Cinemagic - Cinema for children and young people

“Cinemagic” is a special cinema program for young film lovers. It offers children’s film performances on the weekends, during vacation time and on public holidays. The array of valuable films ranges from turbulent cartoons to award-winning children and youth film productions, filmed works of literature and many others. An annual highlight for film freaks of all ages is the International Children’s Film Festival. www.cinemagic.at

DSCHUNGEL WIEN - Theater House for Young People

A turntable for art and culture, the emphases of the program is theater, a dance festival for children and young people, international guest appearances - presented with drama, dance, figure and object theater, pantomime and much more. Every weekend there is a family program.
More information on the program:
www.dschungelwien.at

Kabarett Niedermair

Kabarett Niedermair has established itself not only as a cabaret theater, but also as a production site and performance venue for children's theater. Productions of children's book classics such as "Karlsson vom Dach" by Astrid Lindgren or "The Adventures of Petterson and Findus" by Sven Nordqvist delight young and old. There are also frequent guest performances by the children's theater groups Marko Simsa, Pipifax, Bernhard Fibich, Theatro Piccolo and Schneck and Co. Theater performances for children from three years of age. (Children's theater closed from May to September).
www.niedermair.at

 

The LILARUM Puppet Theater

Vienna's largest theater for children has been performing puppet shows for children from 3 to 10 years old as well as for adults since its founding in 1980. The style of its founder and artistic director, Traude Kossatz, strongly influences the repertoire, which has developed into a trademark over the years. Austria's largest hand and stick puppet stage has been based in Vienna's 3rd district since 1997, where it puts on about 360 performances a year for approximately 35,000 visitors. The program focuses on the theater's 25 in-house productions, while national and international artists are regular guests at the LILARUM.
LILARUM online - www.lilarum.at

Marionette Theater at Schönbrunn Palace

These elaborate plays featuring priceless marionettes combine imperial elegance with modern technology to create an unforgettable experience for the whole family. Marionette operas enchanted Empress Maria Theresia and her children. The program includes Mozart’s Magic Flute, The Children’s Magic Flute, Johann Strauss - der Donauwalzer, Aladdin and the Magic Lamp, Ritter Kamenbert, Hansel and Gretel and Die Kinderfledermaus.
Program and Ticket Prices:
www.marionettentheater.at


Theater der Jugend

The Theater der Jugend (Youth Theater) is the biggest theater organization in Europe for children, young people and adults. The theater, which was founded in 1932, has specialized in original and premier performances in recent years. Stage versions of Alfred Hitchcock's thrillers and of books for children and young people by Christine Nöstlinger and Erich Kästner are as much on the program here as works by William Shakespeare and Robert Louis Stevenson. The productions are suitable for children and young people from 6 years of age.

Venues are the Renaissancetheater (7., Neubaugasse 36) and the Theater im Zentrum (1., Liliengasse 3).The productions are suitable for children and young people from 6 years of age.
www.tdj.at

Austrian Theater Museum / Theater Museum for Children and Young People

The glorious moments of stage magic are captured for eternity in the baroque Palais Lobkowitz, near to the Imperial Palace. The collections of the Theatermuseum house almost 2 million objects, including mementos of famous actors, authors and composers, numerous costumes as well as marionettes and shadow figures. Numerous special exhibits and a full program for children that playfully explains to them the world of the stage, provide liveliness in keeping with the theater.
Tue-Sun 10.00 am to 6.00 pm

Children (until 19) free, adults 8 € Discounts (seniors, students etc.) 6 €
Presentations, tours and workshops by prior arrangement: Tel. 525 24-5310
www.theatermuseum.at

Children's opera on the roof terraces of the Vienna State Opera

A program is offered for children in the A1 Children's Opera Marquee on the roof terrace of the Vienna State Opera. Opera for the young audience makes even the littlest ones enthusiastic about opera.
Performance dates at
www.wiener-staatsoper.at