Building bridges between different artistic worlds and making opera and music theatre accessible to young and old, that is what WALPURGIS is strong at. We therefore initiated a two-year intercultural laboratory involving 13 young people from Antwerp and 18 young people from Marseille. As socially and culturally diverse as this group is, they have one thing in common: their passion for theatre.
Both groups of young people have strong links to the professional theatre world: Theatre Workshop NEST has been in residence at theFENIKS, our Mortsel workshop, since 2013, and Le Groupe des 15 follows under the wings of Compagnie Vol Plané a three-year theatre course in La Gare Franche In Marseille.
1st stage: 3-9 May 2016
WALPURGIS organises and coordinates a first meeting at its workshop deFENIKS. The youngsters will receive music/movement/theatre coaching from Jellie Schippers and Soraya Rademaker, the inspirers of theatre workshop NEST, director Alexis Moati and actress Carole Costantini of French theatre company Cie Vol Plané and Judith Vindevogel, artistic director of WALPURGIS. On Saturday, 7 May, they will work towards a public show moment at the Mortsel Fort. The week will end with a visit to the opera Mitridate, Re di Ponto at Tour & Taxis Brussels, a production of La Monnaie.
2nd stage: 8-14 April 2017
Second meeting and workshop week with NEST and le Groupe des 15 in La Gare Franche, Marseille.
