Crossing the Line Festival 2021

Crossing the Line Festival is a pan-European Theatre Festival celebrating inclusive theatre and artists with intellectual disabilities. From September 16 to November 24 in 2021 you can enjoy this festival online on:

https://www.crossingtheline-festival.com

Crossing the Line is a partnership of six theatre companies across Europe, all leaders in the field of working with learning disabled artists. Crossing the Line Festival brings these companies together in an online theatre festival, celebrating inclusive art and artists with learning disabilities. This has been made possible due to the project Trasna Na Líne, funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union.

The online festival showcases more than 25 events – including theatre performances, documentaries, talks and feature films – from the six companies across six European countries. It is hosted by Theater Babel Rotterdam.
The main language of the festival is English and performances in French, Swedish, Dutch and Polish will be subtitled in English.
All events in the online festival are free of charge, but you have to book a ticket. You do this by clicking on the event you want to see and then click the button that says Get Tickets. It will take you to a booking page where you fill in your name and email address. When your booking is done you will receive an email with a personal link to the event.
Crossing the Line Festival showcases artistic work from Moomsteatern in Sweden, Compagnie de l’Oiseau Mouche in France, Mind The Gap in The United Kingdom, Blue Teapot Theatre Company in Ireland, Theater Babel Rotterdam in The Netherlands and Teatr 21 in Poland.

In January 2017 the first Crossing the Line Festival in Roubaix, France, brought together productions by Moomsteatern, Mind The Gap and Compagnie de l'Oiseau Mouche, as well as films, workshops, industry panels and debates. In 2020 the second edition of Crossing the Line Festival was to be hosted by Blue Teapot Theatre Company in Galway, Ireland, as part of the European Capital of Culture 2020. The festival in Galway had to be cancelled due to the pandemic and since then the theatre companies have been working towards bringing the festival online instead – now built and hosted by Theater Babel Rotterdam.