● DIGITAL NATIVES

UNION DES THÉÂTRES DE L'EUROPE (FR)

Schauspiel Köln (DE), Teatrul Maghiar de Stat (RO), Comédie de Reims (FR), Volkstheater Wien (AT), National Theatre of Northern Greece (GR)

State of the art

Digital Natives explored the balance between digital and analogue in today’s world. Theatrical creations can become a powerful tool for debating with younger generations on the power of perception and technology.

Description of the project

Digital Natives was born as a digital, online, participative project. Its starting point was the staging of the play “Concord floral”. The creative process allowed to involve young amateur teenage actors in the exploration of a creative process happening at the threshold between their digital identity and their physical experiences. A mutual learning process was quickly established: by working with teens — digital natives —the world of theatre learned about the petiential of digital tools in engaging younsters in the theatrical world. On their side, young people with little or no experience in theatre brought their knowledge to the stage, exploring how their digital world affects the physical world we all live in. The whole process and the foreseen workshops also allowed to debate on societal issues – such as cyber bullying - directly impacting teenagers’ lives.

Teens were eager to discuss the issues surrounding digitisation. Their online and offline activities allowed them to share and communicate with their local peers, and young people across Europe.

Creative Europe’s support

The perception of a European quality in cooperation has become more concrete. The added value has been perceived through the constructive cooperation of various European participants and will thus continue in the theatres in the long term.

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Beyond Digitalisation

The casting process was open to all social groups, without any gender bias. The teenagers working on the plays came from different social and ethnical backgrounds.

Contact

www.union-theatres-europe.eu/what-we-do/projects/digital_ natives