66 large encounters and is forced to deal with. We are also threatened by policies aiming at instigating troubles and gruesome wars. However, it seems that the most serious threat of all is the one posed by the power of money whose possessors are indifferent to using it to subjugate the peoples and lead them to starvation, conflicts and wars. The result is the creation of a new kind of servitude and slavery, as well as the environmental hazards resulting from such wars which threaten our very existence on this planet. We are in desperate need today of a new kind of theatre – one that contributes effectively to the creation of a new ‘humanity’ where the human being is truly the focus of the attention of the rulers of the world. As a matter of fact, it will not be an exaggeration to call for the establishment of a new human civilization that is based on a symbiotic system of global solidarity. We need a strong theatre that is rebellious – one that would act as a formidable catalyst to invigorate the state of the mind, stir up our inner conflicts, and unleash, by both symbolic and direct means, effective powerful forces and opportunities for resolution. The theatre is there to collectively cure us from our abscesses, as the genius playwright and theatre director Antonin Artaud (1896-1948) used to say. Similarly, I would like to state, here and now, that: ‘The theatre must get angry about and revolt against the existing conditions.’ Distinguished guests,
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