Theatre as a tool for inclusion
We design workshops with diverse groups and we are not after a spectacular artistic result: we want the group to find its own way of telling things and nobody to be left out of the process.
Beyond the stage
Erasmus+
Part of our work happens away from the stage. We take part in European cultural projects that use theatre and music as a tool for bringing together people from different countries.
Why we do it
Work that crosses borders
For years now we have taken part in European cultural projects designed for those who face the most barriers to accessing culture. They are non-formal education projects in which theatre and music are not the goal but the language through which a group learns to work together.
In them we do what we know how to do: workshops, training and exchanges. We work with diverse groups —people with physical or mental disabilities, migrants and refugees, the long-term unemployed, young people— and with cultural professionals from other countries. Out of that meeting come methodologies that we later apply to our own shows and to the workshops we design here.
Being part of this network has changed the way we work. It has forced us to document what we do, to evaluate it and to share it with others, and it has given us partners with whom we are still designing projects today.
What we work on
Four lines of work
What our European projects involve, told without acronyms or paperwork.
Training for cultural professionals
We train those who work in the cultural and youth fields: non-formal education, participatory tools, safe, intercultural environments. Much of what we know we have learned in these exchanges.
Shared methodologies
We work with organisations in Italy, Portugal and Spain. Every project produces guides and methods that we translate and apply here, and that we then give back to the network.
Project design and coordination
We don't only take part: we also write the proposals, share out the work with our partners, follow delivery and take care of the administrative side.
A project under way
CDAI — Commedia dell'Arte and Integration
Our most recent European project. It uses Commedia dell'Arte as a tool for social inclusion: workshops and training open to any adult, with particular attention to those who face greater barriers to taking part. It runs between Italy and Spain and ends with a festival open to the public.
Who is in the project
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La Sala de Sevilla
Leads · Seville, Spain
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UBO Teatro APS
Partner · Loreto, Italy
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Culturarte 41010
Collaborates · Seville, Spain
Images
What our workshops look like
Photographs of the activities we have run within these projects.
European funding
Our participation in these projects is co-funded by the European Union through SEPIE, the Spanish national agency for the Erasmus+ programme.
Co-funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the Servicio Español para la Internacionalización de la Educación (SEPIE). Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.
Do you work in culture and would like to collaborate?
We are looking for organisations, schools and professionals to design projects with. If you have an idea or would like to join the network, write to us.