UPPCOMING EDITION 28 TO BE 

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EDITION 27 EXTENSION 

The Skampa Festival raises the curtain once again to celebrate international theatre.This 27th edition of the International Festival of Contemporary Theatre “Skampa” carries the title “Expansion”, as an invitation to expand the boundaries of our thinking, our feelings, and our experience of art. The appreciation of beauty in all its forms, as well as the testimony that live art remains the greatest force to reflect upon our complex world, are the aims of this festival: to connect us and to welcome change.

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EDITION 26 STREET THEATRE AND… 

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EDITION 25 GATES OF TOMORROW

You are welcomed to Skampa International Festival which takes a life every year in the beautiful city of Elbasan.Gates of Tomorrow. October 14 – 19, 2023: 25 Skampa International Theater Festival

Every second autumn – the Skampa Festival shows its generosity by wearing its artistic cloak on the stage environments and the attractive open spaces of the city with contemporary theater and a variety of parallel events such as workshops, presentations, exhibitions, concerts, and meetings. Over the years, the festival has welcomed hundreds of artists, prominent names of the Albanian and international scene, theaters, and theater companies from over 50 countries around the world. Born at the turn of the century, this festival essentially meant the presence of hope, of the need for a new dimension of our human existence.

Of course, today, after a quarter of a century, we ask the question: from here we are, where we will go? Such is the theater, which poses problems without giving definitions, but which with its language stimulates our ambitions inseparable from dreams for humanity, brings closer the love of beauty, the discovery of truth – unrepresented, to change human life. We live in a reality where we must be brave and creative. The theater has always known how to be in the challenge itself and change.

“Theater’s Song” is the motto 24th edition of Festival Skampa 2022. He comes on the stage of the festival ‘ Skampa, to say what we are, what we do, what we see and do not see, and to appreciate and love beauty. His emotions come as a voice of the theater’s endurance in this complex fragile world, filled with the insecurities of our human beings, as a refrain capable of challenging at all times.

End of season, “Theater three” – the 23rd edition of the International Festival of Contemporary Theater “Skampa”

When a year ago we were working on the current edition of “Trace”, I did not think at any point that 2020 would be the one that would test our ability to understand the strange reality around us. Crises lead to rediscovering ourselves. As Albert Camus wrote, the plague is about starting over. Real-world developments completely influenced our initial plans. The festival was to be moved from its scheduled program to the end of October – the last days of September. The “Trace” motif substrates also changed, forcing us to make adjustments to the program that come from our current perception of ourselves, of the meaning of art in our lives, and of its display in public space. Aware of the anxiety that accompanies our union and the stony silence of empty squares and streets, which are still fresh in our minds, we are trying to redefine the meaning of theater in the open urban environment. Despite the limitations, we are trying to build a safe stage to testify our aspiration for continuity and challenge, so that the 22nd edition of the Skampa Festival serves as an act of inspiration for people. Enjoyment and dreaming are an existential condition of our lives. The entire 22nd edition of the Skampa Festival will be held in attractive open spaces of the city of Elbasan – from those of cultural heritage to squares – obviously with the aim of promoting interactive dialogue between artists, viewers and art promoters. ADONIS FILIPI