Theatre of Remembrance

Asociación Cultural Transeúnte is a non-profit organisation based in Malagón, a rural area in Spain, dedicated to promoting culture, creativity, and non-formal education as tools for social transformation.

The organisation works with young people, families, artists, and the local community to create inclusive learning opportunities through theatre, visual arts, music, urban art, carnival, chess, sculpture, cultural festivals, and community events.

The organisation also promotes community mediation and intercultural dialogue, using artistic and participatory methodologies to strengthen social cohesion, prevent conflicts, and foster understanding between people from different backgrounds and generations.

ACT believe that culture should be accessible to everyone, regardless of their background or opportunities. Through local initiatives and international programmes such as Erasmus+ and the European Solidarity Corps, we empower people to develop creativity, active citizenship, social inclusion, and European values, contributing to stronger, more connected, and resilient rural communities.

DSCHUNGEL WIEN, founded in 2004, is a co-production company for independent performing arts with a focus on young audiences. Its programme includes dance, drama, performance art, puppetry and musical theatre, as well as events promoting exchange and discourse. It comprises in-house productions, co-productions, collaborations, and national and international guest performances, and is developed in collaboration with local and international artists, partners, training institutions and in response to the needs of the audience. The Next Generation, MAGMA and GL!TCH4 digital stage formats support emerging talent and enable young artists to participate. In theatre workshops running throughout the year, children and young people create their own theatre alongside artists.

Over the course of a season, DSCHUNGEL WIEN presents over 50 productions for children, teenagers and young adults across three stages. Each year, the diverse programme attracts around 45,000 visitors, including around 25,000 children from nurseries, after-school clubs and schools.

Alte Feuerwache e.V. (AFeV) is a Berlin-based NGO that acts as an umbrella for several organisations that implement activities for youngsters. ‘ACADEMY’, a stage arts school for young people between the ages of 13 and 19 in Berlin and the implemented production house, is one of them.

Partnering with us again for 2025, ACADEMY has cooperated with the Theatre of Remembrance since 2016 and has created five different performances of remembrance over the years, presented on the 27th of January.

Through dance, singing, and theatre, they promote the cooperation of young people of different ages, cultures, and educational backgrounds. The goal of ACADEMY is to create synergies between the stage disciplines, between the life of youngsters and their audience, and between the present, the past, and the future.

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Since 2002, STOP-KLATKA have carried over 40 drama-based projects, reaching over 23,000 people.

The Association of Drama Practitioners, STOP-KLATKA is a centre point for passionate people working toward social change using the Applied Drama method and teaching through drama. Based in Poland, they organise drama courses and workshops, international conferences and forums for drama practitioners, publish materials and certify drama coaches and supervisors.

STOP KLATKA uses drama for education, prevention, rehabilitation, developing interpersonal, social, and civic skills, preventing discrimination and exclusion, and building ties within local communities.

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Our partner for 2025, Post Bellum Slovakia, was founded in 2011 and is now based in Bratislava. PBSK is a non-governmental, non-profit civic association that promotes, protects, and campaigns for human rights and freedoms via European Remembrance-inspired activities.

The 2 main pillars of their work include educational activities and documenting testimonies of witnesses of the important historical phenomena of the 20th century (Czech and Slovak veterans of WWII, victims of Holocaust and Stalinism, etc.).

Their educational workshops are based on experience-based learning, drama principles, and their archived testimonies. As of last year, they have conducted over 700 such workshops across Slovakia (also thanks to the support from the EC-Europe for Citizens program, Active Citizens Fund, and other donors).

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Post Bellum Czech Republic, a non-governmental, non-profit organisation based in Prague, focussing on remembrance.

Founded in 2001, PBCZ documents the memories of witnesses of the historical phenomenon of the 20th century and tries to pass these stories on to the broader public.

They implemented “The memory of nation,” a public online database which is one of the largest collections of life in Europe with over 10,481 testimonials of the direct witness of Nazism and Communism. The Memory of Nations provides a common place for storing and publishing recordings of witness interviews.

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Theatre group Garage TDI will perform in collaboration with historical site, Kamp Westerbork.

Kamp Westerbork in Drenthe was the site of over 100,000 deaths during WWII. The Camp Westerbork Memorial Centre aims to keep the memories alive of all of those who were imprisoned there and link their struggles with modern day. In doing so, they aim to be an international authority on the legacy of war, in particular the Holocaust.

Garage TDI, based in Assen, aims to develop and implement performances, workshops, and educational activities in the field of theatre and dance that contribute positively to the development of children and young people in the broadest sense of the word. They also offer training and initiate extracurricular theatre education for young people across the Netherlands.

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Itt és Most Tarsulat Foundation (IMT) has been collaborating with the Theatre of Remembrance project annually since 2018, and we’re very happy to announce they will do so again in 2025.

Founded in 2011, IMT runs a community space in downtown Budapest around improv theatre activities and education programs based on applied theatre methods. They produce improvisation theatre performances and diverse improv-based training.

Their thematic, interactive, improv theatre shows are delivered to companies and schools focused on the topics of addiction and drug use, open society and sensitivity towards minorities, sexual education, and sustainability.

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Teatro Ragazzi e Giovani Onlus (TRG) is a theatre production centre for youngsters based in Turin, Italy.

It aims to spread theatre culture among youngsters and promote encounters based on artistic expression. It is firmly embedded in the local community, collaborating with schools, local authorities, young people, and their families, as well as participating in cross-European collaborations.

The theatre hosts about 240 performances every year, reaching over 40,000 spectators. TRG is also involved in training activities, offering children, young people, and adults the opportunity to become protagonists of the plays.

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Teatr Brama was founded as a community theatre group in 1996 in Goleniów, Poland.

Their activities are still community-orientated, focussing on revolutionising the relationship between artists and the audience. In the last 25 years, they have created their own artistic working method, based on team building and common creations where there is a direct influence of actions on the shape of the script

Besides their annual festivals, Teatr Brama is involved in informal educational activities for target groups with diverse backgrounds (e.g. workshops for children, young- adults, and seniors) with the overall vision to improve the quality of life in the community and create a richer cultural life in Goleniów.

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