Songs of Solidarity is a bold, interdisciplinary project co-produced by PROJEKT EUROPA and Dash Arts. In it, we question the role of the epic narrative in shaping ideas of national identity and seek to craft a new epic - an origin story and uniting tale for the vast and growing global population of migrants, offering a transformative narrative that celebrates and redefines the migrant experience.

In 2025, supported by the Oxford Cultural Programme, we’re working with five incredible writers: Anna Sulan Masing, Inua Ellams, Leo Boix and Saili Katebe. The thrilling range of experiences this group of writers brings, both lived and artistic, will allow us to fully explore our ambition to create a polyphonic, multi-voiced and multicultural performance, inspired by practice and politics from across the globe.

Together with these writers, and a curated group of leading academics, we will focus on exploring epic narrative structure, problematic uses in colonial and imperialist contexts, cultural significance, and the role of storytelling in nation building and nationalist ideologies.

Songs of Solidarity will be a vibrant, immersive performance infused with live music, reflecting traditional storytelling formats and bringing audiences into the heart of the action.

This short film was created by Rocio Chacon

photos by Jason Warner

These images are from our first phase of R&D in 2024, 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.