Hamlet's Clouds
NEW ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE



In 2026 we celebrate Eugenio Barba's 90th birthay with: JANUARY: UNAM University, Mexico City, Mexico; FEBRUARY: Teatro Nuovo, Pisa, Italy - Zero Negativo Teatro, Brescia, Italy; MARCH: Grivita 53, Bucharest, Romania; APRIL: Festival Teatro Murmuris, Firenze, Italy - Atlas Theatre Research, Istanbul, Turkey - Festival International du Théâtre au Sahara, Tunisia; MAY: Jan Fabre Troubleyn Laboratoire, Antwerpen, Belgium - Polis Teatro........

28 August - 6 September The Collective Mind 2026 consists of three days dedicated to theatre anthropology and six days of rehearsals of a new production directed by Eugenio Barba. With the participation of Yalan Lin (Taiwan), and Lorenzo Gleijeses, Mirto Baliani and Manolo Muoio (Italy), assisted by Odin Teatret’s actors and Lorenzo Gallo
PARIS – About “ICI SONT LES DRAGONS. DEUXIÈME ÉPOQUE”, a performance of the Théâtre du Soleil.
ANTWERP, Belgium – Troubleyn/Laboratorium continues its ‘Masters of the 21st Century’ series, welcoming international grandmasters — directors, choreographers, dancers, and actors. These masterclasses are aimed at professional performers who wish to deepen their knowledge and refine their craft.
-Previous editions have featured Peter Brook, Viviane De Muynck, Emio Greco, Raimund Hoghe, Franz Marijnen, Savvas Stroumpos, Theodoros Terzopoulos, Anatoly Vasiliev and Robert Wilson. In 2026, we are honoured to welcome renowned director Eugenio Barba, working with Julia Varley, to Troubleyn/Laboratorium from May 15th to May 17th.
AMELIA, Italy – Incontro dedicato al maestro Eugenio Barba. 👉Lezione di Antropologia teatrale, 👉films, 👉meetings, 👉performance, 👉performance collettiva…
ANTWERP, Belgium – Film. “… In the small Danish town of Holstebro, home of this Italian/Danish theatre director, Eugenio Barba realises the HOLSTEBRO FESTUGE – a spectacular theater project turning the parameters of the city’s inhabitants life upside down.”
ANTWERP, Belgium – Work demonstration with Julia Varley
FARA SABINA, Italy – Masterclass “Come muore e rinasce un teatro” con EUGENIO BARBA, JULIA VARLEY, CLAUDIO COLOBERTI e STEFANO DI BUDUO
RINGKØBING, Denmark – CLOSED FOR APPLICATIONS – Nine days of training, performances, films, barters and theatre anthropology led by Eugenio Barba and Odin Teatret’s actors…
RINGKØBING, Denamark – Open to public 12 performances under Odin Home Seminar – FREE ENTRANCE
👉Monday 6 July
19:00-20:00 Welcome performance by Teatret OM, Buen 15, 6950 Ringkøbing
I MALTAGLIATI – Actor: Sandra Pasini – Directors: Sandra Pasini and Ana Woolf
👉Tuesday 7 July
19:00-20:10 Performance HAMLET’S CLOUDS, at Gymnasium
Odin Teatret: Actors: Antonia Cioază, Else Marie Laukvik, Jakob Nielsen, Rina Skeel, Ulrik, Skeel, Julia Varley
Director: Eugenio Barba
👉Wednesday 8 July
19:00-20:10 Performance HAMLET’S CLOUDS, at Gymnasium
Odin Teatret: Actors: Antonia Cioază, Else Marie Laukvik, Jakob Nielsen, Rina Skeel, Ulrik, Skeel, Julia Varley
Director: Eugenio Barba
👉Thursday 9 July
19:00-20:00 Performance DOÑA MUSICA BUTTERFLIES,at Teatret OM
Odin Teatret: Actor: Julia Varley – Director: Eugenio Barba …. 👉👉👉READ MORE…..
SAN SEPOLCRO, Italy – Special guests at Kilowatt Festival
Among the other events on the programme:
👉Friday 17: Theatre, Solitude, Craft, Revolt — a unique event in the form of an intergenerational on-stage dialogue between Barba and Varley, with directors, authors, and actors Liv Ferracchiati, Nicola Borghesi, and Licia Lanera;
Two meetings, both coordinated by Marco De Marinis and preceded by film screenings:
👉Saturday 18, The Art of the Impossible by Elsa Kvamme, followed by a conference with Armando Punzo and Piergiorgio Giacché; and
👉Sunday 19, Zona limite by Stefano Di Buduo, followed by a discussion with Teatro delle Albe (Ermanna Montanari and Marco Martinelli) and Davide Iodice.
👉Saturday 18 also features Compassion, with Julia Varley directed by Eugenio Barba: a performance that brings to the stage three grotesque, painful, and emblematic stories drawn from everyday contemporary life and from the darkness of myth, with strong connections to the wars currently inflaming the Middle East.
👉Throughout the Festival, THREE EXHIBITIONS will also be open to the public:
– stage images from Compassion and The Clouds of Hamlet, reworked and printed on fabric by Annalisa Gonnella;
– Odin Teatret posters, from 1964 to the present;
– photographs from the last six editions of ISTA, by Francesco Galli.
STENDIS, Denmark – From 3 to 10 August 2026 a seven-day Transit (mini) Festival will take place at Stendis Lejren, Vinderup, Denmark. The programme includes performances, workshops, meetings and the possibility to develop work-in-progress shared by 30 international participants and the invited artists.
STENDIS, Denmark – Witnessing the genesis and the first week of rehearsals in the composition of a new performance directed by Eugenio Barba and three day practical and theoretical course on theatre anthropology.
with the participation of Yalan Lin (Taiwan), and Lorenzo Gleijeses, Mirto Baliani and Manolo Muoio (Italy), assisted by Odin Teatret’s actors and Lorenzo Gallo –
OPEN FOR APPLICATIONS
Some chronological documents and statements from Odin Teatret’s Archive about the separation process and re-founding of Odin Teatret.
KEBILI, TUNISIA – International Festival du Théâtre au Sahara
ISTANBUL, Turkey – Masterclass with Eugenio Barba and Julia Varley
ISTANBUL, Turkey – Vocal Workshop with Julia Varley
FIRENZE, Italy – Performance COMPASSION with Julia Varley
FIRENZE, Italy –
👉Lunedì 13.04 – h 20.30
Teatro Cantiere Florida
Eugenio Barba e Sotterraneo
Lo scandalo della durata
Un eccezionale dialogo tra Eugenio Barba e Sotterraneo. Una riflessione intergenerazionale sull’aspettativa di vita del teatro e delle compagnie che attraverso la ricerca hanno provato a dare nuovi sensi al linguaggio e al mondo.
Binario di Scambio, la compagnia teatrale dell’Ateneo fiorentino, celebra Eugenio Barba con un omaggio performativo.
Da un’idea di Teresa Megale
👉Martedì 14.04.2026 – h 18.00
Libreria L’Ornitorinco
Eugenio Barba presenta il suo libro
In dialogo con Alessandro Toppi
“Le mie vite nel Terzo Teatro. Differenza, mestiere, rivolta.”
HOLSTEBRO – Invited poet: Malte Tellerup
Nr. NEBEL, familieforestilling på Nr. Nebel Bibliotek
BUCHAREST – Barter with local artist and Odin Teatret.
BUCHAREST – GRIVITA 53 theatre. Performance with Odin Teatret ensemble
BUCHAREST – Doctor Honoris Causa to Eugenio Barba, University of Bucharest
BUCHAREST – GRIVITA 53 theatre. Performance with Odin Teatret ensemble
BUCHAREST – GRIVITA 53 theatre. Performance with Odin Teatret ensemble
BUCHAREST – Masterclass with Eugenio Barba
BUCHAREST – GRIVITA 53 theatre. Performance with Odin Teatret ensemble
BUCHAREST – Masterclass with Eugenio Barba
BUCHAREST – Masterclass with Eugenio Barba
BUCHAREST – GRIVITA 53 theatre. Performance with Julia Varley
BUCHAREST – GRIVITA 53 theatre. Performance with Julia Varley
BUCHAREST, Romania – Workshop with Antonia Cioaza and Jakob Nielsen
BUCHAREST, Romania, Romania – GRIVITA 53 theatre. Performance with Antonia Cioaza and Jakob Nielsen
BUCHAREST, Romania – Workshop with Antonia Cioaza and Jakob Nielsen
BUCHAREST, Romania – GRIVITA 53 theatre.
Performance with Antonia Cioaza and Jakob Nielsen
BUCHAREST, Romania – Workshop with Antonia Cioaza and Jakob Nielsen
BUCHAREST, Romania – GRIVITA 53 theatre. Performance with Antonia Cioaza and Jakob Nielsen
HOLSTEBRO – Invited poet: Gustav Valdemar Strange
BRESCIA, Italy – Masterclass with Eugenio Barba and Julia Varley
BRESCIA, Italy – Performance “Compassione” at Zero Negativo
PISA, Italy – Masterclass Pensare per azioni at Teatro Nuovo Pisa…