Theatre of the Oppressed workshops

During our TO International Festival you will have the possibility of experience workshops lead by different groups. Workshops will take place in different locations in Rotterdam from Monday 14 to Thursday 17 December. Daily from 14.00 to 17.00 hrs

Acces without a day or festival pass:
€ 75 per workshop. Register in advance is necessary via info@formaat.org

Jana Sanskriti (India)

The actors will be scripting the play. The games and exercise in the workshop will act as social metaphors. Through games the actors will relate to their realities and will relate to themselves. Thus actors will find oppression, all of us will try to understand various dimensions of the oppressor and Oppressed characters. The ideology of the oppressor will be understood through techniques.

When: Monday 14 December 14.00-17.00
Where: Maaspodium, St. Jobsweg 3, Rotterdam

When: Wednesday 16 December 14.00-17.00
Where: Theater Zuidplein, Zuidplein 60-64, Rotterdam

Formaat (Netherlands)

Making A Scene is workshop model focused on applying exercises and techniques trough image theatre. To get stories of value from the community and translate them in direct social action by, for and with that community.
“From image to action with theatre ‘embryos’, using scenes as a direct tool of action for change of the (not) accepted reality.”

When: Monday 14 December 14.00-17.00
Where: Maaspodium, St. Jobsweg 3, Rotterdam

When: Thursday 17 December 14.00-17.00
Where: LCC ‘t Klooster, Afrikaanderplein 7, Rotterdam

Combatants for Peace (Palestina/ Israel)

The workshop offers a set of tools for a ‘Polarized Theatre of the Oppressed Model’ that integrates theatrical and social work processes between two polar (actual and imagined) communities. The theory and practice of the polarized Theatre of the Oppressed has relevance for every polarized society or community, and the fieldworkers working with them. By challenging the homogenous models of social theatre and the Theatre of the Oppressed, the workshop proposes alternative ways of thinking and acting together.

When: Tuesday 15 December 14.00-17.00
Where: Islemunda,Herenwaard 17, Rotterdam

When: Wednesday 16 December 14.00-17.00
Where: Theater Zuidplein, Zuidplein 60-64, Rotterdam

CTO-Maputo (Mozambique)

This workshop will be based on “The Representation in Theatre of the Oppressed” and seeks to explore the breath paths and create multiple characters profiles without using large movements. The methodologies are various breathing exercises, gestures and everyday movements of emotions and music. We are going to support improvised moments experienced by each participant relying on different types of props and costumes.
We are going to explore the breath movements and its impact in different situations and emotional states, seeking the possible perceptions that contribute to the building of character in Theatre of the Oppressed.

When: Tuesday 15 December 14.00-17.00
Where: Islemunda,Herenwaard 17, Rotterdam

When: Thursday 17 December 14.00-17.00
Where: LCC ‘t Klooster, Afrikaanderplein 7, Rotterdam

Acces without a day or festival pass:
€ 75 per workshop. Register in advance is necessary via info@formaat.org