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International Institute of Political Murder

Swiss theatre director

Milo Rau (born 1977) is a Swiss theatre director, journalist, playwright, essayist, and lecturer. In 2007 he founded a theatre and film production company, the International Institute of Political Murder (IIPM), and from 2018 until 2023 was the artistic director of the Belgian theatre group NTGent, in Ghent, transforming its direction. He is known for his political theatre.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

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Milo Rau (born 1977) is a Swiss theatre director, journalist, playwright, essayist, and lecturer. In 2007 he founded a theatre and film production company, the International Institute of Political Murder (IIPM), and from 2018 until 2023 was the artistic director of the Belgian theatre group NTGent, in Ghent, transforming its direction. He is known for his political theatre. In July 2023 he became artistic director of the Vienna Festival (Wiener Festwochen).2

The story

Founded by Milo Rau.1

In 2020, the Rau's film The New Gospel premiered at the 77th Venice International Film Festival. Rau stepped down from the role of artistic director of NTGent in January 2023, although he continues to be involved with the theatre company.

In July 2023 he became artistic director of the Vienna Festival.

In 2025, Rau created a new verbatim play titled The Pelicot Trial: Tribute to Gisèle Pelicot, co-written with Servane Dècle, recounting the trial of Dominique Pelicot for the multiple rapes of his wife. It premiered at the Vienna Festival before performances at the Festival d'Avignon and across Europe and the US. In September of that year, Rau was ordered by the Vienna regional court to withdraw his book Resistance Has No Form, Resistance Is the Form from publication; the collection of speeches and essays contained a passage alleging that former FPÖ leader Heinz-Christian Strache had sung a song mocking the victims of the Holocaust. Rau acknowledged that the statement was "a factual error" but criticised what he described as 'a broader pattern of nationalist parties using legal means to intimidate critical voices in the arts'.

From Wikipedia’s article on International Institute of Political Murder, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

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