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Production B: Penelope Project 2014 Responsible: Viirus Theatre, Finland Production A: Memories for Life

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Production B:

Penelope

Project

2014

Responsible:

Viirus T

heatre,

Finland

Production A:

Memories f

or

Life

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Meeting the Odyssey is a social and artistic collaborative project sailing from the Baltic to the Mediterranean Sea. Each summer from 2014 to 2016, artists and organizers from different European countries will travel together, giving workshops and performing theater pieces.

The project will combine elements of the Odyssey, contemporary themes relevant to Europe and stories collected through exchanges with the local population.

But Meeting the Odyssey is also a journey in itself: bringing people together through long term collaboration, and discovering new artistic landscapes and cultural attitudes to develop synergies at the European level..

An Adventure BeyondArt, Myths, and Everyday Life in Europe2013 – 2017

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What is Europe today? Who are the people living in Europe compared to who they were? What is their personal Odyssey?

This project asks: what is the common Europe behind the commitment of the European Union? Is there a common ground based on culture and daily life? How can we be reminded of our common roots? The project aims to decrease prejudices and to create a shared narrative that comes out of the stories of the people in Europe today, through the frame of the legend of Odysseus.

For a meaningful discussion about a sustainable and inclusive European culture and a creative future, we need to cross national borders to meet people from different contexts with different perspectives on Europe.

Project ambition

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This will happen

/ We will create 4 artistic productions with international teams

/ We will 14 locally created actions, called «Instants»

/ We will develop new methods of creating theater performances in a social theater context

/ We will create a network of theaters and festivals all over Europe

/ We will give the chance to a minimum of 65 artists to be on board of the ship and 30 more to be involved

/ We will create a hybrid language for theater that can be used in international co-productions

/ We will document and share the process in the form of recordings, media, written evaluation, the performances

/ We will produce new research linked to the project that will ensure the lasting and dissemination of the project results. The focus of the research will be on intercultural dialogue, artistic mobility and European identity

/ We will create unity and solidarity among the partners and the people involved in the project

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2014PRODUCTION A sailing with Hoppet23.5 – 1.6 St. Petersburg2.6 – 5.6 Hoppet St. Petersburg – Hanko5.6 – 13.6 Hanko 13.6 – 19.6 Tallinn 19.6 – 24.6 Hiiumaa24.6 – 29.6 Saaremaa

PRODUCTION B sailing with river boat and Hoppet5.7 – 12.7 Opole (Bus Opole – Berlin)12.7 – 20.7 Berlin (Bus Berlin – Prague)20.7 – 29.7 Prague (Bus Prague – Lübeck)30.7 – 1.8 Hoppet Lübeck –Copenhagen1.8 – 17.8 Copenhagen (Helsingor, Bornholm)17.8 – 23.8 Copenhagen – Helsinki23.8 – 1.9 Helsinki

2015PRODUCTION C sailing with Patria and Hoppet22.5 – 31.5 Milano5.6 – 11.6 Varenna, Dervio (Lecco Lake)12.6 – 22.6 Campsirago, Brivio23.6 – 27.6 Como Lake29.6 – 7.7 navigation Genova – Malta7.7 – 16.7 Malta and Gozo17.7 – 24.7 navigation Malta – Sardinia

PRODUCTION D sailing with Hoppet1.8 – 31.8 Sardinian’tour1.8 – 14.9 France: Sete – Montpellier25.9 – 4.10 Firenze – Castiglioncello

2016 Sailing with Hoppet

Productions A and D 1.6 – 8.7Corfú – Ithaka – Epidavros – Athens

Productions B and C 1.7 – 8.8Epidavros – Athens – Rhodos – Leros – Ikaria

Touring Schedule

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The Yacht HOPPET

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Premiere May 23rd in Skorohod Platform, St. Petersburg

A physical multilingual performance about the past and the present, the old and the young.

"We do not walk towards death. We do not walk towards getting old. We walk to meet ourselves. We walk to meet our Other Me.Life is like two persons walking towards each other. My old age meets my youth"Imants Zedonis (Latvian poet, b.1933, d.2013)

Memories for Life is a performance about the forgotten dreams and remembered hopes of elderly people, lived through the bodies of young actors.

Responsible: Viirus Theatre, Finland. Co-produced with ProFitArt Company, Czech Republic, NO99, Estonia, ScarlattineTeatro, Italy and Asterions Hus, Denmark.Director: Maria Lundström, ViirusChoreographer: Lenka Vagnerová, ProFitArt CompanyOn stage: 7 actors/ dancers

Production A: Memories for Life

Theater Productions 2014

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Premiere July 5th 2014 in Opole, Poland

A performance inspired by the fate of Penelope, the wife of Odysseus. About her dreams and work. A performance with live music, dance and objects, performed outdoors.

Responsible: Opolski Teatr Lalki i Aktora, Poland. Co-produced with ScarlattineTeatro, Italy, Viirus Theatre, Finland.

Director: Krystian Kobylka, Opolski TeatrOn stage: 7 actors

Production B: The Penelope Project

Theater Productions 2014

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Production C: sbarchi_landing

Premiere May 22nd 2015 in Milan, Darsena, Italy.

Responsible: ScarlattineTeatro, Italy. Co-produced with Asterions Hus, Denmark, Viirus Theatre, Finland, Skorohod Platform, Russia.

Director: Michele Losi, ScarlattineTeatro. On stage: 8 actors

Theater Productions 2015

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Production D:

Premiere August 2015 in Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy.

Responsible: Cada Die Teatro, Italy. Co-produced with Réseau en Scène, France, Theatro Anapoda, Greece.

Director: Giancarlo Biffi, Cada Die Teatro. On stage: 7 performers.

Theater Productions 2015

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/ Locally created actions: unique performances combining the Odyssey and the local context into a short performance at every stop on the tour

/ Responsible: every year a team of 3 from Cada Die Teatro, Italy (2014), Viirus, Finland and Skorohod, Russia (2015), Asterions Hus, Denmark and ScarlattineTeatro, Italy (2016)

/ Separate action, still linked to both Main Productions and Workshops

/ Can be performed by the ship, in a venue or in the street

/ The instant performances together with the workshops are the «laboratory» of the project

The Instant Performances

Instants

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Production A: Memories for Life / 2014

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Production A: Memories for Life / 2014

St. Petersburg, RussiaPlatform Skorohod

Peter and Paul Fortress. Sails of Wight Nights Festival

Elagin island. Street Theater Festival

23.5 – 01.6

Premiere of Production A on May 23th. The Ship will sail to St Petersburg on the 30th of May

Programm:

22.5 Press conference: meeting former Odysseys - video message by Slava Polunin to the project participants, presentation of his new documentary and conversation with Petr Oslzly23.5 / 20:00 Premiere of Production A at Skorohod24.5 – 26.05 / 20:00 ‘Memories for Life’ at Skorohod28.5 Instant at “Light people”28.5 – 29.5 Workshops by artists from production A30.5 Workshop “Business of Art” by Matilda Sundström (Project Manager)30.5 Instant at the Street Theatre Festival on Yelagin Island1.6  Workshops for children, Theatre picnic “Meeting the Odyssey” at the Sails of Wight Nights Festival

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Production A: Memories for Life / 2014

Hanko, FinlandHangö Teaterträff Hanko Theatre Festival

5.6 – 8.6

The Ship will sail from St Petersburg to Hanko and arrive on the 4th of June

Programm:

2 performances

3.6 – 6.6 The Memory Workshop IPainting workshop for children based on stories by elderly people

3.6 – 6.6 The Memory Workshop IITheatre workshop with Giancarlo Biffi

6.6 Instant Hanko at the Evening Market

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Production A: Memories for Life / 2014

Tallinn, EstoniaTheater NO99 16.6 – 19.6

Hoppet  will sail from Hanko to Tallinn on the 13th of June

Programm:

4 performances

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Production A: Memories for Life / 2014

Hiiumaa, EstoniaSuursadam Port

21.6, 22.6, 24.6

Hoppet will sail to Hiiumaa on June 20th

Programm:

3 performances in Suursadam Port

24.6 Instant Hiiumaa in Suursadam Port

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Production A: Memories for Life / 2014

Saaremaa, EstoniaKuressaare Linnateatteri

26.6, 27.6, 28.6

Hoppet will arrive in Kuressaare port on June 25th

Programm:

3 performances

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Production B: Penelope Project / 2014

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Production B: Penelope Project / 2014

Opole, PolandOpolski Teatr Lalki i Aktora im. Alojzego Smolki

5.7 – 12.7

Premiere of Production B on July 5th

Programm:

5 performances

Workshops:30.6 – 12.7 “Summer in the Theatre” – artistic workshops for children 30.6 – 10.7 “Be like a Penelope” – artistic workshop for women 28.6 – 8.7 Theatre workshop with Giancarlo Biffi

everyday 30.6 – 12.7 Events with artists from Opole University Institute of Art

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Production B: Penelope Project / 2014

Berlin, GermanyRadial SystemEhemaliges

Stummfilmkino Delphi

12.7 – 20.7

The “boat” will arrive on July 12th for a big welcoming celebration including artistic performances at Radial System

Programm:

13.7 – 18.7 Artists from Meeting the Odyssey will work together with international Berlin-based artists on “Spree Odyssey Project”, site-specific performances which will combine themes from the Odyssey with concepts from the political congress “Spree Stadtforum”, which deals with development and gentrification of a central area of the Spree River in the middle of Berlin

17.7 – 18.7 Performances of “Production B” in ehemaliges Stummfilmkino Delphi

19.7 The big event for the “Spree Odyssey Project” will be presented

in the frame of the “Spree Parade” organized with Schiffskontor

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Production B: Penelope Project / 2014

Prague, Czech RepublicForman brothers theatre

20.7 – 30.7

More than 30 performances

Programm:

Production B, Instant Prague by local young artists and Cada Die Theatre, two boats sailing the river, workshops, screenings, open rehearsals, pre-runners work-demos before each show, post show talks, dance evenings, concerts, discussions, exhibitions etc.

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Production B: Penelope Project / 2014

Copenhagen, DenmarkTeaterøen / Theatre Island

Copenhagen harbour

Helsingør

Asteroid festival

01.8 – 17.8

Hoppet will sail to Copenhagen on August 3rd

Programm:

23.8 – 27.8 Preparatory Workshop to Instant Copenhagen with Asterions Hus at Theatre Island1.8 Opening of the exhibition "A theatre odyssey " on Theatre Island during Copenhagen Harbour festival Kulturhavn’142.8 – 3.8 Joint Workshop conducted by Asterions Hus (DK) and Cada Die (IT)4.7 – 7.8 Workshop & preparation to the staging of Instant Copenhagen outcome8.8 Instant Copenhagen 1 (Kødbyen / Stock Exchange) and Odyssey party under Knippelsbro with the Odyssey ship, music and outdoor dinner (Knippelsbro)9.8 – 10.8 Penelope performed at Helsingør on saturday and sunday15.8 Opening of the Asteroid international theatre festival16.8 – 17.8 Penelope and Instant Copenhagen 2 performed on Saturday and Sunday at Asteroid festival and farewell party

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Production A and B / 2014

Helsinki, FinlandHelsinki Festival

Viirus Theatre

Amphi Theatre, Opera

15.8 – 31.8

Hoppet will sail from Copenhagen to Helsinki and arrive on August 23rd

Programm:

3 performances of Production A: Memories for LifeVenue: Viirus Theatre

4 performances of Production B: Penelope ProjectVenue: Amphi Theatre, Opera

24.8 – 30.8 The Memory Workshop IPainting workshop for youth based on stories by elderly people

24.8 – 30.8 The Memory Workshop IITheatre workshop with Giancarlo Biffi Based on the same stories.

30.8 Instant Helsinki by the Market Square

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Some Places 2014The Peter and Paul Fortress

Hanko, Finland

The Forman Brothers’ Boat, Prague

Helsinki, Finland

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION

Viirus Theatre

Matilda SundströmProject Manager

+358-50-9115988