When does the performance take place?

The performance begins on Friday, October 9, 2026, at 19:30.

Where is The Vultures' Wally performed?

The performance takes place on Stage 1 of the Munich Volkstheater at Tumblingerstraße 29, 80337 Munich.

How long is the performance?

The performance lasts 1 hour and 40 minutes and is performed without an intermission.

What is the price of a regular ticket?

The regular price in price category I is 43 euros. Further price categories and discounts are available.

Who directs and who plays the lead role?

Julia Prechsl directs. Marlene Markt plays the lead role of Wally.

Is there a musical feature?

Fiete Wachholtz accompanies the production from a pulpit with percussion and electronic sounds.

Experience The Vultures' Wally live: A free woman breaks the narrow boundaries of her mountain world

Name: The Vultures' Wally
Start: 2026-10-09T19:30:00+02:00
End: 2026-10-09T21:10:00+02:00
Location: Bühne 1, Münchner Volkstheater

The Vultures' Wally: A headstrong heroine between mountain world and self-determination

On October 9, 2026, the Munich Volkstheater presents a modern stage adaptation of Wilhelmine von Hillern's famous novel THE VULTURES' WALLY. Julia Prechsl directs and in her production reveals the radical self-determination of a woman who asserts herself against domestic violence, societal conventions, and the claims of others on her life.

A mountain drama about freedom and social violence

Walburga, called Wally, grows up in the mountains and refuses the role models of her time. Only with a vulture by her side does she assert herself in solitude and grows beyond herself. When she returns to her homeland, she realizes that there is no obvious place for a woman who does not submit.

The material is based on a real event from the life of artist Anna Stainer-Knittel. Wilhelmine von Hillern shaped it into a dramatic homeland novel that has been widely adapted, filmed, and staged since its publication in 1875. In Munich, the story appears as a contemporary engagement with freedom, desire, and social control.

Julia Prechsl and a production with its own sound world

Julia Prechsl's direction combines precise dramaturgy with a physical, sensual language of the stage. Marlene Markt plays the title role, embodying a Wally whose resistance is not visible as a folkloric pose but as an existential decision. Above the action, Fiete Wachholtz hovers in a pulpit with percussion and electronic sounds. This sound from the vulture's nest drives the action relentlessly forward and gives the theater atmosphere a raw, immediate acoustics.

Stage art between a vision of home and contemporary questions

The production does not view the alpine world as an idyllic postcard landscape. Mountains, village, and family appear as a social order with clear boundaries. The stage design becomes a space of tension in which acting, music, and lighting create an intense stage experience. The audience's reaction is directed toward a figure whose stubbornness remains uncomfortable and exemplary to this day.

With a running time of 1 hour and 40 minutes without an intermission, the evening focuses on the internal movement of its heroine. The direction sharpens the view on the question of how much freedom a community grants a woman who eludes its control.

Conclusion: A powerful theater evening at the Munich Volkstheater

THE VULTURES' WALLY promises a focused, musically driven, and atmospherically striking stage experience. Those who experience great characters, contemporary direction, and a dramatically sharpened confrontation with self-determination will find a mountain drama of surprising contemporary relevance in this Munich production. Secure your tickets now and meet Wally live on stage.