A tragicomedy on European crises by EUI students
Jamie Mackay
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After a monotonous winter devoid of culture, live events finally look set to recommence in Tuscany. On Saturday, May 8, Covid numbers permitting, one of the first theatrical performances of the year is due to take place at Fiesole’s Teatro Romano.
Time to Retreat? was written by Fee Helen Kirsch and Lukas Wiehler, two MA students at the European University Institute (EUI). The play, whose cast is made up of students and staff at the EUI, coordinated by international relations professor Kalypso Nicolaidis, promises to offer up a satirical story about “a burned-out EU president” named Christine, who is forced to confront a “crisis of convictions and beliefs” during a surreal stay at an “unsettling yoga retreat”.