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Join a week-long workshop on physical storytelling & writing for LGBTQIA+ artists!Are you interested in physical theatre, storytelling, writing and resilience through art? Are you LGBTQIA+? We have 5 places available for a week-long workshop at The Dean Arts Studios with theatre artists and makers Amir Abualrob and Sorcha Fox .
The workshop will be from 10 am - 4.30 pm every day (Monday 15th to Friday 19th April, NO WORKSHOP ON THURSDAY 18th). It will involve physical warm up, trust building, physical methods of story exploration in the mornings and writing and exploration of the writing through performance in the afternoons. The last day and a half will be dedicated to rehearsal of what we have created using The Platform- a 1.5 metre by 1 metre performance space marked on the floor - a method for performance heightens and intensifies the storytelling. We will use techniques from Grotowski and LeCoq among others.
The workshops will culminate in a 20 minute showcase on Saturday, April 20th , at 1 pm, where we will present what we have explored and written together over the 5 days.
About the facilitators
Amir Abualrob is a Queer Palestinian Theatre Maker and Facilitator based in Dublin. They completed a four-year program at The Freedom Theatre (TFT) Palestine in 2017, focusing on theater studies and cultural resistance. Since then, they have worked as a freelance Actor with TFT on national and international tours. In 2019, Amir took on roles as a trainer and administrator for the TFT School, focusing on community engagement using physical theatre, storytelling, and cultural resistance against oppression. They have received awards such as the AIC bursary award for Collaborative Arts and Cultural Diversity in October 2020, a one-week residence at Hawk's Well Theatre Sligo and Cairde Sligo Arts Festival in July 2021, and the Arts Council of Ireland's Theatre Project Award in July 2021. Additionally, they were awarded the Arts Council of Ireland's Arts Participation Project Award in 2023
S orcha Fox has 30 years of experience in theatre, television, and film. She is an actor, performance poet, and a two-time recipient of the Arts Council Bursary Award and Unesco New Work Award . Sorcha has received Best Actress awards at the New York Irish Theatre Awards and the Edinburgh Festival . With international tours under her belt, Sorcha is also involved in organizing PalFest Ireland, a festival supporting Palestine.
In 2019, Sorcha collaborated with Hawkswell Theatre Sligo for a creative residency with Palestinian poet Rafeef Ziadah, resulting in a performance of 'Medusa' on Culture Night 2019 with live original music. She also completed a course in Theatre and Cultural Resistance at the Jenin Refugee Camp in Palestine in 2017. This led to collaborations on 'The Bed' for Cairde Festival with The Hawkswell Sligo, 'The Road' at The Hawkswell (written by Amir and directed by Sorcha), and 'Khallass/Enough' (co-written and performed by Amir and Sorcha, directed by Micaela Miranda).
Sorcha was commissioned to write 'Sadah/Echo', a filmed poem for Palestine for Cairde Arts Festival . The One of Many Project in 2022 inspired a nationwide tour of workshops - 'The Train from Sligo to Dublin', co-facilitated by Amir and Sorcha, supported by Arts Council Ireland.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
4 Chatham Row,Dublin,IE, Ireland
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