Paul Kraker - Die Tagespresse History - Rabenhof Theater - Wien - 2026

Rabenhof Theater, Wien

This offbeat online satire magazine delights hundreds of thousands of readers every day. After two successful stage shows, *Die Tagespresse* is finally back on the *Gemeindebau* stage: a satirical journey through world history in general—and a brief history of Austrian-ness in particular!

We’re in deep shit. Climate crisis, pandemic, the war in Ukraine, the Wegscheider. How did it come to this? When humans discovered fire, did they really do it just so they could one day watch the world burn? Or Strache’s yacht? How did society turn into a media hell? Or has it always been this way, and were there hate posts even back in the days of smoke signals and hieroglyphs?

Austrians have had a hand in it everywhere and always. You’ll learn everything about our country that your school history classes kept from you. Did you know that an Austrian politician was to blame for the Chernobyl disaster? Who were the terrible pirates who terrorized Carinthia’s waters? How did Servus TV actually report on the plague epidemic in the Middle Ages? How did oe24 cover the life of Jesus Christ? And speaking of Jesus—did you know about Herbert from Wels, the long-hidden 13th apostle?

Starring: Paul Kraker
On screen: Maria Hofstätter, Mathias Novovesky, Christoph Fritz, Tereza Hossa, Christoph Krutzler, and Sonja Pikart
Voice actors: Elisabeth Semrad, Julian Paschinger, Michaela Rädler, Alex Kristan, and Dirk Stermann
Screenplay: Fritz Jergitsch, Sebastian Huber, and Jürgen Marschal
Set Design and Visuals: Christian Gallei
Music: Thomas Rabitsch
Director: Thomas Gratzer