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Theatre of the Oppressed
Tools to explore power, oppression and possibility through the body — using image, role and improvisation to rehearse new responses.
27 July – 3 August 2026 · Marina di GrossetoTheatre that
Theatre that
reconnects.
A site-based artistic process on the Tuscan coast — weaving participatory theatre with sea turtle conservation, alongside tartAmare.
What is it?
A shared inquiry between people, place, and the more-than-human world.
The residency unfolds in close relationship with the coastal landscape and the ongoing work of tartAmare — Marine Conservation and Environmental Education Association — and its Sea Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre. It explores how participatory theatre can support interspecies awareness, ecological responsibility, and collective action within a living ecosystem.
Care for the small ones
The four streams — and their weaving
Four living lineages, one fabric.
Theatre That Reconnects draws on four practices. Each is a doorway; together they form a single way of working with bodies, place and possibility.
SPT
Social Presencing Theatre
Embodied exercises that help groups shift from thinking about a situation to perceiving it directly.
WTR
The Work That Reconnects
A structure where gratitude, grief and care are experienced collectively — moving from overwhelm into responsibility.
DD
Dragon Dreaming
A collaborative cycle of dreaming, planning, doing and celebrating — moving shared vision into grounded action.
TTR — the weaving
Theatre That Reconnects
The weaving of these four approaches into a single practice. The emotional depth of the Work That Reconnects, the expressive tools of Theatre of the Oppressed, the sensing capacity of Social Presencing Theatre, and the action-oriented cycle of Dragon Dreaming — together creating space to move from personal experience to collective awareness, and toward shared action.
What we'll do together
A week, slowly woven.
We'll join the tartAmare volunteer camp at Camping Il Sole — a fully equipped campsite in the pine forest by the beach, with pool and wifi. Days are spent working with the volunteers on nest-watch and turtle-care activities, and weaving a workshop and performance for the camp community and visitors — Theatre That Reconnects in action.
- 01
Explore the techniques
Mornings to taste and inhabit the practices of Theatre That Reconnects — through body, voice and circle.
- 02
Join the tartAmare camp
Days alongside the volunteers at Camping Il Sole — nest-watch on the beach, turtle care, and the daily rhythm of the conservation camp.
- 03
Co-create with the community
We prepare a participatory workshop and a small performance for the campsite community and locals of Marina di Grosseto.
- 04
Weave it together
Quiet evenings of council and celebration — letting the week settle into something shared.
Facilitator
Uri Noy Meir
Artist · Weaver · Facilitator
Uri works at the intersection of participatory art, embodied research and systems change. His practice is rooted in listening — to places, to people, to more-than-human beings — and translating that listening into rituals, stories and processes that make collective intelligence visible.
He co-leads TheAlbero, the artistic collective behind the Theatre and Stories that Reconnects (TStR) methodology.
urinoymeir.comPractical info
Lodging, meals & contribution.
Your contribution covers the workshop, the facilitation and some shared meals. Accommodation is NOT included — but we can help you find options. We'll be based at Camping Il Sole (campingilsole.it), a fully equipped campsite in the pine forest by the beach, with pool and wifi. At the moment a 2-bed bungalow inside the camp is still available for under USD 1,000 for the week, and single hotel rooms or B&Bs in the area are around €650 for the week. This is high season — please book quickly.
Contribution tiers
Your contribution covers the facilitation fee, supports the activities, and helps sustain this work over the long term. Choose what feels right for you.
Standard
€350
Covers your participation in the residency.
Sustainer
€500
Helps sustain the activities and ongoing programme.
Supporter
€750
Strengthens long-term work and supports scholarships.
A limited number of scholarships are available for those who cannot meet the full contribution. If this is your situation, you can apply in the form below.
Lodging & food
Camping Il Sole — pitch (own tent)
€25–35 / night
Pine forest by the beach, pool & wifi — campingilsole.it
Camping Il Sole — 2-bed bungalow
~USD 1,000 / week
Still available at time of writing — high season, book fast
Hotel single room / B&B in the area
~€650 / week
Several options in Marina di Grosseto — we can help
Food
€20–35 / day
Self-catering or simple eating; some meals shared together
Dates
Monday 27 July – Monday 3 August 2026. One full week, residency-style.
Getting to Marina di Grosseto
Marina di Grosseto sits on the Tuscan coast, about 12 km west of Grosseto. The closest train station is Grosseto, on the Rome–Pisa coastal line, with frequent local buses (line 30) and taxis to Marina (about 20 minutes). Closest airports: Pisa (PSA, ~150 km), Rome Fiumicino (FCO, ~200 km) and Florence (FLR, ~180 km), each well connected by train. By car, take SS1 Aurelia and exit at Grosseto Sud.
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Summer 2026
Come and listen with the sea.
An invitation to slow down, attend, and act — together. Get your ticket, then tell us a little about you below.
Registration · Summer 2026
Reserve your place.
Registration closes Wednesday 24 June 2026 — please decide soon. First, get your ticket via the link above. Then tell us a little about you — we read every registration personally and will get back to you within a few days.
Step 1 — Ticket
Get your ticket on Ticket Tailor
Choose your contribution tier and complete your purchase.
In partnership with
A weaving of three houses.
This residency is held together by three organisations whose work shapes the ground we'll walk on.
tartAmare
Marine conservation and environmental education on the Tuscan coast — and the host of the Sea Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre in Marina di Grosseto.
www.tartamare.orgImaginAction
An international community using participatory arts to support social and ecological transformation.
imaginaction.orgTheAlbero
TheAlbero
The artistic collective behind the Theatre and Stories that Reconnects (TStR) methodology.
www.thealbero.imaginaction.org