Caliban și Vrăjitoarea

Caliban and the Witch

The show is a co-production between Giuvlipen and the "Marin Sorescu" National Theatre of Craiova..

"Caliban and the Witch" is a rewriting of Shakespeare's "The Tempest," inspired by Silvia Federici's book of the same name and the revolutionary texts and speeches of Frantz Fanon, Angela Davis, Malcolm X, Ghassan Kanafani. Set in a fictional reality where the power dynamics between white Europeans and people of color are reversed, the show challenges the audience to confront the deeply ingrained legacy of colonialism, slavery, and systemic oppression. In this reimagined world, the Roma people, who historically have never had their own nation, come to power and colonize Western Europe. Prospero, a Roma Christian governor, creates an empire built on the subjugation of white Europeans. Prospero's mission to spread Christianity and civilize the "barbaric" Europeans reflects the historical justifications used by colonial powers to motivate the enslavement and exploitation of indigenous peoples.

Prospero, a Roma Christian governor, creates an empire built on the subjugation of white Europeans. Prospero's mission to spread Christianity and civilize the "barbaric" Europeans reflects the historical justifications used by colonial powers to motivate the enslavement and exploitation of indigenous peoples.

The witch Sycorax, a character who has no voice in Shakespeare's play, is given "justice" and becomes a key character through whom the show reveals how colonialism and patriarchal structures used witch hunts as tools of control and oppression. Central to the action is the character of Caliban, a European slave who represents the oppressed masses struggling against Prospero's tyrannical regime.