Inside Outside Europe

Tetralogy of the Chemnitz, Plauen-Zwickau, Mittelsächsisches Theater Freiberg/Döbeln and Eduard-von-Winterstein-Theater Annaberg-Buchholz theatres

One stage - one common geographical area: Europe. Our continent and its inhabitants formed the focal point of a multi-layered theatre project. Artists from Romania, Georgia, Russia and Germany postulated their perspectives right in the centre of it. They talked about clowns and the nature of humour in Europe, reinterpreted the Medea story and explored the long, constricting shadow of the Nazi era over generations. They allowed voices from the Ore Mountains to speak about how people want to live together in the future and gave migrants space to position themselves on the current state of affairs.

Inside Outside Europe presented all productions together for the first time in Chemnitz on 12 April 2025, accompanied by a supporting programme by Treibhaus e.V., and then travelled from city to city. In autumn 2025, the tetralogy was shown in Annaberg-Buchholz, Zwickau and Freiberg. The individual productions were also included in the repertoires of the theatres.

The programme:

Theatre Plauen-Zwickau
EUdaimonía. A utopian promise of bliss by Tamó Gvenetadze
Directed and written by Tamó Gvenetadze

Central Saxon Theatre Freiberg/Döbeln
The clown and Europe. A play development about the essence of European laughter
Directed by Petra Ratiu

The Chemnitz Theatre
An experiment about my grandfather. A research project by the Figurentheater Chemnitz
Directed by Karen Breece

Eduard-von-Winterstein-Theatre Annaberg-Buchholz
Call It Home. How to share home? Play by Tamó Gvenetadze
Directed by Jasmin Sarah Zamani