An Adventure Beyond
Art, Myths, and Everyday
Life in Europe
2013 – 2017
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..
Project ambition
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.
This will happen
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We will create 4 artistic productions with international teams
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We will create a hybrid language for theater that can be used in international
co-productions
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We will document and share the process in the form of recordings, media,
written evaluation, the performances
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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
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We will create unity and solidarity among the partners and the people involved
in the project
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
Touring Schedule
2014
2015
PRODUCTION A
sailing with Hoppet
23.5 – 1.6 St. Petersburg
2.6 – 5.6 Hoppet St. Petersburg –
Hanko
5.6 – 13.6 Hanko
13.6 – 19.6 Tallinn
19.6 – 24.6 Hiiumaa
24.6 – 29.6 Saaremaa
PRODUCTION C
sailing with Patria and Hoppet
22.5 – 31.5 Milano
5.6 – 11.6 Varenna, Dervio
(Lecco Lake)
12.6 – 22.6 Campsirago, Brivio
23.6 – 27.6 Como Lake
29.6 – 7.7 navigation
Genova – Malta
7.7 – 16.7 Malta and Gozo
17.7 – 24.7 navigation Malta –
Sardinia
PRODUCTION B
sailing with river boat and Hoppet
5.7 – 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 –
Copenhagen
1.8 – 17.8 Copenhagen
(Helsingor, Bornholm)
17.8 – 23.8 Copenhagen – Helsinki
23.8 – 1.9 Helsinki
PRODUCTION D
sailing with Hoppet
1.8 – 31.8 Sardinian’tour
1.8 – 14.9 France:
Sete – Montpellier
25.9 – 4.10 Firenze –
Castiglioncello
2016
Sailing with Hoppet
Productions A and D
1.6 – 8.7
Corfú – Ithaka – Epidavros –
Athens
Productions B and C
1.7 – 8.8
Epidavros – Athens – Rhodos –
Leros – Ikaria
The Yacht HOPPET
Theater Productions 2014
Production A: Memories for Life
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, Viirus
Choreographer: Lenka Vagnerová, ProFitArt Company
On stage: 7 actors/ dancers
Theater Productions 2014
Production B: The Penelope Project
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 Teatr
On stage: 7 actors
Theater Productions 2015
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
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.
Instants
The Instant Performances
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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
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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)
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Separate action, still linked to both Main Productions
and Workshops
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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
Production A: Memories for Life / 2014
Production A: Memories for Life / 2014
St. Petersburg, Russia
Platform 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 Oslzly
23.5 / 20:00 Premiere of Production A at Skorohod
24.5 – 26.05 / 20:00 ‘Memories for Life’ at Skorohod
28.5 Instant at “Light people”
28.5 – 29.5 Workshops by artists from production A
30.5 Workshop “Business of Art” by Matilda Sundström (Project Manager)
30.5 Instant at the Street Theatre Festival on Yelagin Island
1.6 Workshops for children, Theatre picnic “Meeting the Odyssey”
at the Sails of Wight Nights Festival
Production A: Memories for Life / 2014
Hanko, Finland
Hangö Teaterträff
Hanko Theatre
Festival
The Ship will sail from St Petersburg to Hanko and arrive
on the 4th of June
Programm:
5.6 – 8.6
2 performances
3.6 – 6.6 The Memory Workshop I
Painting workshop for children based on stories by elderly people
3.6 – 6.6 The Memory Workshop II
Theatre workshop with Giancarlo Biffi
6.6 Instant Hanko at the Evening Market
Production A: Memories for Life / 2014
Tallinn, Estonia
Theater NO99
Hoppet will sail from Hanko to Tallinn on the 13th of June
16.6 – 19.6
Programm:
4 performances
Production A: Memories for Life / 2014
Hiiumaa, Estonia
Suursadam Port
Hoppet will sail to Hiiumaa on June 20th
21.6, 22.6, 24.6
Programm:
3 performances in Suursadam Port
24.6 Instant Hiiumaa in Suursadam Port
Production A: Memories for Life / 2014
Saaremaa, Estonia
Kuressaare
Linnateatteri
Hoppet will arrive in Kuressaare port on June 25th
Programm:
26.6, 27.6, 28.6
3 performances
Production B: Penelope Project / 2014
Production B: Penelope Project / 2014
Opole, Poland
Opolski Teatr Lalki i
Aktora im. Alojzego
Smolki
Premiere of Production B on July 5th
5.7 – 12.7
5 performances
Programm:
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
Production B: Penelope Project / 2014
Berlin, Germany
Radial System
Ehemaliges
The “boat” will arrive on July 12th for a big welcoming celebration
including artistic performances at Radial System
Stummfilmkino
Delphi
Programm:
12.7 – 20.7
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
Production B: Penelope Project / 2014
Prague, Czech Republic
Forman brothers
theatre
More than 30 performances
20.7 – 30.7
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.
Production B: Penelope Project / 2014
Copenhagen, Denmark
Teaterøen / 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 Island
1.8 Opening of the exhibition "A theatre odyssey " on Theatre Island during
Copenhagen Harbour festival Kulturhavn’14
2.8 – 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 outcome
8.8 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 sunday
15.8 Opening of the Asteroid international theatre festival
16.8 – 17.8 Penelope and Instant Copenhagen 2 performed on Saturday and Sunday
at Asteroid festival and farewell party
Production A and B / 2014
Helsinki, Finland
Helsinki Festival
Hoppet will sail from Copenhagen to Helsinki and arrive on August 23rd
Viirus Theatre
Programm:
Amphi Theatre,
Opera
3 performances of Production A: Memories for Life
Venue: Viirus Theatre
15.8 – 31.8
4 performances of Production B: Penelope Project
Venue: Amphi Theatre, Opera
24.8 – 30.8 The Memory Workshop I
Painting workshop for youth based on stories by elderly people
24.8 – 30.8 The Memory Workshop II
Theatre workshop with Giancarlo Biffi Based on the same stories.
30.8 Instant Helsinki by the Market Square
Some Places 2014
The Peter and Paul Fortress
The Forman Brothers’ Boat, Prague
Hanko, Finland
Helsinki, Finland
THANK YOU
FOR YOUR ATTENTION
Viirus Theatre
Matilda Sundström
Project Manager
+358-50-9115988