A place of safety

An Italian theatre company, Kepler-452, embarks on a ship conducting research and rescue missions in the Central Mediterranean, the Sea-Watch 5. They are not entirely sure what they are looking for; they only know that for a long time, they have been hearing about what happens just a few kilometers off the Italian coast. Perhaps the time has come to go and see for themselves what is happening along the deadliest migration route in the world. During this mission, they rescue 156 people, who will be disembarked at a place of safety, a safe port in Italy.

From this journey emerges a series of thoughts, questions, anxieties, and encounters with rescuers from various NGOs operating in the Mediterranean—besides Sea-Watch, also operators from Life Support, the search and rescue ship of Emergency. Some of these rescuers will recount on stage what they have witnessed over the past few years just a few kilometers from our shores.

A place of safety is the story of the meeting between a theatre company and a group of people who have chosen to dedicate part of their lives to sea rescue. But it is also, and above all, a spark of attention on the collective blind spot of our continent: what happens in the Central Mediterranean.

Ultimately, it is an intimate reflection on what Europe aspires to be, what it is not, and what it could become.

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