Clear the stage for a notorious piece of literature, a volume of pure pornography that is often hidden from children and made it onto the list of publications harmful to minors as recently as 1982. But it was almost never taken seriously as a work of linguistic art. "Josefine Mutzenbacher" is a panorama of the mores of fin-de-siècle Vienna, from the poor suburbanites to the aristocracy, highly pedophilic and at the same time artfully elaborate in the mixture of its linguistic registers.
The Viennese actress Angela Schneider will bring it to life with incredible virtuosity, accompanied by the Ukrainian accordionist Ivan Bykov. And anyone who has ever been to Vienna will certainly experience a little déjà vue: Angela Schneider is the announcer of the "Wiener Linien", whose sound accompanies you from the airport to the central cemetery and up the Kahlenberg. It doesn't get more Viennese than this.
Supported by Kultursekretariat NRW Gütersloh
With the kind support of: Sparkasse Hellweg-Lippe, GWL Grundstücks- und Wohnungsbau GmbH Lippstadt, Zeitungsverlag "Der Patriot"
The Word Festival will take place from 30.08.-09.10.2025 in Lippstadt.