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 …

Germany in MEDUSA: Theatre Translation, Public Engagement and Dramatic Writing

The German Role in the MEDUSA Project Germany contributes a strong combination of theatre translation, curatorial practice, public programming and dramatic writing to MEDUSA – Contemporary Playwriting and Inclusive Identities in Europe. The German partnership includes Das Kombinat and Drama Panorama as beneficiary partners, together with NIDS – Neues Institut …

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 …