what have STAGES partners learned?
what have STAGES partners learned?
  • Theatre de Liège, 2-14 May 2022
    "Tomber du Monde", with CAMILLE PANZA / ERSATZ

    During this 12-day residency, the artistic team of Tomber du Monde has developed their
    play writing, worked on the choral dimension of their project and tested their
    choreographic, textual and sound intentions on stage. They also thought about how to
    build a set and costumes that were as environmentally friendly as possible, reusing as many materials as possible.

  • Theatre de Liège, 18 - 21 April 2023

    "The invisible is not not existent", with VENEDIG MEER

    "The Venedig Meer company is collaborating with engineers from SAFRAN to develop an innovative prototype that illuminates the
    performance using only the force of gravity. This initiative aims to make visible not only
    the massive amount of energy required to light a theater but also to explore new
    environmentally friendly methods of production."

  • Théâtre de Liège, 20 - 25 November 2023

"Hyperborée" with ERSATZ

Ersatz is a multidisciplinary collaborative project active in the fields of performing arts, installation, and illustrated publishing. Originating from theater, visual arts, and illustration, our artistic approach is situated at the crossroads of different interconnected media, in a dialectic between illusion and reality. Categories become porous, and projects become sprawling and protean. Our research axis is a reflection on the idea of exploration, whether concrete or abstract. We explore different media, new technological means, with the aim of immersing the audience in a unique universe.

  • Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb, 13-19 November 2023

    "Natural evacuation", With ALEKSANDRA STOJAKOVIĆ
    OLENJUK (1987) and Nataša Antulov

    "When an actress is told to act 'naturally' or 'movie-like', that instruction has
    no connection to her bacteria that are equally
    original and authentic as the actor's character...We experimented with different forms such as video art and live performance to have a better understanding of how we can produce natural behavior in an unnatural context such as theatre representation."
  • Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb, 7 - 20 November 2023

    "Meantime, Between Failures", with The Arbajt Kolektiv

    An exploration of the sustainability of the independent scene in Croatia, in the context of the National Theate, through preparations for a 11.5 hour duarational performance.

  • Piccolo Teatro Di Milano, 04 - 15 September 2023

    "VajontS 23", with MICHELE DELL’UTRI

    "On the day of the sixtieth anniversary of the tragedy of Vajont (9 October 1963), Piccolo has come together with the Committee to
    promote La Fabbrica del Mondo and other cultural and civil institutions from all over Italy for a large-scale collective memorial in the form of an account, to evoke the past by looking to the future, to the water crisis, and to the policies and individual behaviour that need to be adopted now in order to prevent the disastrous reduction in the availability of drinking water."

  • Dramaten, 6th August - 14th September 2023

    "The First Bum", with AMANDA APETREA and LISEN ROSELL

    "Our aim during the process was to find out more about the evolution of the bum – specifically the anus."

  • Lithunian National Drama Theatre, 1st August - 31st December 2023

    "Ataka Fungus", with PAULIUS MARKEVIČIUS

    The main character of the installation Attack Fungus is a mushroom that has grown and is growing in the LNDT, in a suspended dialogue with inorganic substances created by recycling waste materials specially selected for this research. It is a living, growing, changing, and
    disappearing spatial work.

  • NTCH, 2023-2024

"Navigating Hidden Currents and Unseen Connections," with PING YAO LEE

"Irreversible harm" and "untraceable perpetrators" are akin to tracing the paths of rivers and subterranean flows. Lee Ping Yao hopes to merge these narratives, discovering new points of convergence or enabling voices on both ends to retell their stories.

"Puppet and Its Double Residency"

Artist-in-residence, CHENG Chia-yin’s Puppet and Its Double Theatre, has been dedicated to integrating eco-friendly principles into the realms of life, work, and creation for many years. The troupe’s commitment to "resource sustainability" forms the core of their practice, continuously pushing the boundaries of artistic excellence.

"A Play for the Living in Times of Extinction" with DAVID GESELSON and JULIETTE NAVIS

With the support of the University of Lausanne, the Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne has developed an action protocol and a self-analysis tool to enable it to move towards greater sustainability. It was within this framework that Katie Mitchell was invited to create the show A play for the living in a time of extinction. This creation meets a very precise set ofspecifications, to be met by each of the twelve European theatres involved in the STAGES protocol.

"Letters to the Future: Exploring Sexuality Education Through Writing"

"2023 Sustainability Annual Conference Workshop"

"NTCH ✕ Puppet and Its Double Line Puppetry ParentChild Workshop"

"NTCH Open School - Sound Exploration Beyond Hearing"

"NTCH Open School: Immersive Experience Day – Visit from the Taipei School for the Visually Impaired"

"Courrier désirable"

"The Sound of Science"

"Adventure of the Materials on the Puppet Table ” - Exhibition

"Echoes of Silence: Unspoken Truths and Reflections "

"The companies 'Doughnut for sustainability"

"Directed lighting in 19thcentury theater: heritage and
perspectives for ecological lighting "

Alternative season 2023/2024

"In search of mushrooms"

Jérôme Bel / Marco D’Agostin

 

"77 messages for future"