PROJECT
Recipients: immigrants welcomed in centers of the province of Caserta, asylum seekers, holders of international protection, Italian students under 30

“Since we will be working with migrants (and professional actors) we’ll attend to the ancient story of Aeneas – tells Florian Bösel. His flight from the destroyed Troy looking for a new place to call home resembles a modern refugee story particularly well. We will be working with the method of “Paper Theatre” where the participants use paper reels to form the scenery and the costumes while always asking themselves: What do I want from the paper? What does the paper want from me? Also we will work in a very process orientated way. It is important to me that the refugees just feel like people – not as outsiders for a change”.

FLORIAN BÖSEL
Austria

Bösel studied Sociology and Theatre, Film, and Media Studies at the University of Vienna. He later trained as a theatre operator at Theatrewerkstatt Heidelberg and taught courses at the SoAk summer academy. Since 2019 he has headed Gut Gebrüllt, a cultural association for Viennese children; he also runs Tanzmeditation, a weekly course for adults that combines meditation and contemporary dance. Bösel took part in several psychotherapy workshops. He worked in the psychiatry ward of Otto-Wagner- Spital and devoted himself to children coming from difficult backgrounds. He is a drummer and beatboxer.

LUIGI IMPERATO
Caserta

Luigi Imperato is a director and playwright for the Mutamenti/Teatro Civico 14 and Teatro di Legno companies. He trained at the ICRA Project School of Body – Mime, and attended several workshops at institutions, theatres and theatre companies in Italy and abroad, with teachers like Eugenio Barba, Giulia Varley, Marise Flach, Peter Cluogh, Diego De Silva, Linda Dalisi, Letizia Russo, Massimiliano Civica. He works as a performer, mime, and also as a theatre and dramaturgy teacher in Campania. He directs workshops both aimed at aspiring actors and performers and in the context of social theatre at schools or community centers.

THE CONTEXT
Mutamenti/Teatro Civico 14

The Mutamenti/Teatro Civico 14 company has been engaged for years in the implementation of actions and projects aimed at promoting the right of citizenship and culture for all. Using the theatre as a tool for inclusion, the group deals with training for the new generations and workshops of bodily expression, creative writing, performative events that involve weak groups. In the province of Caserta, it has collaborated and still works with the Mental Health Operational Units, with Public and Private Bodies that deal with Migrants, with Bodies and Foundations that deal with physical disabilities.