Refugee theatre
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Author(s): Gokturk, Deniz | Abstract: The question of migration and border control has become a litmus test for governments, democracies, and civil societies around the world in recent years. In our era of highspeed digital connectivity... more
We are the Persians! was a contemporary adaptation of Aeschylus's The Persians presented in June 2015 at the Athens and Epidaurus Festival. Performed by displaced people from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh, and directed by Yolanda... more
Shakespeare has often offered orientation and even emotional refuge both to people in crisis and to those contemplating it. Shakespeare has also been performed by and for refugees. The Western canon has been given various forms of moral... more
Ayham Majid Agha is a Syrian actor, dramaturge, and director. In this interview, we will recognize with his artistic experience at Maxim Gorki Theatre where he co-founded the Exil Ensemble as a platform for professional artists who have... more
This chapter is based on Georgiou’s professional engagement as dramaturge in two projects organized between 2016 and 2017 by Germany’s Baal Novo Theater. Michalis shows how applied theatre where refugees share narratives creates a... more
The Good Chance Theatre is a network of international artistes operating in the refugees’ camps and in the Reception Centres for Migrants. In these sorts of laboratories of cosmopolitanism where people from various origins share the... more
This paper presents the work of the Exil-Ensemble: a platform for professional artists, who live in exile. The introduction contestualizes the project-born in 2016 at the Gorki Theatre in Berlin-in relation to Germany's migratory... more
This conversation traces the creation of Todos Festival, one of the most important international socially engaged multi-arts festivals in Southern Europe. In dialogue with artistic director, Madalena Victorino, the festival will be... more
Starting from the notion of 'post-democracy' elaborated by Colin Crouch, which indicates an increasing tendency towards the deterioration of democratic principles and the narrowing of the public sphere, this book explores how, in the... more
„Der Schauspieler“, so formulierte es der philosophische Anthropologe Helmuth Plessner in seinem Aufsatz Zur Anthropologie des Schauspie- lers, „stellt Menschen dar“. Als ein „Verhältnis seiner selbst zu sich selbst“ beschreibt Plessner... more
Greek immigrants performing Shadow Theatre ("Karaghiozis")