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.

On the occasion of the World Refugee Day, we encourage you to hang out the international refugee flag, designed by Yara Said, an artist of Syrian origin, on the building of your institution. The orange flag with a black stripe, metaphorically referring to the life jacket, is a symbol of solidarity with all those who are forced to flee from their home countries and risk an exhausting journey in search of security. At that time, many nations sympathised with us and demonstrated empathy by welcoming us to their communities. Therefore, we should not close ourselves to multiculturalism or be afraid of tolerance for otherness. If you decide to perform that symbolic gesture, we will give you a ready-made flag.

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”.