Alfons Haider in conversation

“We all long for more liveliness”

Alfons Haider on the giant octopus with the flying fish. He used the interview to "recharge his batteries".(Bild: Reinhard Judt)

In difficult times, lightness is needed, says cultural manager Alfons Haider. To help him achieve this, we visited the Familypark with him.

Crises and wars, inflation, the rise of artificial intelligence and perhaps also personal problems: All of this is making many people wish for more lightness and liveliness. Alfons Haider, General Director of the festival division at Kulturbetriebe Burgenland, can understand this: "People have had enough of negative headlines. They long for distraction and quality entertainment that touches their hearts and reminds them that life can also be beautiful. It's not for nothing that theater and musicals are becoming more and more important."