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22 European Theatres Imagine the \u2018Renaissance\u2019 of Theatre in a Major New Series of Short Films. Twenty-two ETC theatres, from 18 European countries, have drawn on philosophy, fantasy, and the strain of living under a pandemic to produce an original series of short drama films that will be available to watch at home for free from 9 May 2021. on europeantheatre.eu<\/a><\/p>\n Leading European theatres have joined together to reflect on the realities of pandemic living and the potential for the \u2018rebirth\u2019 of theatre in a brand-new series of free-to-watch short films.\n
\nRenaissance, a project coordinated by the European Theatre Convention, sees 22 theatres from 18 European countries each write and produce a five-minute short film that responds to the dramatic prompt of \u2018Renaissance\u2019. The Renaissance was an explosion of creativity after the \u2018dark and diseased\u2019 Middle Ages\u2014a complex and uneven celebration of beauty, wisdom, science, and architecture. It was time of dramatic changes, of upheavals, of brutal ruptures with societal patterns. It was also a time that led to a shift in European thought and introduced a new Zeitgeist.<\/p>\n