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European Lifelong Learning Project/ Grundtvig Partnership
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The Project
The project involved six partners from EU countries, some more, some less experienced in European co-operation. The main goal of the project was to expand and share/use experience among the learning partners about forum theatre as a means to meet people on a different level of awareness and to further deepen their understanding of different cultural backgrounds, while creating a sense of and identifying what could be European identity.
C’Europe on Stage aimed to raise people’s (people disadvantaged for socio-economic reasons, persons living in rural or disadvantaged areas, women) conscious awareness of the differences and similarities of cultural traits and specifics they are born into, by exposing them to a theatre play in different languages. Each partner identifies themes of interest or problem areas in their home country, which are then displayed in forum theatre role-plays, performed by a European group of actors (acting groups of the partner countries). In this performance the local sight on these problems is compared with the impressions of the partners/guests and developed into something new and maybe common. Within the interactive role-play the audience in the host countries is challenged to consider their perspectives on Europe and European identity. All actors are part of the European group, experiencing the responses of 5 different cultures to the idea of an European identity, while at the same time having to define their own attitude towards Europe. The stage role-plays and interactive audience responses are kept on video and are displayed to larger audiences through a weblog on European identity.
The project involved six partners from EU countries, some more, some less experienced in European co-operation. The main goal of the project was to expand and share/use experience among the learning partners about forum theatre as a means to meet people on a different level of awareness and to further deepen their understanding of different cultural backgrounds, while creating a sense of and identifying what could be European identity.
C’Europe on Stage aimed to raise people’s (people disadvantaged for socio-economic reasons, persons living in rural or disadvantaged areas, women) conscious awareness of the differences and similarities of cultural traits and specifics they are born into, by exposing them to a theatre play in different languages. Each partner identifies themes of interest or problem areas in their home country, which are then displayed in forum theatre role-plays, performed by a European group of actors (acting groups of the partner countries). In this performance the local sight on these problems is compared with the impressions of the partners/guests and developed into something new and maybe common. Within the interactive role-play the audience in the host countries is challenged to consider their perspectives on Europe and European identity. All actors are part of the European group, experiencing the responses of 5 different cultures to the idea of an European identity, while at the same time having to define their own attitude towards Europe. The stage role-plays and interactive audience responses are kept on video and are displayed to larger audiences through a weblog on European identity.
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The Partners
- Club Austrialia, Austria
- Malta Drama Center, Malta
- Drama Group "Machina", Greece
The Performances
"Cladestine Immigration"
Malta, 2008
Director: Regina Schreiber, Club Austrialia
Malta, 2008
Director: Regina Schreiber, Club Austrialia
"Island of the Blessed - with Barriers in the Heads"
Vienna, 2008
Direcotr: Lilia Lytra, Drama Group "Machina"
Vienna, 2008
Direcotr: Lilia Lytra, Drama Group "Machina"
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"Antenna's Park in Hortiatis"
Hortiatis, 2008
Director: Abigail Williams, Malta Drama Center
Hortiatis, 2008
Director: Abigail Williams, Malta Drama Center
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