BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//TYPO3/NONSGML Calendarize//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:calendarize-award-ceremony-prize-of-the-iti-2026-the-theatre-of-the-wo rld DTSTAMP:20260520T114628Z DTSTART:20260626T191000Z SUMMARY:Award ceremony: PRIZE OF THE ITI 2026 | THE THEATER DER WELT DESCRIPTION:Following the guest performance of Nicoleta Esinencu's Memory Distortion. M I X T A P E\, the director will receive the ITI Prize 2026 f or her work as a transnational theatre artist. The prize will be presented by ITI President Yvonne Büdenhölzer. The laudatory speech will be held by Kathrin Tiedemann. Nicoleta Esinencu (*1978\, Chișinău\, USSR / Repub lic of Moldova) became known in Germany 17 years ago with FUCK YOU\, Eu.ro .Pa!\, an angry monologue that sparked a political controversy in her Mold ovan homeland. Her songs are characterised by drastic language. Many in Mo ldova take offence at her sound. And at the themes she brings to the stage : the incessant labour migration\, the social taboo subject of homosexuali ty and the associated experiences of discrimination\, corruption\, the sel f-serving mentality of newly rich oligarchs and former communist functiona ries\, the naming of the difficult relationship between the Republic of Mo ldova and the EU. Nicoleta Esinencu combines the documentary with the poet ic and translates meticulously researched facts into a dense\, rhythmic la nguage. What keeps Nicoleta Esinencu in her home country is first and fore most the teatru-spălătorie\, which is run as a collective and works unde r the most difficult conditions\, but is always enlightened\, internationa lly networked and fearlessly courageous. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Following the guest performance of Nicolet a Esinencu's Memory Distortion. M I X T A P E\, the director will r eceive the ITI Prize 2026 for her work as a transnational theatre artist. The prize will be presented by ITI President Yvonne Büdenhölzer. The lau datory speech will be held by Kathrin Tiedemann. Nicoleta Esinencu (*1978\ , Chișinău\, USSR / Republic of Moldova) became known in Germany 17 year s ago with FUCK YOU\, Eu.ro.Pa!\, an angry monologue that sparked a politi cal controversy in her Moldovan homeland. Her songs are characterised by d rastic language. Many in Moldova take offence at her sound. And at the the mes she brings to the stage: the incessant labour migration\, the social t aboo subject of homosexuality and the associated experiences of discrimina tion\, corruption\, the self-serving mentality of newly rich oligarchs and former communist functionaries\, the naming of the difficult relationship between the Republic of Moldova and the EU. Nicoleta Esinencu combines th e documentary with the poetic and translates meticulously researched facts into a dense\, rhythmic language. What keeps Nicoleta Esinencu in her hom e country is first and foremost the teatru-spălătorie\, which is run as a collective and works under the most difficult conditions\, but is always enlightened\, internationally networked and fearlessly courageous.

LOCATION:Chemnitz\, Spinnbau - Hall 5 (https://www.theaterderwelt.de/progr amm/detail/preis-des-iti-2026/15794) END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR