Passing on the Magic
Burgtheater actors Regina Fritsch, Maria Happel, and Roland Koch speak about how they teach character development at the Max Reinhardt Seminar.
The Voice As a Seismograph of the Soul
Lead Voice and Speech at the Max Reinhardt Seminar
A Day at the Max Reinhardt Seminar
Shortly before Christmas, third-year student Maren-Sophia Streich gave us some insight into an acting student’s typical day.
A body is a brain, boom tschak! Remix the brain, boom tschak!
Bodywork, which consists of basic training, performance techniques, dance, and more, is an important part of Max Reinhardt Seminar students’ training.
Between the Collective and Solitude
Students and graduates of the Max Reinhardt Seminar's stage directing programme joined mdw Magazine to talk about their experiences, current projects, and wishes for the future
Interview with Mel Churcher
About the significance of film and on-camera training, the transformed world in which actors now work, and what she thinks of Austrian film.
“Not dissimulation is the actor’s task but revelation.”
This statement is every bit as valid now as it was back
when Max Reinhardt first made it.
This world surely won’t be around for long…
Plays with songs in them have a long tradition, especially in Vienna. Today’s theatrical world is demanding better and better singing skills from actors.
Drama on the Air: The Radio Play
In the course entitled Audio Drama, acting and directing students of the Max Reinhardt Seminar learn how mount such a production together.
Dimensions of Dramaturgy
Volkstheater head dramaturge Heike Müller-Merten and dramaturgy instructor Peter Roessler talk with the mdw Magazine
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