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 …
by Charlotte Bomy, member of the German observatory At the end of May, the Italian, Bulgarian and German MEDUSA observatories gathered in Domicella for the final stage of the selection process. Over several days, eight experts involved in the project presented their shortlists and engaged in intense discussions in order …
From Myth to Project The MEDUSA project takes its name from mythology, but its vision belongs fully to the present. The choice of Medusa is not decorative or symbolic in a superficial sense. It reflects a precise cultural and political position: the desire to create space for voices, identities, and …
A Figure We Think We Know Medusa is one of the most recognisable figures in classical mythology, and yet she remains one of the most misunderstood. For centuries, she has been remembered above all as a monster: the woman whose gaze turns anyone who looks at her into stone. Her …
A Theatre of the PresentContemporary playwriting has become one of the most urgent places in which Europe can reflect on itself. Not because theatre offers easy answers, but because it creates space for voices, conflicts, and experiences that are often difficult to contain within public discourse. That is why identity …
A Shared Vision Across Europe MEDUSA – Contemporary Playwriting and Inclusive Identities in Europe is built on the conviction that contemporary theatre needs spaces of exchange, translation and shared reflection in order to circulate beyond national borders. The project brings together organisations from Italy, Germany and Bulgaria that work in …
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 …
