Common Stories: Common LAB 2025 (Portugal, Germany, Egypt, France)
- October 2, 2024
- Arts & Culture
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Common Stories are looking for seven Europe-based theatre directors, playwrights, choreographers or performance makers to take part in the next edition of Common LAB, an itinerant eight-week laboratory that will provide opportunities to experiment with collective and individual devices for knowledge sharing and the development of artistic research, with the goal of broadening European multicultural and intercultural narratives.
Each year of Common LAB is comprised of four two-week modules in four different cities, including one location outside of Europe, for a total of eight weeks. This will be the last edition of Common LAB, which will have brought together 24 artists between 2023 and 2025.
Common LAB pays particular attention to artistic practices and stories that are underrepresented or absent from institutions, as well as to the relevance of diversity in language, aesthetics and representation. The programme provides opportunities for artists to exchange, share, and learn from each other and from other guests artists; to research their individuals proposals; and to present their projects to the Common Stories partners and other professionals.
Dates:
5–18 May 2025, Lisbon, Portugal (hosted by Alkantara)
2–15 June 2025, Cologne, Germany (hosted by africologne)
12–24 October 2025, Bobigny, France (hosted by Orient Productions in partnership with Les Récréâtrales)
24 October – 7 November 2025, Cairo, Egypt (hosted by MC93)
Applicants should be performing arts artists living and working in Europe, with a good command of English.
Participants are provided with a programme of activities, a stipend (80 EUR/residency day), and travel and accommodation.
Deadline: 15 October 2024
More info and apply: https://www.commonstories.eu/en/the-project/common-lab/common-lab-2025-open-call
Original post on the website of On the Move: https://on-the-move.org/news/common-stories-common-lab-2025-portugal-germany-egypt-france
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