PROJEKT ENCOUNTER is our community engagement programme for refugees, asylum seekers and first generation migrants with little or no previous experience of theatre.
Are you interested in theatre?
Are you a refugee, asylum seeker or first generation migrant?
Then join us for our FREE drop-in theatre workshops in one of these two locations:
You don't need to have any previous experience of theatre - everyone is welcome and you can just turn up on the night.
If you need help with interpretation or travel, please contact Anna Oggero on anna@projekteuropa.org
Huge thanks to our partners at the University of Kent (School of Arts and Architecture) and ARK Cultural Centre, Napier Friends, Care 4 Calais and Loops, and to the Kent Community Fiundation, the Beckenham Theatre Trust, Colyer Fergusson Trust, Enterprise Arts Trust, and the National Lottery Community Fund for their generous support!
"It was a very happy environment and I had a great time after 80 days alone in the camp."
(particpant 2024)
How can collective creative experiences help build a sense of belonging and community among a group of multilingual migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers? And how might applied theatre-makers and documentary filmmakers ethically collaborate with such a group?
These were some of the questions that sparked the beginning of a collaborative documentary project, made by an all-migrant/refugee crew of staff, students and alumni of the University of Kent’s School of Arts.
The resulting film is a self-reflexive account of the last three weeks of PROJEKT ENCOUNTER, including the last two workshops, followed by the final performance held in Summer 2024. In its self-reflexivity, the film also tries to raise and address questions regarding the politics of making such a film.
Watch this video from our pilot version of PROJEKT ENCOUNTER in 2022 to learn more about the programme and the impact on the participants:
‘You showed us that we could achieve what we want, we are better, more successful people than we thought we are.’
(participant, 2022)
You can support us.
We run an ambitious programme of activities to make brilliant art and to support the creativity of all migrants. But we can’t do it without you. If you can, please pledge your support and make it possible for us to keep going.
Thank you!
PROJEKT ENCOUNTER is generously supported by:
