Milo Rau

MILO RAU, born in 1977 in Bern, is the artistic director of the Wiener Festwochen | Freie Republik Wien. He studied sociology, German studies, and Romance studies in Paris, Berlin, and Zurich, among others, with Pierre Bourdieu and Tzvetan Todorov. As a director and author, he has published over 100 theater plays, films, books, and artistic actions. His theater productions have been invited to renowned festivals such as the Berliner Theatertreffen, Festival d’Avignon, Biennale di Venezia, Wiener Festwochen, and Brussels’ Kunstenfestivaldesarts, and have toured in over 30 countries worldwide. From 2018 to 2024, Milo Rau was the artistic director of NTGent (Belgium).