Ragaire Erasmus Project

Project Title

Ragaire

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Strategic Partnerships for youth

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2020

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Youth (Participation, Youth Work, Youth Policy) ; Civic engagement / responsible citizenship; Creativity and culture

Project Summary

Ragaireacht is an Irish word for late-night wandering, or for sitting up talking long into the early hours. And a ragaire is someone who enjoys precisely that. This project is developed by Crooked House Theatre in Newbridge along with BiondekBuehne in Austria, Kinitiras in Greece, New Wolsey Theatre in the UK, and On & Off Teatro in Spain. Ragaire is about bringing 5 European youth ensembles together to tell stories and influence change.

During the course of 16 months, 5 partner organisations will create or develop young performance ensembles and make a theatre piece about a political or social issue they have a strong opinion on, and that they would like their political leaders to hear. These pieces will be performed locally and nationally for policy and decision makers as well as in a festival in Dublin, where national and European representatives will attend.
They will explore various ways to engage policy makers with their performance. They will hear about methods used by experienced political theatre makers. They will suggest their own ways to present their work, in council chambers, at conferences, in parliaments, and in other fields where the audience is composed of influential decision makers.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 85575 Eur

Project Coordinator

Crooked House Theatre Company & Country: IE

Project Partners

• BeyondBühne
• New Wolsey Theatre Co. Ltd
• Asociación Juvenil Teatral On&Off
• Kinitiras Horotheama