In the myth of the Tower of Babel, the Bible depicts linguistic diversity as a punishment. Nevertheless, it also tells us that a unified language leads men to compare themselves to God, a clear allusion to the fascism that has resulted from various nationalist ideologies. There is also a beautiful metaphor about height. Linguistic pluralism implies horizontal propagation and dispersion in space, while language unification occurs vertically, high above the earth. Ahmed Ghazali (2008). “Theatre is not Babel”, magazine (Pausa.), no. 29, p. 31. 

Unfortunately, I never had the chance to meet the Moroccan playwright Ahmed Ghazali, who sadly lost his life in an accident last summer, but when I read this article a few days ago, written more than fifteen years ago, I saw it as a sign and an invitation. One thing the Institut Barri Besòs can be proud of is the great diversity of cultures and languages that fill its corridors. As a lover of language and words, I would regret missing an opportunity to take advantage of this plurality in a theatre project. With the myth of the Tower of Babel as a backdrop and the diverse languages spoken by the students as raw material, I would like to carry out writing and translation exercises and investigate what utopia means to them (individually and collectively). Does it lie in the unifying verticality of the tower? Or in the horizontality of plural dispersion? Or somewhere in between? Or none of the above? Most importantly, how can utopia be represented in an increasingly dystopian world? Let us find out. They say that talking helps people understand each other.