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Upstart Theatre in London had the pleasure of working with Fairbeats Music, Action for Refugees in Lewisham, Refugee Action Kingston and Love to Learn Homework Club on a song writing project […]
Upstart Theatre in London had the pleasure of working with Fairbeats Music, Action for Refugees in Lewisham, Refugee Action Kingston and Love to Learn Homework Club on a song writing project […]
I don’t really remember when I first started to feel European. Was it the first time I caught the Eurostar to Paris with my parents, when I remember going up […]
Michael Sommer, Artistic Director of the German Part of Phone Home, continues the series on best practice in intercultural theatre workshops. [Workshop conducted with fifteen children and adolescents from East […]
Comfortable – around people I’ve only met a few months and basically know just a few things about. Appreciative – for all those little things that we’ve chosen to so […]
Working in an initial reception centre in Rheinland-Pfalz. By Barbara Frazier, Kusel, February, 13th 2016. There are fifteen children in my group, the youngest of which are barely six years […]
A few weeks ago, Upstart live streamed Zodwa Nyoni’s play Nine Lives from the Arcola Theatre in London. It was the first time we’d done anything quite like this, so a really useful […]
A guest post from Catherine Carter, one of the founders of music charity Fairbeats!, who’s working with Upstart in London to create music inspired by Phone Home. We’re well under way […]
Michael Sommer, Artistic Director of the German part of PHONE HOME, continues his series on best practice models in intercultural theatre workshops. VOLUME #2 – BAGGAGE [Workshop conducted by Ramadan […]
[read in Greek / Διαβάστε αυτό το άρθρο στα ελληνικά] Our latest Phone Home workshop in Athens happened to coincide with Valentine’s Day. Not one to give too much meaning into […]
[read this post in English] Το πρόσφατο Θεατρικό Εργαστήρι του Phone Home στην Αθήνα έτυχε να συμπέσει με την ημέρα του Αγίου Βαλεντίνου. Δεν είμαι από εκείνους που δίνουν ιδιαίτερη […]
Theatre Exercises for Intercultural Workshops By Andreas Bachmair, Amsterdam, 29th January 2016 The following exercises are ideas for building an intercultural theatre workshops like the ones taking place in the […]
Date: 14/2/2016 Location: Synergy-o Participants: 6 plus 2 Instructors Countries of origin: Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, France, Australia, Greece Preparation Inspired by the fact that is was Valentine’s Day, the group […]
Tom and I ran a writing workshop for the Write to Life group at Freedom From Torture on the 3rd February. The main aim of the workshop was to write […]
Date: 10/1/2016 Location: Synergy-o Participants: 5 plus 2 Instructors Countries of origin: Pakistan, Bangladesh, France, Australia, Greece Today, our theme was playing with silence. Warm up – Hug it out: […]
Date: 17/12/2015 Location: STEKI Participants: 6 plus 1 Instructor Countries of origin: Pakistan, Afghanistan, France, Belgium, Morocco, Syria, Greece Warm up – In couples: we try walking around the room […]
Date: 14/12/2015 Location: Synergy-o Participants: 11 plus 3 Instructors Countries of origin: Pakistan, Afghanistan, France, Syria, Bangladesh, Egypt, Australia, Greece Warm up – Massage each other standing in the middle […]
Michael Sommer, Artistic Director of the German Part of Phone Home, starts a series on best practice in intercultural theatre workshops. Theatre, as everybody knows, is about communication. In the end, […]
Date: 7/12/2015 Location: Synergy-o Participants: 5 plus 3 Instructors Countries of origin: France, Syria, Australia, Greece Warm up – Massage each other standing in the middle of the group – […]
Michael Sommer, Artistic Director of the German Part of Phone Home, writes about the general purpose of the PHONE HOME WORKSHOPS. [read in Greek] I’m a big fan of pebbles, […]
Date: 30/11/2015 Location: Synergy-o Participants: 18 plus 3 Instructors Countries of origin: Bagladesh, Afghanistan, Pakistan, France, Syria, Iran, Egypt, Morocco, Australia, Greece Warm up – Roll your fingers on your […]
Date: 26/11/2015 Location: STEKI Participants: 20 plus 3 Instructors Countries of origin: Bagladesh, Afghanistan, Pakistan, France, Syria, Persia, Egypt, Morocco, Greece Brief introduction In a circle, everyone introduces themselves, saying […]
Date: 23/11/2015 Location: Synergy-o Participants: 20 plus 3 Instructors Countries of origin: Iran, France, Slovenia, Greece Exercises A – Walking around the room A: we try to stop altogether – […]
Date: 16/11/2015 Location: Synergy-o Participants: 9 plus 5 Instructors Countries of origin: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Syria, Pakistan, Persia, France, Slovenia, Greece Brief introduction – In a circle, everyone introduces themselves, saying […]
by Nora Schüssler What happens to your body when you laugh? Your chest muscles and diaphragm contract, sending air out of your lungs in a whoosh that vibrates your larynx. If […]
by Michael Sommer I’m a wordy kind of person. Not in the sense that I talk too much (I hope), but in the sense that when it comes to theatre, […]
by Michael Sommer, Pathos Theatre, Munich