Hopeless at Horror

Sun, Oct 25, 2026 at 11am

About this event

A Halloween Performance for the Night’s Bravest Losers
A dusty cabinet of horrors comes alive – but there’s something wrong. The vampire faints upon seeing red. The ghost scares itself in the mirror. The skeleton keeps losing its bones, and the witch puts a spell on herself. They all share one problem: Halloween is around the corner – and they are the most ridiculous creatures of the night imaginable. From the mirror, Madame Miroir watches them all, and sets them three tests of courage.
Production Philharmonie
Part of the Familljefestival «Halloween»

The artists: Massud Rahnama (pantomime); Maartje Pasman (dance); Teresa Doblinger (clarinet, bass clarinet); Stefan Plank (trumpet); Katharina Steininger (cello); Dariia Lytvishko (keyboard instruments); Alessandra Reiner (percussion); Florian Reithner (conductor, piano, composition, arrangement); Sarah Scherer (concept, directing, video); Katarina Ravlić (stage design); Denise Leisentritt (costume design); Stella Kaltsou (light design)

Summary

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A Halloween-themed family performance for children aged 7–12 blends mime, dance, and live chamber music performed by a small ensemble of clarinet, trumpet, cello, keyboard, and percussion under the baton of Florian Reithner. Madame Miroir guides a gallery of hapless monsters—the vampire, ghost, skeleton, and witch—through three tests of courage in this wordless, hour-long chamber concert produced as part of the Philharmonie's family festival. It is staged in the Salle de Musique de Chambre without an intermission.