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© ROMATRIAL e.V. 2025
Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz 2, 10178 Berlin
Memorial to the Sinti & Roma Victims of National Socialism
Simsonweg | D-10117 Berlin
Artistic Director
IOANA ELENA URDA
Creative Production Lead
RENATA PUELMA MÜLLER
Festival Producer
JOBINA DIEZ
Festival Producer
SAMUEL GIEBEN
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A project by RomaTrial e.V.
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10178 Berlin
In cooperation with Volksbühne & Icarus
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Last Updated 24.10.31
INTERNATIONAL ROMA THEATRE FESTIVAL
Eighty years after the Holocaust, Roma* and Sinti* remain largely invisible in Europe’s historical narrative. Their voices have been silenced for centuries – and even today, exclusion, poverty, and violence continue to shape the everyday reality of many communities.
The festival COMMON TONGUE 2 fills these silences with stories of solidarity, visibility, and self-determination. For six days, Roma* ensembles from across Europe will transform the Grüner Salon of Volksbühne into a space for empowerment, encounter, and creativity. With performances ranging from political to poetic, from humorous to deeply personal, they explore memory, empowerment, and social participation.
The festival understands itself as a laboratory for political-artistic practice at the intersection of theater, dance, performance, and multimedia storytelling. The Roma* stories, everyday worlds, and visions of the future reveal Europe’s contradiction between ideals and realities—between Enlightenment and exclusion, between human rights and migration policies. Through their storytelling, they seek a common language against fear, powerlessness, and loneliness.
What do belonging and home mean when borders are closing? What might a living culture of remembrance look like beyond ritualized gestures? What does solidarity mean under precarious conditions? And how are climate change and social justice connected?
With performances, discussions, and workshops, COMMON TONGUE 2 invites audiences to remember, imagine, and debate together – while celebrating the strength of a vibrant, resistant culture.
© ROMATRIAL e.V. 2025