, 2024, 6:30 pm at Otto-Wagner-Areal, Baumgartner Höhe 1, 1140 Wien, for a talk hosted by Inselmilieu centering queer joy, 8 pm for the second performance of "Queer Stories of Joy".
Tickets will go on sale soon, link will follow here.
QUEER STORIES OF JOY - Interviews
17. April 2024 - O*Books, 1020 Vienna and 20. April 2024 - Volksoper, 1090 Vienna
Pictures by Jana Mack - Inselmilieu
Pictures by Marie Steiner - Civic Opera Creations
the heART of queer joy - Fotoshootings mit Jana Mack
April 26th and 27th, 2024 - Studio Glasdach, 1210 Vienna
Pictures by Carmen C. Kruse - Civic Opera Creations
(c) 2024, Civic Opera Creations, Verein für Kunst, Kultur & Soziales, ZVR:1792837722, Austria