The mountain is still calling and just as bitterly the audience. None of the authors and performers could have dreamed of this in 1972, when they developed a "rustic" about the struggle between the mountain and man from a "snap idea", which became a cult play overnight and remains so to this day. The Watzmann runs like a red thread through the career of Wolfgang Ambros: "Aufi oder nit aufi" - that is the question. And it has been since 1972, when the idea for the alpine musical Watzmann was born and had its premiere as a read midnight interlude at the live event "Arena 72". 1974 saw the release of the legendary radio play record, which has since sold over 250,000 copies. In 1982, the story of Mount Doom was finally brought to the stage and landed a sensational success. The parodic traditional costumes, the actors' deep Austrian tongue, the props deliberately trimmed to look amateurish and the lively musical mix of rock and alpine folklore have lost none of their humour to this day. The musical play amuses continuously with humorous ideas, without ever descending into the lowlands of beer tent fun. Well, and it goes without saying that each of the "Gailtalerin", who has become a cult figure, is an attack on the laughing muscles
