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The second show in our newly launched Digital Stage series is Suicidal Dog and Laika, a surrealist parable teeming with quirky characters and unexpected twists that explores contemporary topics such as belonging, otherness and displacement, written by Cătălina Florescu, directed by Leo Băcică and performed on Zoom by an international ensemble of Romanian, British, and American actors.

IOTF is an annual online theatre festival, showcasing the work of diverse global artists. Now, in its second year, over the course of a month, IOTF will present 25 different productions and films from a range of international companies

The Fund - set up in partnership with other foundations - is looking to support imaginative cultural initiatives - big or small - that reinforce solidarity and the notion of Europe as a shared public space in response to the current crisis and its aftershocks. It is open to individuals, collectives and organisations from all sectors and civil society at large with initiatives and ideas

Cristina Modreanu, the influential theater critic, cultural historian, and festival curator, embarks on a month-long U.S. conference tour to promote her ground-breaking "A History of Romanian Theatre from Communism to Capitalism. Children of a Restless Time"

TESZT 2020 will be organized during the last week of May. Applications can be submitted until the 22nd of December 2019 - tesztfestival2019@gmail.com. Our focus is: new theatre aesthetics, contemporary writers, alternative and new forms of performing arts and challenging subjects in this ever-changing world. The open call is aimed at performances from Eastern Europe and the Balkans, inviting institutions as well as independent projects.

A special issue of Scena.ro performing arts magazine — a publication that celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2018 — in English and French will include a selection of texts which illuminate the evolution of Romanian theatre during the 30 years since the fall of the Berlin wall.

Trent Sanders: 'The Bed Project began with my sincere belief that theatre, somehow, transforms us - the audience, actors, writers, designers. We were one thing and are now another. And in my case, I was a husband, father, student, Christian and then became a prisoner. '

30th anniversary of the fall of Communism lends an opportunity to celebrate the freedom we won, and yet also to contemplate the faces of freedom in the world today. The 28th edition of the International Theatre Festival Divadelná Nitra (27. 9. – 2. 10. 2019) opens space for a lively debate about freedom, unfreedom and the fragile line between the two.

Moldova is a special place.. This is a kind of border between two worlds. This land absorbed the beauty of the two cultures - Balkan and Slavic. It's the place where different people, ideas and colors of life get together. This year we want to be such a meeting space for dance and performance! Via wild geese we have already sent news to amazing teachers and artists.