Prospero NEW (New European Wave)

Prospero NEW (New European Wave) builds on the European theatre network Prospero, of which the Schaubühne has been a founding member since 2006.
Prospero NEW is the first European platform dedicated to supporting emerging European theatre-makers. Funded by the European Commission, the platform brings together theatre artists and institutions between 2025 and 2028 to support more than 200 European artists who are already recognised in their home countries but have not yet established an international profile.
Through joint tours, co-productions, residencies and mentoring, the platform seeks to foster their international development.

The project has three main goals:

• To imagine other principles, other developments for a more inclusive, more diversified European theatre creation, more connected to current societal issues;
• Broaden the dissemination of theatrical works, in theatres and on the digital space, to reach new audiences;
• Rethink the theatrical journey of audiences, from the initial discovery to the aftermath of the performance.

In this context of repeated crises that challenge Europe to convince its citizens, the partners intend to show that art and culture are a powerful force capable of stimulating creativity, exchange and cohesion. They believe that theatre, in particular, remains an essential forum for dialogue, capable of creating real, direct human encounters and stimulating our critical faculties. Through their work, they wish to participate in the artistic and cultural development of Europe.

Thanks to the support of the Creative Europe programme from the European Union, the partners, strengthened by their visibility at the European level and their openness to other continents, are able to pursue their research on the issues of theatre, media and creation, more particularly their evolution and modernization.