"The play, The Trial: Enemy of the People, is being staged by the celebrated Brazilian director Christiane Jatahy, who has previously worked closely with all three festivals. She said the play was informed by modern battles with fascism. In a joint press conference with the three festivals, Jatahy said Brazil had suffered very recently with the authoritarianism of former president Jair Bolsonaro,"
"The Bolsonaro regime was a horrible moment, she said. Fascism is everywhere now, and it's this new fascism that used the economy and the instruments of democracy to stay in power. This was really understood in Brazil, she said. Brazilians were very connected with the environmental and climate crises, she added. So we really know about that. And we live this in the present moment, not in the past how this destruction affected the very direct, personal life of the people."
Wagner Moura will lead a modernized production of Henrik Ibsen's An Enemy of the People directed by Christiane Jatahy. The production, titled The Trial: Enemy of the People, will be staged at three European festivals next year. The Edinburgh International Festival, Festival d'Avignon and Holland Festival are co-funding the production and were all founded in 1947. Festival officials draw parallels between post-war rebuilding and current struggles with war, the far right and economic crises, prompting a three-year collaboration. The production engages political and environmental conflicts, referencing recent authoritarianism in Brazil and tensions at the Cop30 climate talks in Belem, including Indigenous clashes with security and Brazilians' direct experience of environmental destruction.
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