Vienna  - A Vienna theatre artist announced details Monday of an upcoming production centred on the case of Josef Fritzl, the Austrian who imprisoned and raped his daughter over 24 years.

Hubsi Kramar said he wanted to offer a satirical critique of Austrian society in the piece, calling it a "cellar soap opera" and showing "everything you ever wanted to know about the Fritzls."

"You can't go any lower," Kramar said on his homepage of the satirical play entitled Guesthouse Fritzl, which will run in Vienna's 3raum-anatomietheater from February 23, .

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Vienna - Austria's government and the country's automotive industry on Thursday agreed on measures to alleviate the effects of the crisis gripping the global car industry.

The measures include prolonging the time that short-time work is subsidised with public funds, as well as funding for innovative research, Chancellor Werner Faymann and Vice Chancellor and Finance Minister Josef Proell said after the government's meeting with industry leaders.

Vienna  - The Vienna State Opera announced Thursday that French star dancer Manuel Legris was chosen to direct its ballet from 2010.

Legris, 44, will take over from the current ballet chief, the Hungarian Gyula Harangozo, at the same time that Dominique Meyer leaves the Theatre des Champs-Elysees in Paris to head Austria's leading opera house.

Legris will retire as leading dancer at the Paris National Opera in 2010. In the course of his career, he worked with choreographers such as William Forsythe, John Neumeier and Maurice Bejart.

Vienna- Austria's automotive industry on Thursday called on the government to help alleviate the effects of the current crisis which has gripped the global car industry.

"The crisis has fully hit us. More than 7,500 are already working short time," said Dietmar Schaefer, head of the car component suppliers' goup within the Austrian chamber of commerce.

A meeting between the Austrian government and industry representatives got underway on Thursday to discuss measures such as prolonging the time that short-time work would be subsidised with public funds.