Keynote presentation / performance lecture.
In the face of war crimes and human rights violations, the question of artistic responsibility arises. Less obvious are the effects of hybrid warfare on our capacity for empathy and, consequently, on the foundations of democratic communities. What does this mean for a theatre committed to the Enlightenment? (Source: FFT Düsseldorf)
Magda Szpecht is a multi-award-winning director and writer. Since the start of Russia’s full-scale war of aggression against Ukraine in February 2022, Szpecht has also been active in cyber-activism. In works such as ‘Cyber Elf’ (2022), ‘Spy Girls’ (2024) and ‘She Stands in the Middle of the Battlefield’ (2025), she combines theatre, journalism and digital counter-propaganda into a performative practice at the intersection of art and political action.
Ages 16 and over. In English.
