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Skin

'Skin' explores the healing effect of theatre, and the idea that, in its fascinating territory we can experience parallel lives that are more fulfilled than the one that we actually have. Art is revealed as a source of justice, hope and faith in a better tomorrow. All this is especially important in period of crisis, such as the one we are currently going through. READ

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Renaissance?

The Staatsschauspiel Dresden asked Instagram users to comment on the theme of “Renaissance”. 62 people participated and head dramaturg Jörg Bochow selected 47 terms for a brand-new text that was performed by their actresses and actors, in one take, within a few days of receiving the text. Selected words include: Justice; Humanism; Theatrical death; Rebirth; Michelangelo; Oxblood Red... READ

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Restarting from the Human Being

Faced with a digital and virtual intoxication we emphasise the irreplaceable need for the Theatre and for Society: Restarting From the Human Being, as suggested in the renowned Italian Renaissance manifesto, Oratio de hominis dignitate, by Giovanni Pico della Mirandola.   READ

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Rinaxximent

We follow a young girl, Leah, who was participating in one of the Teatru Malta projects - Trikki Trakki Youth Theatre Festival. After the festival is halted, she must go back to her new-normal life: going to zoom-school, and scrolling through social media. She gets very frustrated that she cannot interact with anyone anymore except for online. In a fantastical adventure, she re-discovers books and a secret library, learning about theatre and renaissance. READ

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Renaissance?

We have decided to re-awaken our understanding of the collective, of relations that form the collective field, by using a stone puppet that resembles a human being. River stones are sacred in our local environment. And Michelangelo's David, one of the truly iconic Renaissance masterpieces, was also made of stone. READ

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Renaissance (Ukraine)

Shot in one take, on multiple cameras, this futuristic response to the Renaissance mixes new texts with a Shakespearean sonnet, and original music by renowned ‘ethno-chaos’ band DakhaBrakha - symbolising the aesthetics of canvas as weaving "the canvas of life". READ

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Renaissance

The theatre community lost its foundation. Theatre as we knew it no longer exists. The stage is a mere dream – sometimes thrilling, often depressing. We need to change it. Go out. Find a new source and sense of creation… READ

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Der Apple

When we talk about the Renaissance, which and whose Renaissance do we mean? Implicitly, we think about humans. But who says that our species is soaring to new heights? Perhaps we are merely the birthing agents of the resurrection of other forms of life. READ

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Perspective

Perspective recalls Filippo Brunelleschi’s experiment on perspective, which took place in Florence, in 1425, a few years after the horrors of the Black Death, and compares it to the possibilities of theatre nowadays, pointing out how the representation of an object allows us to see more than the object itself. READ

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Renaissance

A call-and-response combination of real interviews and clips of artistic work, which provides some answers as to what kind of renaissance is possible for theatre. The text about what we can think about whole difficult situation is written by the author Péter Esterházy. The text about death and loneliness is written by the director Roman Polák. And the text about what is lost without art is written by a member of our playwriting workshop, Martin Miler. READ

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Renaissance

A natural and spontaneous short documentary with an actress during a time that stages are closed. Will all this creative energy be retained? Will it be able to give us rebirth? READ

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Plus Grand Que Moi

A sweet, jarring and uplifting monologue about the story of a (re)birth – a story that straddles myth, love, and a journey into the beautiful unknown… READ

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Leeres Theater

Ensemble members stand alone on the stage of the Volkstheater. The grandstands are deserted, the corridors in the Volkstheater are deserted. A mash-up emerges from two texts: Hasti Molavian sings “Ich bin der Welt loser”, a poem by Friedrich Rückert in Gustav Mahler's setting from 1901; Uwe Schmieder speaks the text "Empty Theater" by Heiner Müller from 1994. Has the world's theater been lost? Are we lost in the world? Where and how do we look further? READ

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The Nightmare of History

Théâtre de Liège has partnered with The Karyatides on the Renaissance project - a company whose performances are open to every age group. Based on literary classics, the Karyatides develop a theatre of figures, combining puppetry, object theatre and music. They play with the commonplace, the cliché, provoking quirkiness from which poetry flows. READ

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Confession

We testify in the most important moments of our lives. We make statements at our workplace, we confess when voting, we confess to our parents, our friends, the doctor... to everybody. And of course to our love. It is worth learning from the greatest master of the Renaissance how to confess! READ

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Renaissance

Dancing in a vacant, gilded theatre hall, performers' hearts beat faster. Where does the body of a performer belong? Longing for an observer, hearts beat faster and faster and faster and faster. READ

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Renaissance (Ukraine)

Today we should learn to be closer again in spite of physical distance, to hear and to be heard. We need to come back to the beginning, where there is no fear. We must eventually become happy. READ

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The Possibilities of Inhaled Air

Our breath is taken away. By a disease, by lockdown, by renovation. We can no longer share the same air, as we are afraid of it. Theatre is devasted, but there’s always hope. We just need to await the return, await the long-lost meeting and when it’s there: just dive into all possibilities, giving us the air we breathe together. READ

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Renaissance

Renaissance / rebirth is a process of transformation, which is not only natural, but also a necessary part of a human life. We asked established Slovak playwright and translator Peter Lomnicky to share his view on the topic. READ

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Renaissance

We are currently facing a period of darkness. Our ecosystem has been disrupted; a virus, a simple virus, has driven the hubris of capital (and whoever worships it, albeit against their will) to its knees. A multitude of different issues has come to a head. What world is this when culture is not recognised as a remedy for the soul, just as medicine is for the body? READ