MEDUSA Selected Plays: an Overview of Playwriting and Identity in a European Perspective

by Stefania Bruno, member of the Italian observatory The final selection of MEDUSA texts required consideration of a wide range of issues. The discussion on what is meant by transnational potential focused on, among other things, how the plays might work together as a whole in the context of the …

Building MEDUSA in Bulgaria: Theatre, Translation and New Dramaturgies

The Bulgarian Role in the MEDUSA Project Bulgaria plays a crucial role in MEDUSA – Contemporary Playwriting and Inclusive Identities in Europe, especially in relation to contemporary drama, translation, text selection and the promotion of new writing. The Bulgarian partnership includes 36 Monkeys and EURODRAM BG as beneficiary partners, together …

Contemporary Playwriting in Europe: three countries, one shared challenge

Contemporary European theatre is alive with new voices, urgent questions, and bold ways of writing the present. Yet many of these voices still struggle to move across borders. Plays are written, staged, and sometimes celebrated locally, but too often they remain confined within national contexts, limited by language barriers, uneven …