Luc Opdebeeck Email & Phone Number

Amsterdam, Nh, Nl

Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

Rotterdam Area, Netherlands

Founder of Formaat in 1999. The company started as Theatre of the Oppressed group doing Forum Theatre in schools. Soon I extended my work beyond the field of education, and beyond Forum Theatre as the only available technique. In 2004, the extension "Workplace for Participatory Drama" was added. We decided to do that to emphasize two things. First, we want to be a place where working with the oppressed comes first. A place also where new techniques are developed and passed on. Second, we wanted to draw attention to the term “participatory”. Participation involves the voice of the participants. It is not the educational value of the drama techniques that stands out. Education is often coercive and based on monologues. Participatory Drama is democratic and based on dialogue.

Metropoolregio Rotterdam Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

The researchers of the Ecosocial Work professorship, led by Lector Richard de Brabander, conduct practice-oriented scientific research into the approach to social issues at the local level. The research mainly takes place in the social domain and aims to contribute to a sustainable society that is socially and ecologically just. The lectorate focuses on the social consequences of the climate crisis and contributes to projects that focus on greening and making the living environment more sustainable.

Rotterdam En Den Haag

As a quarter maker I will help shape the ActionAcademy. The ActionAcademy aims to make a practical and productive contribution to the training of the future social worker and to urban learning and innovation in the social domain.

Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

In 1987 richtte een aantal enthousiaste mensen op basis van het Theater van de Onderdrukten van Augusto Boal, Stichting 't Wicht op. Na een aantal producties over pesten kwam ’t Wicht in 1990 met de productie “Koffie met wat lekkers” over seksuele intimidatie op de werkplek. Het was het regiedebuut van Luc Opdebeeck, die vanaf dat moment artistiek leider van 't Wicht was.In de periode 1991-1996 ontstonden aan de lopende band nieuwe producties, o.a. over de positie van vrouwen op het werk, over racisme, opnieuw over pesten en over de rechten van patiënten in ziekenhuizen. 't Wicht maakte daarnaast ook repertoiretoneel en won enige festivals. Er werd gewerkt op de grens van kunst & cultuur en educatie.

Jokering/Theatre Of The Oppressed, Theatre Of The Oppressed

Activities and Societies: Followed several Masterclasses of Boal.

Director, Theatre