In every language, in every culture, in every form of litterature there is a part which is impossible to translate and impossible to transmit. It is this part that interests us. Is it an illusion ? We think that this secret part contains one of the answers to the mystery of theatre. Theatre is a part of European culture, the expression of a difference that brings us together. What we look for in the other is the most beautiful part that we carry within ourselves. The mystery of language is added to the mystery of theatre. History completes this shared culture. History that shows us how people live together. What they dream of, what words are on their lips to express their hopes and their failures, their mysteries and their secrets, how they resist the slow agony of the world, and what litterature and theatre can do for them. The Standard Ideal is a festival of borders.
