Prospero Workshop II 

Prospero Workshop II is a development and continuation of an idea about a Nordic-International exchange program - a cross-cultural sharing of knowledge within Performing Arts for children and the young audience.

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In May 2015 we held the first Prospero Workshop in collaboration with Landskrona Teater in Sweden and colleagues from Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Uganda, Nepal and Burkina Faso.

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Prospero Workshop II is a Nordic-international theater-development project, organized in collaboration with Teater Joker/Norway and Unga Malmö Stadsteater/Sweden . The workshop adresses to the actor - as dramatist.

 

In June 2019, 21 actors from Burkina Faso, Nepal, Uganda, China, Norway, Sweden and Denmark  met and worked in a cross-cultural dramatist laboratory. The purpose and intention of the workshop was to develop new stories for theater for children and young audiences - To relate, reflect, invent and create stories for a new time.

The 21 participants - 3 from each of the 7 countries, were all personally invited by national ‘ambassadors’ - course of their experiences and dedication to performing arts for children and young people.

 

Nepal: Deeya Maskey, Rajan Khatiwada, Suraj Malla

Norway: Kari Ramnefjell, Haakon Strøm, Sindre Strand Offerdal

Burkina Faso: Edoxi Gnoula, Thierry Oueda, Hyacinthe Kabre

Sweden: Lilja Fredrikson, Karim Rashed, Björn Löfgren

China: Jan Huang Jing, Gabriel Qingyu Zhang, Tao Geng

Uganda: Juliet Nantambi, Jackline Kabatesi, Denis Agaba

Denmark: Lisa Gertum Becker, Lene Hummelshøj, Dirck Backer

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 The workshop had a duration of two weeks, 10 days intense work in a story-laboratory and, in the end, 3 days with Public readings, presentations, intercultural debates and networking events.

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In the laboratory part, the actors worked in 3 groups, 1 participant from each country – sharing experiences, thoughts, stories, tools and methods – to search for and create a common story they wanted to tell and unfold. 

Mentors for the workshop were Jacques S. Matthiessen/Passepartout Theatre Production, Denmark and Niels Peter Underland/Teater Joker, Norway.

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For this part of the workshop we worked at SEANSE Art Center in Volda, Norway.

 

The second part of the project/workshop was 3 public readings, intercultural debates and networking events. The team presented their stories and results from the laboratory and selected issues and obstacles on cross-cultural work was under debate - in different programs at the different venues and cities.

 

June 16 – at Sentralen in Oslo /Norway

18.00 - 20.00, hosted by ASSITEJ Norway, Sentralen and Teater Joker

June 18 – at Malmö Stadsteater/Sweden

15.00 - 18.30, hosted by Unga Malmö Stadsteater, Teater 23, Bibu.se and Barnteaterakademin

June 19 – at Teater GROB in Copenhagen/Denmark

15.00 - 19.00, hosted by ASSITEJ Denmark, Teatercentrum, Teater GROB and Passepartout Theatre Production.

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PLEASE FIND A FULL REPORT FROM THE WORKSHOP HERE: 

 

 

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