Workshops & Labs

Taking the play Wendemöglichkeit as its starting point, the workshop invites participants to explore how the forms of oppression portrayed on stage — such as toxic male loyalty, peer pressure, and the silencing of violence — are also present in their own lives, relationships and social contexts.

It creates a space to examine how these structures shape everyday experiences, emotions and behaviors, and to imagine collective ways of resisting them. Following the principles of the Aesthetics of the Oppressed, this workshop proposes reclaiming the languages of sound, image and word to investigate how masculinities are socially constructed and reproduced.

Throughout the workshop, participants will engage in body-based exercises, image theatre, improvisations and sound explorations to identify the narratives and mechanisms that sustain inequalities and violences within male relationships — and beyond.

No previous theatre experience is required. Limited spots available.

Participation in the performance Wendemöglichkeit on Thursday 20 August at 19:00 in Uferstudios is highly recommended as a starting point for joining the workshop.

Workshop dates:
Studio 1 – Uferstudios
Saturday, 22 August, 15:00–18:00
Sunday, 23 August, 10:00–13:00 and 15:00–18:00

This workshop is part of the Aesthetics of Solidarity Festival, celebrating 15 years of KURINGA. To register for the full festival with one single festival fee, or to participate in this workshop individually, please contact us at: qualification@kuringa.org

A practical workshop exploring Newspaper and Media Theatre techniques to critically examine how news is produced and circulated, especially on social media. Facilitated by CTO Rio ( Theatre of the Oppressed Center of Rio, Brazil)

The workshop offers a practical journey through selected Newspaper and Media Theatre techniques, a branch of the Theatre of the Oppressed developed to investigate how information is framed, edited and presented as truth.

News circulated by mass media and, in particular, through social media is used as artistic and political material.

Through collective analysis and embodied exercises, the apparent impartiality of news coverage is questioned, while omissions, manipulations, stereotypes and dominant interests are made visible.

Participants work with both mind and body to reread and reinterpret news stories. Text, image, movement, rhythm and theatrical composition are used to transform media narratives and develop alternative perspectives. The workshop stimulates the creation of a new aesthetic that takes a position in favour of oppressed communities.

Rather than consuming news passively, participants experiment with ways of critically decoding information and producing artistic responses that can open public discussion.

It is open to everyone: educators, artists, community leaders, activists, and all who are interested in creative expression and social justice.

No prior experience in theatre is required — all you need is an open mind and a willingness to engage.

This workshop is part of the Aesthetics of Solidarity Festival, celebrating 15 years of KURINGA. To register for the full festival with one single festival fee, or to participate in this workshop individually, please contact us at: qualification@kuringa.org

“Games and Exercises” is a workshop inspired by Augusto Boal’s Games for Actors and Non-Actors in an experiential setting, where the meaning of each exercise is revealed through practice.

Participants will acquire a theatre toolkit to expand their creative repertoire and support critical thinking in personal and collective processes. It is open to everyone: educators, artists, community leaders, activists, and all who are interested in creative expression and social justice.

No prior experience in theatre is required — all you need is an open mind and a willingness to engage.

This workshop is part of the Aesthetics of Solidarity Festival, celebrating 15 years of KURINGA. To register for the full festival with one single festival fee, or to participate in this workshop individually, please contact us at: qualification@kuringa.org

In this workshop, participants will explore techniques and fundamental principles of Theatre of the Oppressed, developed by the Brazilian playwright Augusto Boal and further developed through the innovative approach of Bárbara Santos and Teatro de las Oprimidas, with an intersectional Black-feminist perspective and special attention to aesthetics.

During the workshop, participants will explore different theatrical techniques, including image theatre, media theatre and games that stimulate dialogue and reflection.

No previous theatre experience is necessary. This workshop is open to everyone, regardless of skill level or experience.

This workshop is part of the Aesthetics of Solidarity Festival, celebrating 15 years of KURINGA. To register for the full festival with one single festival fee, or to participate in this workshop individually, please contact us at: qualification@kuringa.org

This workshop explores the possibilities of developing a process of theatrical creation and production through sound, investigating sound as a creative pathway for theatre-making

The process begins with the body as a rhythmic and sonic resource, continues with recycled objects, and evolves into the creation of sound compositions that express concrete ideas and tell stories.

The workshop has a modular and independent format. Participants can join the full three-day workshop or take part in individual days. Each day focuses on a different aesthetic technique.

No previous experience is needed.

This workshop is part of the Aesthetics of Solidarity Festival, celebrating 15 years of KURINGA. To register for the full festival with one single festival fee, or to participate in this workshop individually, please contact us at: qualification@kuringa.org

This workshop shares practical tools, exercises and techniques developed since 2010 through Teatro de las Oprimidas processes with theatre groups and artist-activists in Latin America, Europe and Africa.

Through games, images, movement and aesthetic creation, participants will work with feminist, anti-racist, decolonial and community-based perspectives. The workshop offers practical ways to create theatrical images and political poetics that open space for collective reflection, dialogue and transformation.

The workshop has a modular and independent format. Participants can join the full three-day workshop or take part in individual days. Each day focuses on a different aesthetic technique.

No previous experience is needed.

This workshop is part of the Aesthetics of Solidarity Festival, celebrating 15 years of KURINGA. To register for the full festival with one single festival fee, or to participate in this workshop individually, please contact us at: qualification@kuringa.org

This workshop invites participants into a process of collective painting through original group exercises. Painting, drawing, and image-making emerge from the encounter between individual expression and shared experience, creating a dynamic space where personal and collective creativity continuously influence one another.


Together, we will explore the creative tensions between connection and separation, autonomy and surrender, concentration and spontaneity. The emphasis is on the process itself: discovering new ways of making images through collaboration, experimentation, and embodied practice.
The workshop is open to everyone—no previous artistic experience is required. Sessions are primarily hands-on and include movement-based exercises, drawing, and painting.

By the end of the workshop, each participant will leave with their own painted canvas: a work that reflects both their individual contribution and the collective creative journey.


Facilitators: 
Anaïs Héraud is a painter, art therapist and member of the Ma-g-dalena International Network. anaisheraud.com

Participation fee: 35-50 euro. All materials are provided, including an individual canvas for each participant.

This workshop is part of the Aesthetics of Solidarity Festival, celebrating 15 years of KURINGA. To register for the full festival with one single festival fee, or to participate in this workshop individually, please contact us at: qualification@kuringa.org

The Dramaturgy Lab is a creative process for theatrical development. It is a space for aesthetic and thematic development, aimed at strengthening the artistic proposition and the interactive potential of a theatrical piece.

At the Aesthetics of Solidarity Festival, in addition to interacting with the audience immediately following the performance, all pieces have the opportunity to undergo an in-depth practical-analytical process the day after the public presentation.

The participants of the Dramaturgy Lab express their views on the structure of the play and its theatrical interaction, considering its aesthetic concept, dramaturgy, thematic clarity and other aspects. Divided into small groups, the participants select some of the discussed aspects to work on.

Each group transforms the conceptual analysis into a concrete aesthetic proposal: an image, a scene, a dialogue, a sonorous sequence, a choreography or another theatrical form.

The goal is to offer proposals for different aspects of the play, contributing to its artistic and thematic development. In this way, each theatre group receives impulses for the continuity of their work. The Dramaturgy Lab is open to the theatre group, festival participants and audience members.

Dates:
22 August – Dramaturgy Lab about Silence is Sexy
27 August – Dramaturgy Lab about To get together
28 August – Dramaturgy Lab about Fear Machine
29 August – Dramaturgy Lab about Water Bodies