Premiered at Documenta 14 in Athens, The Tempest Society is not a documentary or a fiction, but a hypothesis: three Athenians from different backgrounds form a group in Athens to examine the current state of Greece, Europe and the Mediterranean. To do so, they gather together on a theater stage, approached as a civic space.They name themselves The Tempest Society to pay homage to Al Assifa (“The Tempest” in Arabic), a theatre group active in Paris in the 70’s composed of North-African immigrant workers and French students. Through the format of the “theatrical newspaper”, Al Assifa adresses the daily struggle against inequality and racism in France. 40 years after, the forgotten legacy of Al Assifa finds a site for reactivation in Greece. On a theater stage, members of The Tempest Society and their guests call together for equality, civic belonging and solidarity.