What are the geographical and human confines that currently define our urban lives? Through what possibilities and circumstances can performative art, together with scientific research, serve as a tool for rethinking the urban landscape and its rules? And under what conditions can municipal theaters enter the public space as participatory subjects?
Those were the basic premises of the international project UNLOCK THE CITY!, which spent three years mapping selected locations in several countries through interdisciplinary research. In January 2026, a final panel conference was held in Milan, attended by all participating partners. The program included a practical workshop entitled Experience: the Dramaturgy of Space for students of the Politecnico University and La Scuola di Teatro Luca Ronconi.
UNLOCK THE CITY! is a project funded by the Creative Europe program, whose artistic and research activities involve an international network of theaters, academies, and universities from Belgium, the Czech Republic, Italy, Norway, Romania, and Spain.
Date of the final conference and workshop: January 19, 2026
Workshop led by: Ludvík Píza and Jana Stárková
Hosting organization: Piccolo Teatro di Milano – Teatro d’Europa