Concept

In 2010, two decades after the first edition of Malta, Idioms will become an essentials element of the new programme strategy stemming from the founding thought to introduce the broad audience not only to phenomena that are beautiful or spectacular, but also to the ones that are significant, too.

If we consider the tradition and character of the Malta Festival, the event that turns Poznan into the living stage of theatre (and not only theatre) elements, „Malta Idioms" is a truly experimental Project.

Idioms originated from the need to create the sphere of research In the Malta space, a specific laboratory which would allow us to describe violent changes the world is now expose to. We would like to look at these changes through selected artistic phenomena, and communicate them in a cross-disciplinary way.

Throughout the years, the Malta Festival has successively and consciously been losing its „theatrical" connotation, attracting the spectators with diverse arts. Such an approach was based both on an assumption to show the world from a broader perspective, and to treat the spectator-observer as a partner in a dialogue.

The „Idioms" project results from Malta's maturity, but at the same time from its readiness to take risks and reject the well-known, safe formula. The festival should be something more than an overview of works.

It should create the space for competition, for sharing experiences. It should be challenging and should try to meet the demands of spectators. ...more.

maltafestival poznań 2011, 4-9 July, visit www.malta-festival.pl