"Go Ahead, Change the World!"

The idea of creating amateur theatre troupes and uniting theatre enthusiasts living in emigration under the Georgian Cultural Center of the Kingdom of the Netherlands was initiated by
Tika Svanidze Venko, who, in 2019, founded the first international Georgian diaspora theatre "Return". This theatre brought together representatives of the Georgian diaspora from Europe and the United States, as well as citizens of Georgia — in particular, internally displaced persons from the occupied regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Of special note is the participation of Georgian youth from Hereti and Fereydan.

"It's impossible to live in emigration and not think about returning — to childhood, to home, to the homeland…"
(Tika Svanidze-Venko)

"If you truly, deeply wish it from the heart — you will absolutely change the world for the better! But that desire must be accompanied by childlike sincerity, real love, and stubborn faith! That’s not easy at all — but in one Georgian village, a miracle unfolds as a large group of Georgian emigrant children from different countries gather for their summer holidays…"
(Misha Ratiani)

This play was written especially for the diaspora theatre "Return" and for Georgian youth living abroad, whose dignified return to their homeland is essential for our country's future.

Play — "Go Ahead, Change the World!"

Author and Head of the Project "First International Festival of Georgian Calligraphy and Theatre" — Tika Svanidze-Venko
Playwright and Director — Misha Ratiani
Theatre Studies Instructor — Nikoloz Tsulukidze
Technical Director — Maka Midodashvili
Art Director — Sopho Khelashvili
Assistant Director — Nino Gogokhia
Speech Coaches — Tiko Kobaladze and Nana Sharikadze