We hope to bring together members of three key organizations working in theatre for and with children: UNIMA, ASSITEJ and IDEA. The proposal is to have an open forum exploring models for working together in the future towards visions of hope for children in the world. We wish to focus on projects with children and teachers affected by war, displacement and conflict.
Two members from each organization, from Europe, Asia (the Middle East) and Africa, will gather in an open forum to develop ideas for programs of work which embed puppetry into children's learning and dreaming about their futures. These three organizations have rarely worked together, yet we have shared aims: to develop theatrical activity for children and young people in the interests of developing cultural rights and expression.
We would like to plan work with puppeteers in educational settings for children to explore child rights and future dreams. We aim to develop a deeper understanding of our practices, extend discussions about collaboration and develop plans for cross-continent projects which address the concerns of children, such as the creation of online or in-person training workshops for teachers in or from areas with children at risk, including those in the Middle East, Africa and those displaced within Europe. We will explore the development of resources for children to create puppetry and drama projects connected to child rights.
Production Credits
Cariad Astles - Puppeteer
Clement Peretjako - Puppeteer
Mamby Mawine - Children's Theatre Educator and Trainer
Karim Dakroub - Theatre Director, Psychosocial Educator
Kian Hattar - Drama Teacher
About the Artists
Cariad Astles is a puppeteer, teacher, trainer, researcher and director. She works at as puppetry tutor at both Exeter University and also at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in London. She specialises, amongst other things, in applied puppetry, with a particular focus on puppetry in healthcare settings, including hospitals. She has published widely on puppetry and is the President of the UNIMA research commission and currently one of the two UNIMA Vice-Presidents. She runs workshops internationally and delivers training in puppetry performance, directing, matter animation and applied puppetry.
Clément Peretjatko, Director and Puppeteer, graduated from the ESNAM of Charleville-Mézières (National Superior School of Puppetry Arts), he is also trained in theatre and cinema at the University of Rennes 2 and in the administration of international cultural exchanges at the IEP of Lyon (Institute of Political Studies). He has worked in some fifteen countries on artistic cooperation projects, to bring together the arts of poetry, contemporary theatrical writing, and puppetry by combining research with creation. He defends an approach of puppetry as art, as a tool of sociological approach and as a response to any system of oppression. Within UNIMA, he has been elected councillor for France since 2016. He coordinated the “ResiliArt” project in connection with UNESCO before joining the executive committee in 2021.
Karim Dakroub is a theatre director, puppeteer, psychotherapist and a psychosocial consultant. He graduated from St. Petersburg Theatre Academy and is currently a professor at the Lebanese University. As a founder and president of Khayal Association for Arts and Education, he has designed and managed several cultural, social and psychosocial projects and has worked with various international organizations.
Kian Hattar is a director, workshop leader and drama teacher based in Amman, Jordan. She has run workshops with youth and children in the UK, the US and Jordan and has particular interests in working with the disabled and trans youth in the middle east. She has an MA in performance from the UK.
We will be joined by two more participants from Africa but their names are not yet confirmed.
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