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Theatrum Mundi

No. 5 (2025): Breaking the rules

A Retrospective on "Anástasis" directed by Eugenio Barba

DOI:
https://doi.org/10.7413/2724-623X081
Submitted
August 5, 2026
Published
August 5, 2026

Abstract

The performance Anástasis (Resurrection) directed by Eugenio Barba, as part of the 9th Madách International Theatre Meeting (MITEM) and the 10th Theatre Olympics, was presented on 20 May 2023 at the National Theatre of Hungary. The production brought together the results of the 17th ISTA session. The text below summarises the event and gives a retrospective through an interview with Julia Varley and Eugenio Barba, and focuses on Anástasis, a Theatrum Mundi performance in dialogue with the main stage of the National Theatre of Hungary. Analysis of the performance leads towards an interpretation of the Third Theatre movement.