The Partners
COMMON STORIES has been initiated by the Maison de la Culture de Seine-Saint-Denis, MC93 I Bobigny (France), in partnership with the Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles I Brussels (Belgium), Alkantara, Culturgest I Lisbon (Portugal), africologneFESTIVAL I Cologne (Germany), Riksteatern I Stockholm (Sweden), in association with TR Warszawa I Warsaw (Poland).
General coordination: Virginie Dupray
Assistant to the coordination: Nouria Tirou
The Advisory Committee
Ethical and scientific warrantors of COMMON STORIES, four qualified personalities, scientists, artists, activists, have been invited to exchange, reflect and take a critical look at the project's processes, stages and expectations. They will participate to the COMMONLAB artists' selection and will devise the implemented methodologies as part of the GOOD PRACTICES FACTORY.
3 Associated African Organizations
Each year, one cultural structure on the African continent will be involved in designing the COMMONLAB and in hosting one of the four modules.
- Orient Productions – D-CAF Festival, Cairo in 2023
- CulturArte, Maputo in 2024
- Les Récréâtrales, Ouagadougou in 2025
The guest speakers
In each city, different speakers - artists, practitioners, thinkers, activists, cultural professionals, mediators and members of the public - will take part in the COMMONLAB and the GOOD PRACTICES FACTORY working groups.