SEPTEMBER 8-12, 2025
FORUM THEATER WITH CHIARA DIGRANDI
An active reflection on gender-based violence.
In this workshop, we will explore different processes for creating Forum Theater and then perform them in a session open to the public. Among those registered (registration form below), 12 people will be selected to participate in the workshop. The rest, the public, will have the option to participate and enjoy the forum by becoming spectators in the open-to-the-public exhibition, which will take place on Saturday, September 5, from 6:30 to 8:00 PM.
The pieces to be shown are created collectively and horizontally, highlighting the different points of view and experiences of the participants.
Forum Theater represents a problem or conflict affecting a community. In this case, the theme of gender-based violence will be addressed.
During the open session, the audience will have the opportunity to express their ideas and experiences regarding the conflict and then formulate proposals to transform it. Spectators will be given the opportunity to become spectators, taking on the roles of the play's characters and acting out their proposals for change. Theater transforms spectators into actors and citizens into critical artists with the power to transform their reality.
La creación de las piezas que se mostrarán se hace de manera colectiva y horizontal, valorizando los diferentes puntos de vista y experiencias de los y las participantes.
El Teatro Foro representa un problema o conflicto que afecta a una comunidad. En este caso se trabajará sobre el tema de la violencia machista.
Durante la sesión abierta, el público de la representación tendrá la oportunidad de expresar sus ideas y experiencias con respecto al conflicto para posteriormente formular propuestas que permitan transformarlo. Se dará la oportunidad a los espectadores de transformarse en espectactores, pasando a intercambiarse por los personajes de la obra para mostrar actuando sus propuestas de cambio. El teatro convierte a los espectadores en actores y a los ciudadanos en artistas críticos y con capacidad de transformador su realidad.
REGISTRATION
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Ages: Unlimited.
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Experience: All ages are welcome, seeking variety.
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Number and gender: 12 (6 women and 6 men).
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Times:
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Preparation with registered participants: Friday the 4th from 3:00 PM to 6:30 PM and Saturday the 5th from 3:30 PM to 6:00 PM.
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FREE performance OPEN TO THE PUBLIC: Saturday from 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM.
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Required documents: Brief CV (acting experience is not important), PHOTO (and link to video, if available), AND LETTER (explaining your concerns about theater and gender-based violence). All of this, along with the registration form, must be sent to info@navarrafestival.com.
CHIARA DIGRANDI
Psychologist, art therapist
Ragusa (Italy), 1984
In Italy, Peru, Spain, and Colombia, she has coordinated and developed several art therapy, therapeutic photography, and participatory film projects in clinical and social settings, targeting women and adolescents in prisons, children in shelters and slums, the elderly, people with intellectual disabilities, people with mental illness, and women victims of violence.
She has participated in various research projects in collaboration with the Complutense University of Madrid, as part of the Research Group Applications of Art in Social Integration: Art, Therapy, and Artistic Education for Inclusion. A PhD candidate in Education at the University of Madrid, she is focusing her thesis on participatory filmmaking processes with migrant populations.
Since 2012, she has lived in Madrid, working primarily between Spain and Italy on various projects aimed at various groups at risk of social exclusion, and as a trainer, in collaboration with associations, cooperatives, and both public and private institutions.
She has participated in two editions of the community theater project "Mosaicos," carried out in the Lavapiés neighborhood of Madrid, becoming passionate about theater as a tool for transformation and change. She is currently completing her annual Social Theater training at "La Dinamo."