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Odin teatret in Wroclaw – hamlet’s clouds (9-10 oct.)

WROCLAW – Eugenio Barba 90 years and HAMLET’S CLOUDS…
Fri 9/10/2026
-👉 13:00–17:00 “Room of Memories” – VR experience prepared by Dina Abu Hamdan, Laboratory Theatre Hall of the Grotowski Institute, Przejście Żelaźnicze
-👉 5:00 PM “The Art of the Impossible. The Long Journey of Eugenio Barba and Odin Teatret” – documentary film, directed by Elsa Kvamme , Ludwik Flaszen Reading Room of the Grotowski Institute, Przejście Żelaźnicze
-👉 7:00 PM “Hamlet’s Clouds” – a performance by Odin Teatret, directed by Eugenio Barba, Na Grobli Studio of the Grotowski Institute, Na Grobli Street 30-32

Sat 10/10/2026
-👉 11:00–15:00 “Room of Memories” – VR experience prepared by Dina Abu Hamdan, Laboratory Theatre Hall of the Grotowski Institute, Przejście Żelaźnicze
-👉 16:00 “The End of Theatre” – meeting with Eugenio Barba, hosted by Jarosław Fret, Great Hall of the Town Hall, Rynek-Ratusz
-👉 7:00 PM “Hamlet’s Clouds” – a performance by Odin Teatret, directed by Eugenio Barba, Na Grobli Studio of the Grotowski Institute, Na Grobli Street 30-32

Event curator: Monika Blige Event producer: Wiktoria Palczewska Organizer: Jerzy Grotowski Institute Partner: Wrocław City Museum

MENTE COLLETTIVA (14-15 SEPT.)

BOLOGNA – 14-15 September – Lab DAMS, LA SOFFITTA, University of Bologna Mente Collettiva Assisti alla genesi e alle prime prove di GIALLO: LA SORELLA DI VINCENT, nuova performance diretta da Eugenio Barba. Iscriviti alla COLLECTIVE MIND entro il 7 settembre. Organizzato da: Matteo Paoletti e Rita Maria FabrisIn collaborazione con: Eugenio Barba, Julia Varley, Marco LucianoCon: Mirto

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COMPASSION (28 AUG.)

Public performance under COLLECTIVE MIND with Julia Varley. In EnglishStendis Lejren at 6 PM Eros, the divinity of antiquity, had many natures, in addition to that of passion: friendship and tenderness, affection and solidarity, sympathy and admiration. Remembering Thebes, Odin Teatret’s work in progress with Julia Varley and directed by Eugenio Barba, presents three situations

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TRANSIT FESTIVAL – 12 public open performances (3-10 Aug.)

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 international participants and the invited artists.
12 FREE PUBLIC PERFORMANCES:
MONDAY 3 August
👉👉19:00-20:00 – DOÑA MUSICA’S BUTTERFLIES – Odin Teatret (Denmark)
Performance with Julia Varley, Director: Eugenio Barba

TUESDAY 4 August
👉👉19:00-20:00 – BEHIND THE CURTAIN – Ana Woolf (Argentina)
Work demonstration with Ana Woolf, Director: Julia Varley

👉👉WEDNESDAY 5 August
19:00-20:00 – RECETTES IMMORALES – Voix Polyphoniques (France)
Concert with Brigitte Cirla and Sébastien Béranger

THURSDAY 6 August
👉👉19:00-20:00 – RITUALS – Maristella Martella (Italy)
Performance with Maristella Martella, Directors: Christian Angeli and Francesca Turrisia

👉👉21:30   – FILM: “A Character that Cannot Die” about Odin Teatret’s Mr Peanut

FRIDAY 7 August
👉👉19:00-19:30 – PLAGG FOR PLAGG – FOLKEMINNE (Clothes Revisited – Collective Memory) – Grenland Friteater (Norway). Research project with Geddy Aniksdal

👉👉20:45-21:30  – VENT ROUGE – Collettivo Overlimbs (Italy)
Work in progress with Giovanna Zanchetta and Chiara Ferlito

SATURDAY 8 August
👉👉19:00-19:40  – BLUTFÄDEN – Ria Sachadae (Germany)
Performance with and by Ria Sachadae, Choreographer and dramaturg: Giovanna Zanchetta

👉👉21:00-22:00 – COMPASSION – Odin Teatret (Denmark)
Performance with Julia Varley, Director: Eugenio Barba

SUNDAY 9 August
👉👉11:00-12:00 – THE THRILLING VIOLINISTS – Odin Teatret (Denmark)
Performance with Antonia Cioaza and Jakob Nielsen, Director: Sergio Bustric

👉👉12:30-12:50 – Les versets terrestres
Work in progress with Brigitte Cirla and Sébastien Béranger

👉👉20:00-20:30  – NAVIGATING RESISTANCE
Sharing poems with Brigitte Cirla, Geddy Aniksdal and Julia Varley

Special guests at Kilowatt Festival (17-19 July)

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

👉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.

👉SUNDAY 19, “ZONA LIMITE” by Stefano Di Buduo about HOLSTEBRO FESTUGE, followed by a discussion with Teatro delle Albe (Ermanna Montanari and Marco Martinelli) and Davide Iodice.
👉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.

12 open performances under Odin Home in Ringkøbing (6-14 July)

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
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tROUBLEYN / JAN FABRE- An encounter with Eugenio Barba (15-17 May)

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.