Chaghouri Bldg. 17, 2nd floor, Impasse 39, Najeeb Azouri street, Adliyeh 66, Achrafieh
Beirut 1100
Liban
- Arts
- Democracy and community development
- Gender
- Human rights
- International/Cultural relations
- Youth and education
Produce theatrical and performing arts creations
Support local creations in performing arts
Provide theatre lessons to adult and children
Lead psycho- social theatre interventions through practical actions within communities in emergency situations and marginalized fractions of the society
Develop an environment of dialogue around performing arts practices and a space for sharing related skills and knowhow through a network of diverse practitioners, by organizing residencies, encounters, open studios, workshops with artists from Lebanon and abroad
Develop a theoretical and practical framework in drama-therapy and ensure knowledge transfer to social workers through “train the trainer” programs.
Perform training and workshops for performing arts students and practitioners.
Deliver trainings to educators using theatre as a mediation technique
Zoukak - Theatre Company and Cultural Association – was created in 2006 in order to develop a platform in theatre and performing arts, a channel of social change, in a country that lacks adequate public cultural and social policies.
Since 2008, following its will to promote a theatre and performing art culture in Lebanon for both the public and the practitioners, Zoukak opened “Zoukak Studio”, serving as a creation, performance and workshop space with a free rehearsal and performance access for local performing artists.
Zoukak intervenes on the artistic, psychosocial and education levels. It produces theatrical work inspired from both the local and international cultural heritage and it leads psychosocial theatre interventions thanks to practical actions within communities in emergency situations and marginalized fractions of the society. It supports local creations in performing arts through providing studio time, work material and artistic counselling, develop an environment of dialogue around theatre practices and socio-cultural topics and creates a space to share related skills through residencies, encounters, open studios, workshops and discussions with artists and experts from Lebanon and abroad. It develops a theoretical and practical framework in drama-therapy and ensures knowledge transfer through “train the trainer” programs. It provides theatre lessons to adults and children and performs trainings and workshops for students and practitioners.
Zoukak Theatre Company and Cultural Association is…
…A 24 hour-long repertoire of theatre performances;
…30 hours of public theatre performances led and created with various participants across Lebanon and abroad;
…50 workshops in Zoukak Studio with artists from Lebanon and around the world
…300 workshops done with more than 9000 women, men, youth and children across Lebanon, in war afflicted areas, schools, prisons, rehabilitation centres for mental and physical disabilities, refugee camps, shelters and support centres for migrant workers and women subjected to domestic violence;
…100 trainings of trainers on social, psycho-social and drama therapy tools and education through theatre across Lebanon with more than 3000 educators, animators, social workers and psychologists;
…54 cities around the world, 60 schools and 40 villages across Lebanon, 10 Palestinian camps and gatherings;
…more than 50 partners and collaborators of local and international cultural structures and NGOs, in addition to many individuals
In Lebanon, Zoukak can participate in the sharing of experiences between other local cultural actors ( tools and skills).
We believe that connecting with other local and international actors is essential, especially in the cultural field. Zoukak has been very active in bringing to Lebanon diverse cultural actors to exchange experiences and contribute to the diversification of the cultural scene in Lebanon.
Zoukak has access to diverse communities and target group within their psychosocial work throughout Lebanon (including with Palestinian and Syrian communities).
Zoukak would also be interested in taking part of events of the ALF networks community. We would like to meet with other local partners with similar visions, and be in contact with other actors in the Mediterranean region to be informed about their projects and connect with them to create potential collaborations.
We believe that art and social work are connected and we practice this connection in our work, hence for us being part of ALF networks, which gathers both aspects of our work, seems like a continuation of our engagement.
This would be a great opportunity for Zoukak, and we are very much looking forward being part of the ALF Network, especially after Zoukak was awarded the ALF Euro-Med Award.