Teatr Powszechny in Warsaw would like to invite everyone to take part in the World Refugee Day (20th of June) which was established by the United Nations General Assembly almost 20 years ago. For the last few years, we have been celebrating this day in a special way, by organizing many artistic and social events and by providing many public institutions (theatres, museums, universities, religious organizations) with the international refugee flag, designed by a Syrian artist Yara Said. An orange flag with a black stripe has been a universal symbol of respect towards migrants and acknowledgement of them and their fight for human rights. The flag represents life jackets worn by thousands of people going through the seas to escape war, hunger, and political repression.

In late October and early November 2019, Teatr Powszechny in Warsaw will host the Atlas of Transitions Festival. The program of the festival comprises a variety of theatrical performances, workshops, lectures, and meetings of curators from a number of European theatres partnered in the international project Atlas of Transitions. New geographies for a cross-cultural Europe. The guiding idea of the festival and of the productions presented within it is the development of a social reserve of knowledge and awareness on migration as well as advocacy for intercultural dialogue and a tighter collaboration among European cultural institutions.

Powszechny Theatre, Strefa WolnoSłowa Foundation and Centre of Migration Research (University of Warsaw) are Polish partners of project „Atlas of Transitions. New geographies for a cross-cultural Europe”.