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Community theatre Het Rotterdams Wijktheater <\/em>(The Rotterdam community Theatre company, RWT for short) has over 30 years of experience of transforming the stories of the inhabitants of Rotterdam into theatrical performances. Founded in 1992 and structurally funded by the city of Rotterdam, it is one of the oldest and most continuous community arts practices in the Netherlands. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this workshop you will get to know, experience, and reflect on RWT\u2019s methodology. We take you through the creative process in three theatrical stages: sharing your story, transforming this story into a shared theatrical experience, and transferring the story to the audience. In each phase, the company\u2019s facilitators combine experiential exercises with theoretical reflection on the broader societal and democratic implications of this community theatre practice. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The workshop will be facilitated by the makers of the performance Zomaar een straat<\/em> [\u2018Just another street\u2019], a recent RWT project that addresses poverty and debt. This production can be seen at ICAF on Saturday 1 April at 7 PM.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Community theatre Het Rotterdams Wijktheater (The Rotterdam community Theatre company, RWT for short) has over 30 years of experience of transforming the stories of the inhabitants of Rotterdam into theatrical performances. Founded in 1992 and structurally funded by the city of Rotterdam, it is one of the oldest and most continuous community arts practices in the Netherlands. …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1866,"template":"","topic":[],"editions":[15],"festival_production_types":[25],"class_list":["post-196","production","type-production","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","edition-15","festival_production_type-long-workshop"],"acf":{"makers":[{"ID":2637,"post_author":"601","post_date":"2022-04-22 14:20:17","post_date_gmt":"2022-04-22 12:20:17","post_content":"\n

Since its founding in 1992, Rotterdams Wijktheater (Rotterdam Community Theatre, RWT) has been producing theatre made for and by people with no previous experience. RWT achieves this by creating work that connects closely with the experiences of the audiences they want to reach out to. RWT also organises the International Community Arts Festival (ICAF) every three years.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

RWT uses the following proven and effective methods for their work:\u00a0
\u25cf Productions are made in close collaboration with the actors, all of whom are from local Rotterdam communities.\u00a0
\u25cf Local residences put their experiences on stage under the guidance of professional writers and directors.\u00a0
\u25cf These personal experiences relate to subjects that will be familiar to audiences: domestic or local tensions, the search for a cultural identity, friendship, ageing, and so forth.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every year, dozens of local members of the community step onto the stage for the first time in their lives. For many, this is a life-changing experience. RWT performs between 70 and 80 times annually, for a total audience of around 10,000 people. In turn, these audiences often produce new generations of RWT actors.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

RWT makes theatre aimed at specific target audiences, previously examples have included young people, women who are unable to leave the house in the evening, and the elderly. RWT sometimes collaborate with welfare organisations to produce educationally oriented performances that focus on subjects such as domestic violence, teenage motherhood, female circumcision and the relationship between young people and the police. Every two years RWT produces a large-scale site-specific work. This involves working for a period of eighteen months in the selected neighbourhood with large numbers of locals. In the past they have done this in the Heijplaat and Katendrecht neighbourhoods of Rotterdam.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Rotterdams Wijktheater","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"rotterdams-wijktheater","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-12-05 09:51:56","post_modified_gmt":"2024-12-05 08:51:56","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/icafrotterdam.com\/makers\/rotterdams-wijktheater\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"maker","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"edition":15,"makers_involved":[2637],"also_interesting":[193]},"programmes":{"2023033020230330":{"13:30:0017:00:00":[{"id":282,"title":"Behind Het Rotterdamswijktheater","type":"productions","production_count":1,"start_date":"20230330","date":[{"day_name":"Thu","day":"30","month":"March","month_abbrev":"Mar","year":"2023","timestamp":"2023-03-30"}],"time":"13:30 - 17:00"}]},"2023033120230331":{"13:30:0017:00:00":[{"id":1608,"title":"Behind the Scenes of The Rotterdam Community Theatre Company","type":"productions","production_count":1,"start_date":"20230331","date":[{"day_name":"Fri","day":"31","month":"March","month_abbrev":"Mar","year":"2023","timestamp":"2023-03-31"}],"time":"13:30 - 17:00"}]}},"days":["20230330","20230331"],"makers":{"2637":"Rotterdams Wijktheater"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/icafrotterdam.com\/festival\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/productions\/196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/icafrotterdam.com\/festival\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/productions"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/icafrotterdam.com\/festival\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/production"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/icafrotterdam.com\/festival\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/productions\/196\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1607,"href":"https:\/\/icafrotterdam.com\/festival\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/productions\/196\/revisions\/1607"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icafrotterdam.com\/festival\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/icafrotterdam.com\/festival\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icafrotterdam.com\/festival\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=196"},{"taxonomy":"edition","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icafrotterdam.com\/festival\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/editions?post=196"},{"taxonomy":"festival_production_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icafrotterdam.com\/festival\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/festival_production_types?post=196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}