More shows in Turkey are coming!
22 May 2025: Istanbul / 26 May 2025: Izmir
By popular demand: ORLANDO TRIP returns to Turkey!
We are looking forward to seeing you there!
Fox On Ice is the joint project of Christian Maïr, musician, producer and visual artist, and Anna Luca Krassnigg, writer, singer, performer, theatre maker and full professor of directing at the Max Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna. It deals with narratives of transformation through feminine and fluid perspectives and strategies at the inter-creative crossing point between music, literature, film and theatre.
Lyrics & Performance: Anna Luca Krassnigg
Music & Visuals: Christian Maïr
Scientific Support: Wolfgang Müller-Funk
Produced by: Wortwiege
ORLANDO TRIP is a cinematic music show about the mythical character Orlando. And a tribute to the great European minds Ludovico Ariosto and Virginia Woolf.
Orlando, a knight and traveller, crosses the seas several times and finally returns as a woman. His/her story is performed in 12 songs, intermezzi and videos.
ORLANDO TRIP is simultaneously a spoken performance, a concert and a rush of images. Fox On Ice creates the suggestion of an effortless transition between stage and film, humans and landscape, man and woman. It is the suggestion of a departure, a journey of discovery into an unknown land. In this sequence of transformations, a poetic ego liquefies, celebrating the dual gender of the soul and promising one thing above all: freedom.
ORLANDO TRIP has been invited at international theatres and festivals in Turkey, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Romania, Greece, Slovenia, Israel, Sri Lanka, Tunesia, Bulgaria, Italy and Austria.
By popular demand: ORLANDO TRIP returns to Turkey!
We are looking forward to seeing you there!
As part of the charity event FRAUEN GESTALTEN, we are delighted to present a special performance of our show ORLANDO TRIP.
Admission is €25 and includes a welcome drink. The ticket proceeds will be donated to “Verein Wendepunkt” and “Weiberwirtschaft”.
See you at the KASEMATTEN WIENER NEUSTADT!
We had the chance to record our show live in Studio 2 of the Vienna Funkhaus for Ö1 Hausmusik. The broadcast will be on Radio Ö1 on 8 December at 7:05 p.m. (CET)! Stay tuned..
The concept album ‘Orlando Trip’ has been released on 8 October.
After numerous international performances of the cinematic music show ORLANDO TRIP in the last three years the album brings a studio version of the songs and is available worldwide on all common music platforms!
By Ioan Big
Cu artista ANNA LUCA POLONI pe urmele lui Orlando prin culturi, spaţii şi forme.
Peisajul muzical european s-a îmbogăţit la finele anului trecut cu ineditul LP Orlando Trip al duo-ului austriac Fox On Ice, format din scriitoarea, regizoarea și performera Anna Luca Poloni şi muzicianul și artistul video Christian Mair.
Încadrarea ca Pop-Rock al acestui album conceptual este pur formală, întrucât acesta se relevă ca un produs artistic cu totul ieşit din tipare, un must-listen care îşi extrage substanţa din literatură, spiritualitate, arte vizuale şi cele ale spectacolului deopotrivă.
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By Anuradha Kodagoda
Recently, I had the rare opportunity to experience a vibrant musical performance titled ‘Orlando Trip,’ presented by Austrian artist Anna Luca Poloni and her collaborator Christian Mair at the Barefoot Gallery Garden.
The event celebrated Austrian National Day and showcased their joint project, ‘Fox On Ice’, which delves into narratives of transformation through feminine and fluid perspectives. At the inter-creative crossroads of music, literature, film, and theatre, this dynamic duo passionately explores the complexities of identity and change.
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By Teresa Schaur-Wünsch
Ihr „Orlando Trip“ hat Anna L. Krassnigg und Christian Mair schon ums halbe Mittelmeer geführt. Nun gibt es die „Cinematic Musical Show“ als Album.
Die Performance aus Musik, Film, Fotografie und Spoken Poetry erzählt in zeitgenössischen Lyrics (mit ein paar versteckten Originalzitaten) die Geschichte des jungen Adligen Orlando, der über drei Jahrhunderte in diversen Rollen und an den verschiedenen Orten lebt: Vom Hof Königin Elisabeths I. wird er Diplomat in Konstantinopel, wandelt sich zur Frau und wird im 20. Jahrhundert als Schriftstellerin berühmt.
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By Aurelia Gruber
“A good story is like a fit knife”. Anna Luca Poloni recites this sentence at the beginning and end of her production “Orlando Trip“, which she premiered in Austria together with Christian Mair at the festival “Europa in Szene” focusing on “Sea Change – the art of transformation” at the Kasematten in Wiener Neustadt.
The cinematic-musical show, produced under the label “Fox on ice”, leans on the tradition of “concept albums” with 12 songs. With his album “Frank Sinatra sings for only the lonely“, Frank Sinatra is considered the forefather of this genre, in which the individual titles refer to each other and thus follow a certain “concept”.
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Guided by the artistic and academic vision of Anna Luca Krassnigg, Full Professor of Directing in Vienna, our music theatre productions are deeply rooted in literary and academic research. Each work is developed with a strong focus on cultural dialogue and exchange, particularly in socially and historically relevant regions.
The touring productions can be accompanied by workshops that invite audiences to explore the themes of transformation presented in the performances from new and critical perspectives. Collaborations with local institutions, universities and scholars further expand the project’s impact – extending the conversation far beyond the stage.
