Intensive Workshop on Community and Social Theatre
INTENSIVE WORKSHOP: “Community and Social Theatre: Tools for Complex Contexts”
TRAINING WITH THE PLÀUDITE TEATRE METHOD
Workshop: empower and motivate to transform realities.
ANGELO MIRAMONTI
Plàudite Teatre – Freixas Building
NOTE: WORKSHOP MODIFIED DUE TO THE STRIKE ON 10/15/2025
THE WORKSHOP
During these two days of applied theatre workshop we will work in a creative and rigorous environment in order to deepen the paths that Community and Social Theatre uses to connect with people.
Each participant, regardless of their previous background, will be able to explore how, through the Performing Arts and the body as an instrument, it is possible to create an atmosphere of safety and trust capable of opening the doors of feeling and emotion, both individual and collective.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
This workshop has a double objective: to train and to care. It provides technique and at the same time hope.
On the one hand, it offers concrete tools for working with highly complex groups, and on the other, it is a space of care and reinforcement for the performing arts professionals who take on this challenge. It is training but also emotional support.
The main objective of this workshop is to understand theatre as a tool for social and community transformation, which at the same time enriches professional practice and nurtures personal motivation.
The specific objectives are:
- Acquire theatrical tools to work with highly complex groups in a social and community context.
- Explore social and community theatre methodologies that foster participation and inclusion.
- Adapt dynamics to the needs and rhythms of groups.
- Reinforce the motivation and professional identity of community artists.
- Promote self-care and collective trust to prevent burnout and strengthen networking.
METHODOLOGY – WORKSHOP STRUCTURE
Theatrical activation and awareness games, trust and non-verbal listening for working with highly complex groups; the use of Theatre in conflict transformation.
Theory: recap of the exercises experienced and how to structure a schedule with a highly complex group. Daily logbook of exercises and discussion of schedules with specific groups.
FACULTY
Angelo Miramonti is a professor of Community Theatre with extensive experience in the use of art for healing and social transformation. He has worked in Colombia, Africa and Europe with communities affected by violence, integrating theatre, poetry and rituals into their processes. He is the founder of the program Arts for Reconciliation and author of publications on theatre, conflict and peace.
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
It is necessary to bring comfortable clothing and a notebook.
The course will take place at the performance space of Plàudite Teatre – Freixas Building
Carrer de la Glòria 7 – Ground floor 1a 088902 L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona
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Intergenerational Art in Health Barcelona
INTERGENERATIONAL ART IN HEALTH BARCELONA: these are projects that provide innovative responses to the new challenges of society in the 21st century.
These are projects created by Plàudite Teatre, which it promotes in the territory together with Primary Care Centers and Educational Centers since 2018.
They are part of the ART IN HEALTH program that Plàudite Theater carries out through several projects aimed at the emotional, physical and mental health of diverse groups and people framed within the Social Prescription of the Catalan Institute of Health.
Children, young people and the elderly relate through the scenic practice that generates well-being, health and neighborhood.
EDITION 2025-26: “FRONT PAGE. True or Lie?”
Final show of the process of creating a common show in which 6 groups from 5 educational centers and 5 Heath Care Centres in Barcelona participate
Participants:
- Escola Cavall Bernat (6è) – CAP Sants: El vestit nou de l’Emperador
- Escola Cavall Bernat (5è) – CAP Sants: La gallina mentidera
- Institut-Escola Londres – CAPSBE: Les notícies
- Escola Patronat Domènech – CAP Vila de Gràcia-Cibeles: Salvem els animals
- Escola Aldana – CAP Manso: Televisió Manso
- Escola de les Aigües – EAP Sardenya Galapanidides: entre roses i estels
INTERVIEWS WITH PARTICIPANTS:
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Workshop within Healing Arts Barcelona (October 20-26, 2025)
October 23 from 11:00 to 12:30 Civic Center Cotxeres Borrell, Barcelona, Without prior registration
WE CARRY OUT PROJECTS IN:
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PRIMARY CARE CENTER CAP ROGER / CAP SANTS – CAVALL BERNAT SCHOOL (SANTS)
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TEAM SANT ANTONI PRIMARY CARE CENTER CAP MANSO – ALDANA SCHOOL – (SANT ANTONI)
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CAP MARINA PRIMARY CARE CENTER – SEAT SCHOOL – (MARINA DE PORT)
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CAPSBE PRIMARY CARE CENTER – LONDON SCHOOL – (EXAMPLE)
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PRIMARY CARE TEAM EAP SARDENYA – LES AIGÜES SCHOOL (BAIX GUINARDÓ)
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PRIMARY CARE TEAM CAP VILA DE GRÀCIA-CIBELES – PATRONAT DOMÈNECH SCHOOL (GRÀCIA)
Amb el suport de la Generalitat de Catalunya, l’Ajuntament de Barcelona i la Fundació La Caixa
Amb la col·laboració dels professionals del Centres d’Atenció Primària de l’Institut Català de la Salut de Barcelona ICS
Agraïments a la Sala Paral·lel 62 de Barcelona
EDITION 2024-25: “EL FIL VERMELL”
About 125 children and more than 50 elderly people participate and share the stage at the Paral·lel 62 hall in Barcelona:
- Escola Cavall Bernat, 5è i 6è i CAP Sants
- Escola Aldana i CAP Sant Antoni Manso
- Institut-Escola Londres i CAPSBE
- Escola Patronat Domenech i EAP Vila de Gràcia.
EDITION 2023-24: LETTERS FOR THE MEMORY
2023-2024 edition students of the Cavall Bernat school and seniors linked to CAP Sants de Barcelona
EDITION 2022-23: THE SUITCASE. A CITY OF THEATER
In the 2022-2023 edition, we decided to connect three neighborhoods of Barcelona through the neighborhood: we link students from three public schools and elderly people linked to the Health Center.
- the Sants neighborhood: Cavall Bernat school and Sants CAP,
- the Sant Antoni neighborhood: Aldana school and CAP Sant Antoni – Manso,
- the La Marina neighborhood of Port: SEAT school and CAP La Marina.
The project concludes with the staging of a joint show: “La Maleta”, full of emotion from the neighborhoods in the Paral·lel 62 stage
WE CELEBRATE THE WORLD THEATER DAY INTERGENERATIONAL 2023
Within the Art Salut Intergenerational project created and carried out by Plaudite Teatre, we celebrate World Theater Day and enjoy moments enjoying the great theater party. On the stage of Cotxeras Borrell. Children from the Barcelona schools: Cavall Bernat, Seat and Aldana, and elderly people linked to the CAP Sants, Marina and Sant Antoni-Manso participate. Together we build neighborhood in Barcelona!! The theater is Culture of Peace!
THE INTERGENERATIONAL ART SALUT PROJECT STARTED IN THE SANTS NEIGHBORHOOD:
Elderly people linked to CAP Roger i Sants, and students from Cavall Bernat public school participate from the 2018-2019 academic year.
” Open the Curtain” Baldiri Award 2020 (Carulla Fundation) and Barcelona Scholarship Award 2020 (Barcelona Town Hall)
Intergenerational theater to improve coexistence and comprehensive health
Participants del projecte #intergeneracional "Obrim el Teló" expliquen les seves experiències al #Mutare21 @FundacioCarulla @Naubostik @CavallBernatAFA @vicente_holgado #laCulturaTransforma #ArtenSalut #ElsBaldiri pic.twitter.com/zKCALc8OHG
— Plàudite Teatre – Espai d'Arts Escèniques (@PlauditeTeatre) July 7, 2021
THE MEMORY OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS:
We interrelate projects and neighborhoods: Sant Antoni and Sants. What are the neighborhoods like now and how were they before? Why is it important to have a Theater nearby?
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Institut Català de la Salut, ICS Catalunya, Art Salut Intergeneracional 23/03/2023
PRESS RELEASE
Diari Línia L’H 07/05/2025 L’associació de teatre que ajunta joves i grans per espantar la solitud
Revista Polièdrica. 03/04/2025 Art Salut Intergeneracional
El Punt Avui 16/09/2024 “Before it was all tears and now I’m having a good time”
TV3 The Office of Living 28/06/2023 Emotional well-being
TV3 Planta Baixa Theater against the loneliness of the elderly 30/03/2023 Minutes 1:44:32 to 1:55:00
TV LH Informative 06/03/2023: Young people and old people share a theater day
Digital LH Young people and the elderly share a day of theater 03/06/2023
OkDiario, Recetar teatro para secar las lágrimas 07/03/2023
XarxaNet, The theater as an intergenerational meeting place and generator of health 02/28/2023
Canarias Radio: Late or Early: Interview 02/27/2023 Min 16 to 33.
RAC 1 Radio, program I don’t know, Art in Health , Friday 24/02/2023 20:30 – minute 20:40 to 21:52
EFE Agency Recetar teatro para secar las lágrimas 02/24/2023
TV1 Catalunya Informative, Culture as a treatment against depression 02/23/2023
Ara newspaper, “The theater classroom that combats the loneliness of grandparents” 02/23/2023
Línea Eixample ” Intergenerational theater to benefit young and old in Sant Antoni ” 02/11/2022
FREE PROJECT
Winning the Lliures Project , promoted by Coop57 , Òmnium Cultural and ECAS (Catalan Social Action Entities), was an accompaniment to being able to go ahead with #ACTFEM : stage-technological project of social activism with an academic impact.
PRESS COLLECTION
Blog Projecte Lliures 11/21/2022
Digital LH 09/16/2022 Plàudite Theater launches a program to deal with girls dropping out of high school
TV LH, Classroom LH 09/14/2022 ACTFEM theater in High School within the Lliures program
XarxaNet Free 07/06/2022 Eugenia Delgado: “When we enjoy the right to culture our lives can change”
Imagina Theatre Troupe
El Grup de Teatre Imagina presenta La Escriptora, una divertida obra de teatre de caire futurista i fantàstic, dirigida per professionals de Plàudite Teatre. Una escriptora demana a un científic que la porti amb una màquina del temps a èpoques passades per agafar material per escriure la seva novel·la. Creació dins el Taller de Teatre curs 2021-22. Presentada al Festival LH Fa Teatre en el Teatre Joventut de l’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona. #ArtSalut
“Don Perlimplín con Belisa y compañía” Versió lliure de l’obra de teatre de Federico García Lorca “Amor de Don Perlimplín con Belisa en su Jardín” a càrrec del Grup de Teatre Imagina dirigits per Plàudite Teatre. Curs 2020-2021
El grup de Teatre Imagina presenta "Don Perlimplín con Belisa i Compañía" #TeatreComunitari #TeatreSocial #SalutMental pic.twitter.com/8RQu9F6FS2
— Plàudite Teatre – Espai d'Arts Escèniques (@PlauditeTeatre) June 15, 2021
Miracle Theatre
Miracle Teatre is the theater company of the Fundación Nou Camí, Hermanas Hospitalàries de Sant Feliú de Llobregat (Barcelona) directed by the artistic-pedagogical team of Plàudite Teatre-Espai d’Arts Escèniques in his program of Art i Mental Health.
PLAYS:
“En Moviment“, obra gestual, apología de la inclusión. Presentado al Altre Festival 2022
Miracle Teatre actúa a L’Altre Festival 2022
“Catàstrofe al Miracle Circus“, una divertida pieza de clown para disfrutar y reir a placer. Presentada a L’Altre Festival 2021
Miracle Teatre actua a L’Altre Festival 2021
“Al otro lado del Espejo (el laberinto)” presentat L’Altre Festival 2019
Miracle Teatre “Eduardo Manos Tijeras”
“Al otro lado del espejo”, presentat a L’Altre Festival 2018
Miracle Teatre “Al Otro lado del Espejo”
“Silenci”, presentat a L’Altre Festival 2017
Miracle Teatre presenta “Silenci”
“Aerolínies Ryansé”, presentado a L’Altre Festival 2016
“La Vida Cambia“, Premio del Público y 2º Premio del Jurado al Mejor Cortometraje en la 6ª Edición del “Festival de Cortometrajes Dulcinea Curts” 2014
REVISTA DE PRENSA
Sustainable Development Goals
COMMITMENT TO PEOPLE AND THE PLANET
Plàudite Teatre proposes a strategy that generates opportunities for social justice through the Performing Arts and Theatre.
We assume the commitment to sustainability, responsible consumption, circular economy, social justice and respect for all people, the Planet and the Environment in our projects.
We have specialized in SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT through the Ministry of Labour and Social Economy, funded by the European Union Next Generation within the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan.
We affirm that our organization promotes all 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) because they are interconnected.
We promote critical thinking and education for Peace, respect, coexistence, active and responsible citizenship, and care for the Planet. It is a civic and political duty of all people, organizations, and governments around the world.
We also affirm that it is necessary to include CULTURE, both access and practice, as a right and goal for the sustainable development of People and the Planet, and we carry out awareness-raising actions.
1. End poverty: Education and Culture as a right and an opportunity to end poverty. “Poverty is not natural; it is man-made and can be overcome and eradicated by the actions of human beings“ Nelson Mandela.
2. Zero hunger: ensure that everyone has access to healthy food.
3. Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages. We foster happiness, empathy, coexistence, Peace, and respect.
4. Ensure inclusive, equitable, and quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all. 360° Education throughout life. Furthermore, we have designed intergenerational projects to encourage the transmission of knowledge, avoid ageism and offer mutual learning opportunities in the community.
5. Gender equality: Achieve gender equality through the empowerment of adult women, young women, and girls.
6. Clean water and sanitation: ensure that everyone has access to drinking water and sanitation facilities. Sustainable water management. Conscious consumption. Critical thinking and education.
7. Affordable and clean energy: access to energy services for all people and sustainable resource management, promoting responsible and conscious consumption, public transport, bicycle use, etc.
8. Decent work and economic growth: Promote sustained, inclusive, and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment, and decent work for all people.
9. Foster innovation: opportunity and equitable access to cultural life, optimization of local resources.
10. Reduced inequalities: Reduce inequality within and among countries.
11. Sustainable cities and communities: contribute to making cities and settlements sustainable, inclusive, safe, and resilient.
12. Responsible consumption and production: we promote critical thinking and responsible, local consumption, local suppliers, circular economy, organic farming and permaculture; we are also connected to the Cooperative l’Economat Social de Sants (Barcelona). We reduce waste and recycle. We repair electronic devices, computers, and phones, giving them a second life within our organization and/or donating them to people who need them. We carry out awareness actions.
13. Climate action: reducing greenhouse gas emissions is urgent. We promote waste reduction, recycling, circular economy, public transport or cycling, and conduct climate change awareness and environmental protection actions.
14. Life below water: Understanding that the water cycle is vital for Life. We promote water care, responsible and conscious use, and avoiding waste disposal into water (oceans, seas, lakes, rivers, drains, etc.) to ensure life on the planet. Minimize plastic use, especially single-use plastics.
15. Life on land: we promote respect for Life and Nature in all its expressions. We plant trees in schools and carry out actions to recognize and respect biodiversity. “Nature can live without people, but people cannot live without nature.“ Wangari Maathai, environmentalist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate.
16. Peace and justice: Promote respectful, peaceful, and inclusive societies to achieve sustainable development, provide access to justice for all people, and build effective, accountable, and inclusive institutions at all levels.
17. Partnerships for the goals: we collaborate to strengthen, implement, and revitalize global partnerships for sustainable development, and raise awareness that citizen and institutional collaboration is essential to care for the Planet and its inhabitants.
