The rich program of POLIS Teatro Festivsl, follows the performances with moments of meeting with critics and scholars, training activities and participatory projects, in a perspective of inclusion and active citizenship that has been the festival’s soul since its first edition.

Following the positive experiences of collaboration with the Master’s degree in International Cooperation on Human Rights and Intercultural Heritage (Dipartimento di Beni Culturali – Università di Bologna), POLIS Teatro Festival relaunches with a new formative project for the international students in Ravenna. The festival proposes to I-Contact students a workshop on urgent contemporary issues through contemporary theatrical languages, completely in English, which will take place during the 2025 edition of POLIS Teatro Festival.

The workshop is lead by the performer Alejandro Postigo, who is is also Senior Lecturer in Musical Theatre at the London College of Music, University of West London. His research explores historical revisionism of copla and musical theatre, and applies translation, queer and intercultural theories to his professional practice as a theatre maker.

In this practical workshop, Alejandro Postigo explores, together with the students, LGBTQ+ and migrant experiences and legacies through songs, aiming to retell our migrant stories through music and find our inner divas. Whether you want to explore your cultural identity or share experiences of being “in-between” this workshop can provide a joyful, supportive space to connect.

The workshop is made possible thanks to the support of the University of Bologna – DBC and Fondazione Flaminia