The Art of Listening in Theatre for Young Audiences documents a four-year European cooperation project exploring how listening can transform theatre for children and young people. Co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme and realized with partners across Europe, Africa, Asia, and Latin America, the project connected artists, festivals, researchers, and cultural organizations in a global dialogue on cultural citizenship, diversity, and intergenerational exchange. Through workshops, festivals, and collaborative research, BABEL positioned children not as “future citizens” but as active participants in the present, whose voices, perceptions, and cultural rights must be acknowledged. The book offers reflections, interviews, and case studies from international partners, providing both a record of lived experiences and an “artistic dictionary” – entries on concepts such as listening, atmosphere, attention, curiosity, and diversity – that serve as tools to rethink artistic processesand cultural exchange. By focusing on listening – to audiences, to artists, and across cultures – BABEL affirms theatre’s role in fostering empathy, participation, and cultural rights.