SONGS OF SOLIDARITY is a bold, interdisciplinary project uniting artists, researchers, and refugees to co-create a powerful music-theatre performance.

Inspired by ancient epics like Kalevala, Gilgamesh and the Aeneid, SONGS OF SOLIDARITY explores nationhood, displacement, and friendship to craft a new epic for the contemporary migrant experience.

In December 2024, co-directors Maria Aberg and Josephine Burton spent a week at Oxford University, exploring ideas together with composer Marouf Majidi, writer and poet Sabrina Mahfouz, migrant performers and local groups of asylum seekers and refugees. In 2025, we will continue developing this project with partners from across the arts and academia. If you are interested in joining us as a partner, get in touch!

Songs of Solidarity is a PROJEKT EUROPA and Dash Arts co-production. Our first phase of R&D was co-produced with the Cultural Programme at Oxford University, in partnership with the Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama at Oxford University, Finnish Institute in the UK and Ireland, and Asylum Welcome. We're particularly grateful to Fiona Macintosh for her support and encouragement.

This short film was created by Rocio Chacon

photos by Jason Warner