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The Legend of Europa

The Project The Legend of Europa is a new, international collaboration, building on the success of the 2020-22 Cre-Actors project, which explored different approaches to devising intercultural performance. The partner organisations from that project were: Border Crossings (Ireland) Teatro dell’Argine (Italy) Théâtre du Soleil (France) The Fence (Sweden) For The Legend of Europa, we are joined by Riksteatern , the National Touring Theatre of Sweden. We chose to explore the EUROPA myth, because it seems particularly pertinent at the present time, when right across our continent there are intense debates about the nature of national and European identities. Migration and diversity have become the focus for impassioned rhetoric, whether in favour of compassion towards refugees and trafficked workers, or in reaction against perceived threats to culture, order and prosperity. Our project goes back to the foundational myth of our continent, in order to explore its current turmoil. Europa ...
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