Stockholm Fringe Festival (#STOFF2024) is thrilled to welcome Theatre Academy (Theatre in Palm - TIP) as part of our 15th-anniversary edition! This Intercult-facilitated project is made possible thanks to support from Creative Europe.

The 3-day academy will be loaded smörsgåbord with training activities and international performances online and onsite. All modules will be available to TIP platform members, local artists and professionals. 

All upskilling sessions will be facilitated by experienced Swedish and international practitioners representing 12 European countries. The offering includes exciting workshops, talks, European Theatre Labs, and masterclasses, all of which are free of charge. 

Venues: Konträr and Teater Giljotin.

The events are scheduled for week 35 (The festival starts on the 26th of Aug, while the TIP activities commence on Aug 27th).

The program at TEATER GILJOTIN:

• “From a scratch to a piece in three hours” (Workshop)
  Led by: Minna Haapasalo, senior lecturer of theatre in Art’s Academy, Turku University of Applied Sciences, Finland
  Tues 27/8 Teater Giljotin - 9.00-13.00

• “Commedia dell’arte laboratory” (Workshop)
  Led by: Fabio Banfo, actor and teacher at MaMiMò Center of Reggio Emilia, Italy
  Tues 27/8 Teater Giljotin - 14.00-18.00

• “Making your own solo performance” -  (Workshop)
  Led by: Karolina Spaic, director and artistic director of ZID Theater, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
  Wed 28/8 Teater Giljotin - 10.00-13.00

• “Contemporary Theatre and Performing Arts Criticism” - (Seminar/Workshop)
  Led by: Andriana-Anna Tsiotsiou, Dramaturg and Theatre Critic, member of the National Union of Theatre and Performing Arts Critics, Thessaloniki, Greece
  Wed 28/8 Teater Giljotin - 13.30-17.30

• “Dancing with elements. Chapter: Earth and mycelium network” - (Workshop)
  Led by: Elena Stamatopoulou, PhD in theatre studies, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and dounder, director and actress of the political theatre group "Facta Non Verba".
  Thur 29/8 Teater Giljotin - 09.00-13.00

• “Ankoku Subbody Method” - (Workshop)
  Led By Tana Maneva, performance artist and director Teater Giljotin, Stockholm, Sweden
  Thur 29/8 Teater Giljotin - 14.00-18.00

• “Developing Theatre Criticism in Europe - what conditions and possibilities are there?” (Panel discussion)
  Moderator: Sandra Grehn, Theatre Critic and PhD in Comparative Literature/Theatre Studies and lecturer at the University of Gothenburg and Stockholm University.
  Wed 28/8 Teater Giljotin - 18.00-19.15

• “Theatre in Palm residency performance”
  Led by: TIP residency artists, guided by Robin Jonsson, Stockholm, Sweden
  Wed 28/8 Teater Giljotin 20:00-21:00

The program at KONTRÄR:

• “Acting workshop Cueing the Motive” - (Workshop)
  Led by: Suresh Nampuri, string theorist, playwright, actor, director and president of JÁ International Theatre in Lisbon, Portugal
  Tues 27/8 Konträr - 9.30 -14.30

• When is it Physical? (Workshop)
  Led by: Adam Stålhammar, Mime Actor, Dancer, Choreographer.
  Wed 28/8 Konträr - 09.30-14.30 

• “How can the performing arts sector become more sustainable?” (Seminar) 

  Led by: Annika Bromberg and Petra Weckström, two of the initiators of "Hållbart Kulturliv Nu” a newly started Swedish NGO aiming to become the unifying force towards a green transition in the Swedish cultural sector - with national and international bearing.

  Thur 29/8 Konträr – 13.00-14.30 1,5h

• “Generative AI in Creative Processes”
  The team is led by Agnes Török, stage poet, playwright, and theatre director, and Charlie Prag, project manager, educator, and street dancer with a focus on digital tools. They are from Stockholm, Sweden.
  Thur 29/8 Konträr - 09.30-12.30

What is Theatre in Palm? 

TIP brings together 12 partners from all over Europe to collaborate and co-create in an international and intercultural platform. The project will last between 2022 and 2025. It works towards establishing a platform for emerging artists in the performing arts that can act as a stepping stone for European exchange and intercultural collaboration. The project aims to help emerging artists navigate their careers, broaden networks, and facilitate cooperation between the project's member countries. 

Turku Arts Academy coordinates this groundbreaking project. In addition to Sweden, organizations from Italy, Ireland, Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, Greece, Belgium, Cyprus, Romania, and Bulgaria are active on the platform.

All of the above events are synchronized as part of a multi-festival week in Stockholm that, in addition to the Stockholm Fringe Festival (#STOFF2024) and the World Fringe Congress, will feature Swedstage and Stolt Scenkonst as part of a Swedish Performing Arts Expo by Scensverige.