Milo Rau – International Institute Of Political Murder

Empire

What will the new version of Europe look like in the future? Will the word “homeland” assume a new meaning? Following The Dark Ages, presented at last year’s Athens Festival, the acclaimed Swiss director Milo Rau comes back this year with Empire, the finale of The Europe Trilogy (Die Europa Trilogie), a three-year examination of the European humanist myth and reality. Actors from Greece, Syria and Romania, including a Syrian and Kurdish actor who first came to Europe as refugees, recount stories of torture, flight, mourning, death and rebirth. What happens to people who have lost their homeland and their belongings? Europe emerges as a fragmented continent with an uncertain future. Three years’ worth of consideration of the cultural roots, political present, and future of Europe are brought to an end: an intimate portrait of a mythical empire told on an epic scale. The Europeans as bearers of ancient traditions vis-à-vis the homo migrans.

The performance will be in Arabic, Greek, Kurdish, and Romanian

Peiraios 260 (H)

  • 15/06 until 16/06/2017 at 20:00
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