More than 200 performances over three days: the 29th International Street Theatre Festival "ViaThea" in Görlitz offers a dense cross-border program from Thursday. Around 25 groups, ensembles and individual actors from twelve countries will bring around 30 performance venues to life until Saturday, including three in the neighbouring Polish town of Zgorzelec, as announced by the Gerhart-Hauptmann-Theater as the organizer.
The festival traditionally begins with a cultural picnic in the city park. In addition to various streets and squares in the old town, two shopping centers and the hospital in Görlitz will also be featured. On Sunday, some artists will move on to Bad Muskau to perform in Fürst Pückler Park.
Every year, tens of thousands of people attend the theater festival, which was first held in the town on the Neisse in 1995. All performances are free of charge for spectators.
