aW(E)are

"aW(E)are" is a multidisciplinary project aimed at creating theatre for young people from Stolipinovo and other areas of Plovdiv. It includes training in acting, writing and role-playing. The initiative will conclude with a final performance, in which theatre, as the main tool for building social skills, will be harnessed to promote integration and connect cultural heritage with young people.

The purpose of the project is to share experiences and narrate the world through a meeting of young people from various parts of the city. The invisible border between neighbourhoods is the place where young people meet, with their experiences and new stories about the city, borders and differences. As the project is implemented, this border will be removed and a common language created.

Three theatre workshops will take place from October to January in the district of Stolipinovo. The participants can experience the languages of theater, autobiographical writing, research-action. The final performance 'I - We' that will be staged on January 27, 2019 will be the artistic result of a research on the boundaries that we perceive in the city and within ourselves, and the possible overcoming of these barriers. Facebook event - HERE.

The partners are the Youth Club "Roma – Stolipinovo 1996" Association and IAC (Integrated center of arts) Matera, with the participation of the theatre students from Class 12 + 3, Prof. Alexander Iliev.

Art and theatre workshops will take place in 2018 and 2019, and the final performance is scheduled for 27 January 2019:

• A NEW ALPHABET – theatre workshops (5 - 8 November 2018) for young people aged 14 to 25.
• IDENTITY AND TRANSITION – (2 - 7 December 2018) theatre workshops for young people aged 14 to 25.
• AW(E)ARE – (21 - 26 January 2019) theatre workshops – preparation for the final performance, participants – children, young people, city residents, tourists.
• AW(E)ARE – (27 January 2019) final performance. Participants – children, young people, city residents, tourists.

Participation in all project activities is free of charge. 

"aW(E)are" is a project by the Italian theatre company GOMMALACCA Teatro. Learn more about GOMMALACCA Teatro and the project  - www.facebook.com/www.gommalaccateatro.it. Details for the first workshop at www.facebook.com/events/1166902246794484.

Photo credit - Carlotta Vitale, Mimmo Conte, art director and director of Gommalacca, Luca Puglisi, photographer, IAC and Youth Club "Roma".