Shakespeare in Styria

The festival was founded in 2002 by British-born theatre manager Nicholas Allen and Austrian writer Rudolph J. Wojta.

From modest beginnings as a teacher student-training program, the project developed into a small annual festival with professional actors from all over Europe.

In 2006, Shakespeare in Styria moved to the courtyard and barn of Murau Castle owned by the House of Schwarzenberg.

In 2013, the festival was relaunched at a new site, the Günther Domenig pavilion in midst the city park, now performing in German and therefore appealing to a broader audience.

[6][7][8] The festival moved to its current home at St. Lamrecht Abbey, some 14 km from Murau, in the summer of 2016.