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“Topographies of Paradise”, opening in the framework of the Bergman International Theatre Festival

“Topographies of Paradise” or “Idyllic Landscapes” is a mitos21 initiated project, a unique collaboration among five European theatres: the Royal Dramatic Theatre (Dramaten); the Royal Danish Theatre, Denmark; the Teatre Lliure, the Catalonian National Theatre in Barcelona, Catalonia/Spain; the Academy of Performing Arts in Ludwigsburg, Germany; and the National Theatre in Belgrade, Serbia.

We encounter five theatres with five short plays, woven together. Madame Nielsen writes the plays, drawing on travels in the five countries, on interviews with the actors as well as with political organisations in the various cities. The directors from each of the five participating theatres create their own performance using local actors, and Madame Nielsen stages the final work by integrating the five plays into one production.

What is a nation? What is a home district? What is a native language? What does it mean to be Swedish, German, Spanish/Catalonian, Danish, Serbian?
Madame Nielsen is an internationally acclaimed performance artist and writer, appearing over the years in various guises, including Claus Beck-Nielsen and the nameless human guinea pig in Das Beckwerk (The Beck-work). She defies fixed identities and categorisations, continuously asking the question: What is a human being?

In autumn 2015 she accompanied on foot the stream of migrants along the Balkan route up through Europe, from Greece to Denmark, a contemporary educational journey that she subsequently described in the novel “The Invasion”. Her novel “The Endless Summer” has been a major international success, translated into many languages, including Swedish (2016) and English (2018).

A meeting of mitos21 young actors and directors, from Friday 31 August until Sunday 2 September 2018, in the framework of the Ingmar Bergman International Theatre Festival (23 August – 2 September 2018). 

Dramaten (The Royal Dramatic Theatre, Sweden) welcomes young actors and directors, proposed by mitos21 members, to participate in an informal gathering during the forthcoming Ingmar Bergman International Theatre Festival. 

The meeting will be an opportunity for young artists to see invited productions, to attend the rich programme of the Festival, to meet theatre colleagues from mitos21 member theatres around Europe and to participate in discussions and debates on challenging and urgent topics. 

For more information about the Festival and this year’s programme: Ingmar Bergman International Theatre Festival 

The annual meeting of mitos21 dramaturgs, organised by the Theatre of Nations in Moscow, on the topic “Beyond the repertoire: programming parallel events and activities”, in the framework of this year’s edition of the Territoria Festival (festival programme to be announced soon). 

The second annual General Assembly of mitos21.  

Special event/round table: “The art of fundraising” (Sunday 25 November 2018) 

A selected group of young directors, proposed by mitos21 theatres, will work in a laboratory manner with students of the Thomas Bernhard Institut on the topic “The provincialisation of Europe”. The 3rd edition of the PLAS will take place through January and February 2018 and the final artistic projects will be presented as a joint performance, in Salzburg, on the 1st and 2nd of March 2018.  

(info on previous edition of PLAS, on the topic “The Future of Religion”, here http://schauspiel.moz.ac.at/seiten/produktionen/2015/future-of-religion.php)