EDERED (European Drama Encounters - Rencontres Européennes de Drama) is a multi-day European theater encounter for young people, organised in a different European participating country every year. This year, OPENDOEK will host the encounter for Belgium and the EDERED team is heading to Ghent.
Voertaal: Engels
Ever since 1982, young people from all over Europe (aged between 18 and 26) have been able to meet each other during EDERED, a multi-day European theatre encounter. Through a diverse programme of intensive intercultural workshops and social activities, young people get to know each other, the city and new theatre techniques. The participants, aged between 18 and 26, will work towards a final performance to be performed at the end of EDERED.
This year, EDERED is being organised in Belgium, with OPENDOEK as guest organiser, ASBL Tremplins as co-organiser and Gregory Caers as artistic director. The ten-day event takes place in Ghent with the theme 'Louder together'! EDERED has 13 participating countries this year: Germany, Italy, Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, Greece, UK, Turkey, Austria, Finland, Switzerland, the Netherlands and Belgium. Besides the workshops, OPENDOEK also organises group activities to get to know not only each other, but also the city of Ghent and the local theatre scene.
OPENDOEK is happy to invite six participants to this encounter, completely free of charge! Fill in the form and/or send a video message to explain your motivation. The deadline for application is 21 April!
Accommodation, meals, workshops and activities
Gregory Caers is an experienced freelance director and festival curator, passionate about empowering people and engaging society through art. With a wealth of international experience, Gregory specializes in crafting captivating performances that bring together both seasoned professionals and enthusiastic non-professional actors across the realms of theatre and opera. His collaborations span across renowned theatre houses in the Netherlands, Germany, and Belgium.
ASBL Tremplins' main task is to organise the Brussels Babel Festival. A festival where young people express themselves around a specific theme through various art forms such as theatre, visual arts, dance and more. Through this festival, they aim to promote equal opportunities, better living together and encounters with diversity in the Brussels Region. They tackle social problems through artistic creation, building bridges between the artistic sector, youth associations, schools and cultural organisations in the Brussels region.
