From Workshop to Performance: "Touch Me, If You Can" - global dis:connect

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From Workshop to Performance: “Touch Me, If You Can”

On 7 May 2026, the lecture performance Touch Me, If You Can by Rebel-IST-hah! will be presented at Theater im KunstQuartier Salzburg, followed by a discussion on Theatre and Illiberalism featuring theatre scholar Viviana Iacob, currently an associated fellow at the Käte Hamburger Research Centre global dis:connect.

The performance is part of the research project Theatre and Illiberalism, which originated in a 2023 workshop organized by Viviana Iacob at global dis:connect.

Since then, the initiative has developed into a transregional collective of scholars and theatre practitioners working on artistic practices in illiberal contexts. The group will meet again in Salzburg (7–9 May 2026) to prepare a first joint publication.

Date & Time: 7 May 2026, 19:30–20:30
Department: Thomas Bernhard Institut
Venue: Theater im KunstQuartier, Paris-Lodron-Straße 2, 5020 Salzburg

More info here.

The event takes place within Practicing Care – Solidarity Network of Mozarteum University, in cooperation with the Thomas Bernhard Institut and the Inter-University Institution Science & Art.