Both events will be held on 5 November at the Zbigniew Raszewski Theatre Institute, 1 Jazdów, Warsaw. Participation in the workshop is free – registration is open until 22 October. Tickets to the performance (PLN 25 and 35) are available at Goout.net and the Institute’s website. Registration
Recommended age of participants: +18 years old; the number of places is limited.
Please send your applications using the form by 22 October 2024. Participants will receive an email confirmation of acceptance.
If you have any questions, please write to Alexandru Ivănoiu, the workshop coordinator at ivanoiu.alex@yahoo.com and type “Workshop in Warsaw” as the e-mail subject.
Workshop language: Romanian and English.
Participation in the workshop is free. Prior writing or theatrical experience is not required.
The workshop
accompanies the performance entitled On
the back of the photograph, lower left corner, lies everything
I can’t forget about my mother (directed
by Alin Uberti) which premiered on 7 September
2024 at La Mama Experimental Theatre Club in New
York. The performance is a shared, participatory experience
where the narrative of emigration and longing intertwine. The
workshop will be held from 11:00 to 13:00 and the
performance will start at 19:00 at the Zbigniew Raszewski
Theatre Institute.
The 2-hour workshop,
run by Alin Uberti,
director and playwright, will offer a welcoming space where
stories serve as a bond that brings us closer
together. We will begin with theatre-specific exercises to break
the ice, which will be followed by engaging writing
activities. Our focus will be on the art of the
‘dramaturgy of lists’ — a unique theatrical approach
where simple lists blossom into rich tapestries of shared
experiences and memories. The final part of the workshop will
concentrate on writing a monologue using the words,
phrases, and images from the lists made earlier at the earlier
stages of the workshop and a photograph that each
participant is expected to bring (workshop participants are
asked to bring with an old photograph that you would like
to tell the group about).
The exercise related
to lists helps our minds loosen up to create a more
sincere, a more personal narrative in the final part of the
workshop. One of the monologues created in the workshop
will be performed during the performance by its author.