Myths cannot be trusted – true or false? They are fantastic narratives, made-up stories and false beliefs, imbued with binary constructs around good and evil, here and there, man and woman, East and West, nature and culture... But myths are also mobile, malleable and plural stories that can change over time and exist (together) in many variants. 

This focus programme looks at how we can rethink, remake, rewrite and make myths our own today. What are today's mythic sagas? How can we align myths with our own desires for the future?

Through performances, talks, reading groups, screenings, concerts and mythical club nights, we will discuss queer and trans utopias, mythological TV soap heroines, oppressive histories, revolt, liberation, futuristic dance mythologies, activist strategies and feminist revolutions, body hair, bad ideas, ugly feelings and guilty pleasures. We will gossip, rumours will circulate, memories will glitch. 

Come share, murmur and dance with us.

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w/ Chibi Ichigo, Sorour Darabi, The Soft Moon, Ne mosquito pas/German Staatstheater, Mathilde Fernandez, Carolina Maciel de França, Porcelain ID, Moogisha, Yasmina Reggad, Rima Najdi, Transfocollect, Samah Hijawi, Oriana Ikomo, Fairuz Ghammam, Psst Mlle, Moogisha, RP Boo, Sophia Al Maria, The Post Collective, Parvin Saljoughi, Bâtard festival, Miami Horror, Sophia Attigui, DJ Haram, Intissar Belaid, Surplus Cinema, Golnesa Rezanezhad, Basma Al-sharif, Ghita Skali, Sabzian, Sana Ghobbeh, Amel Guellaty, Fifty Lab, Saràh Phenom, Pink Screens, NISHIMIYE, Alexandre Paulikevitch, Felicia, ÉCLATS festival, Soumaya Phéline, ...