New Pacts

Season 24/25

CHRONIK DER DINGE, DIE WIR NICHT VERSTEHEN

Snapshots of a city

The partner for the TiB's first pact is a network project in Graz that started in spring 2024 under the title “Das grüne Band”.
The TiB ensemble members go to specific points on this imaginary green ribbon and deal with things that they do not understand in this place.
They dance across sealed streets, go in search of childhood memories, lose themselves in the starry sky, explore a large construction site, fight their way through the bushes, deal with complex questions, are on the trail of…

GAS TONI

A family business at a tipping point

On the day of the National Council elections, GAS TONI celebrated that the political system would finally be restructured and no stone would be left unturned. The awakening was bitter. Everything remains the same... or so it seems.

The TIB shows the everyday life of a medium-sized installation company in an improvised series between Kicklmania and left-wing obfuscation in identity politics. We are certain: there is too little laughter in the theater, and GAS TONI is here to change that.

In the midst…

MONTAG

The improvised show

After almost 30 years, the TiB players still don't know what this evening actually is. Even after hundreds of shows, thousands of stories and plays without a text, where we direct and rehearse live on stage, our desire to play remains unchecked. Inspired by suggestions from the audience, we create characters and invent stories that are spontaneous, unique and one-of-a-kind. This is how characters, stories and songs are created. A musician improvises the appropriate atmosphere.
The stage is empty,…

GAME OF DEATH

Impro Solo with Jacob Banigan

Taking inspiration from the audience and a deck of fortune-telling cards, Jacob Banigan evokes exotic settings, embodies diverse characters and hurtles through intriguing stories. But he is not totally in control; there are twists he cannot predict, elements are controlled by the audience, and the Egg Timer Of Death is always ticking...

GAME OF DEATH premiered in Graz in 2012, and the monthly show has been sold out ever since. Banigan has also performed the show in Vienna, London, Bristol, Toronto,…