Queer Stages / Written on the Body

Usually writing begins at our desk but in this workshop we will try to find the stories hidden in our bodies. 

Each participant receives a prompt and will respond to it without prepartion.  What surfaces is often unexpected: memories, images, voices that were already there and have always been there. The ‘stage' becomes a place to find material rather than present it.

We then bring what came up to the page and shape it into monologues, dialogue and scenes, trying them out together in small groups. We look at how the method can feed into writing, developing material and working with actors, for stage and film.

For directors, writers, dramaturgs and anyone who wants to make new work. No performance experience needed. The work draws on personal memory, and what you share is always your choice.

Please bring: A phone or other recording device.
Language: You are free to improvise in whatever language you chose.
For 6 to 7 participants: The workshop is intended for HfS students, particularly those studying directing and dramaturgy. Please register at l.bosse@hfs-berlin.de.

Raphaël Amahl Khouri is a transgender Jordanian documentary playwright living in Berlin. His plays include She He Me, the first-ever transgender Arab play (Kosmos Theatre, Vienna and Perelman Center, NYC), and It Was Paradise, Unfortunately, which he performed at Dublin Fringe and Outburst Queer Arts Festival. His work is published by Methuen, Oberon and Neofelis Verlag.

Queer Stages: Trans, Inter und Nonbinary in den darstellenden Künsten is a series of events organized by the HfS Ernst Busch and sponsored by the Magnus Hirschfeld Foundation. This is the final workshop in the series.

Trans*, inter*, and nonbinary performers, theater artists, characters, and stories have always been present both on and behind the scenes in the arts and culture. Queer Stages aims to make this reality more visible and to contribute to the construction and deconstruction of gender images and stereotypes.

ACCESS
The events take place at the HfS. The working language is English.. All rooms are wheelchair-accessible with no steps. More information on accessible entry here. Alternative seating options (beanbags) are available. If you have any questions or comments regarding accessibility needs, please feel free to contact us: l.bosse@hfs-berlin.de and s.foidl@hfs-berlin.de.