Calling all creatives! Are you a writer, actor, producer, choreographer or composer? Whether amateur or professional, student or teacher, please join us to explore the power of peace storytelling!
We live in a world saturated by war storytelling. Stories are worldbuilding. They do not simply reflect the world we live in – they help to shape it, by influencing how we think, feel and behave. We need more peace storytelling if we want to build more a peaceful future. Come along and find out how!
Theatre makers from NMT Automatics have been collaborating with APSN director Alice König to develop a new peace-oriented play based on ancient myth – entitled Long After the Labyrinth. We are running a series of free workshops at performance venues across the UK, to explore peace storytelling with others:
- 13th November 2026, University of St Andrews
- 29th November 2026, Manchester Jewish Museum
- 19th January 2027, University of Oxford
- 26th January 2027, JW3 London
For more information or to register, please email: [email protected].
At the workshops, NMTA’s co-artistic directors Jennie Dunne and Jonathan D’Young will team up with Alice to discuss their approach to performing peace in Long After the Labyrinth, and to lead participants through a series of interactive exercises based around the following questions:
- What does peace mean to you?
- What is peace storytelling?
- Why tell peace stories on stage?
- Do peace-focused plays require specific theatrical techniques?
- How can ancient myths – like that of the minotaur – help us tell powerful peace stories?
- What might audiences want from a ‘peace play’? And how can we get them to keep coming back for more?
- How can performing peace help to nurture and build it?
Participants will come away with deeper understandings of peace and peacebuilding; with new insights into the techniques and value of peace storytelling; and with great ideas for performing – and building – peace in the future.