INTERNATIONAL THEATRE WORKSHOP - SOPRON 2025
Program structure
Morning training sessions (July 2–6)
During the mornings, students work with teachers from their own institutions and invited guest teachers, using various theatre schools. The aim of the training sessions is to establish a common theatrical language, to raise awareness of the body, voice, and movement, and to gain practical knowledge of different pedagogical traditions.
Afternoon creative workshops
In the afternoons, participating students are divided into mixed international groups of 12–15 people, whose work is supervised by six young directing students. The goal is that by the end of the workshop, on July 8, each group will have created a 20-25 minute performance that reflects on the theme of Romeo and Juliet from a contemporary perspective.
Participating universities
Foreign partners:
• Romania – Universitatea Națională de Artă Teatrală și Cinematografică „I.L. Caragiale”
Accompanying teacher: Dr. Răsvana Cernat
• Peru – Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC)
Accompanying teacher: Jorge Armas Ghesi
• Spain – Escuela Superior de Arte Dramático de Castilla y León
Accompanying teacher: José María Ureta
• Mongolia – Mongolian State Academic Theatre of Drama
Accompanying teacher: Gantumur Luvsan-Ochir
• Bulgaria – Drama and Puppet Theatre, National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts
(without accompanying teacher)
Hungarian partners:
• University of Theatre and Film Arts
Accompanying teacher: Ilya Bocharnikov
• Hungarian University of Agricultural and Life Sciences Rippl-Rónai Faculty of Arts – Kaposvár
Accompanying teachers: Péter Uray, Kitty Kéri
Guest teachers and methodological approaches
The workshop leaders are artists and educators with international experience, representing different theatrical traditions from around the world:
• Ilya Bocharnikovs (Moscow–Budapest) – Representative of the Stanislavsky–Danchenko method, continuing the traditions of the Moscow Art Theatre
• José María Ureta (Spain) – Mikhail Chekhov technique
• Jorge Armas Ghesi (Peru) – Rudolf Laban movement method, South American adaptation
• Henrietta Hojsza (Hungary) – Csaba Horváth’s physical theatre, based on Hungarian folk dance
• Klári Varga (Hungary) – Stage speech, voice training
• Péter Uray (Hungary) – Contemporary contact and movement theatre methods
• Gábor Viktor Kozma (Hungary) – Japanese master Tadashi Suzuki’s method
Additional programs
The professional work is complemented by community-building leisure programs and cultural events aimed at introducing Hungarian culture in an experiential way.
The program includes:
• sightseeing in Sopron
• watching a performance at the Cave Theatre
• hungarian folk dance party
• swimming pool
• fire jumping
Arrival
6:30–7:30 p.m. Dinner – Cafeteria
8:00–9:00 p.m. Welcome greeting
9:00–10:00 p.m. Meeting for the teachers
8:30–9:00 a.m. Breakfast
9:30–11:00 a.m. Training 1.
11:30–13:00 Training 2.
1:00–2:00 p.m. Lunch – Cafeteria
2:00–3:00 p.m. Press conference
3:00–6:00 p.m. Rehearsal
6:30–7:30 p.m. Dinner
9:00 p.m. Presentation of the students – Romania
8:30–9:30 a.m. Breakfast
9:30–11:00 a.m. Training 1.
11:30–1:00 p.m. Training 2.
1:00–2:00 p.m. Lunch – Cafeteria
2:00–6:30 p.m. Rehearsals of the Romeo and Juliet
9:00 p.m. Presentation of the students – Peru
8:30–9:30 a.m. Breakfast
9:30–11:00 a.m. Training 1.
11:30–1:00 p.m. Training 2.
1:00–2:00 p.m. Lunch – Cafeteria
2:00–6:30 p.m. Rehearsals of the Romeo and Juliet
6:30–7:30 p.m. Dinner
9:00 p.m. Presentation of the students – University of Kaposvár
8:30–9:30 a.m. Breakfast
9:30–11:00 a.m. Training 1.
11:30–1:00 p.m. Training 2.
1:00–2:00 p.m. Lunch – Cafeteria
2:00–6:30 Rehearsals of the Romeo and Juliet
6:30–7:30 p.m. Dinner
9:00 p.m. Presentation of the students – SZFE
8:30–9:30 a.m. Breakfast
9:30–11:00 a.m. Training 1.
11:30–1:00 p.m. Training 2.
1:00–2:00 p.m. Lunch – Cafeteria
3.00–6:30 Visit to the Stone Theatre
6:30–7:30 p.m. Dinner
8:00–11:00 p.m. Night party in the swimming pool (9400 Sopron, Lőver krt. 82.)
8:30–9:30 a.m. Breakfast
9:30–11:00 a.m. Training 1.
11:30–13:00 a.m. Training 2.
1:00–2:00 p.m. Lunch – Cafeteria
2:00–2:30 p.m. Siesta
2:30–6:00 p.m. Rehearsals of the Romeo and Juliet
6:30–7:30 p.m. Dinner
8:00–11:00 p.m. Fire jumping and hungarian folk dance party
8:30–9:30 a.m. Breakfast
9:30–11:00 a.m. Rehearsals
11:30–13:00 a.m. Rehearsals
1:00–2:00 p.m. Lunch – Cafeteria
2:00–6:30 p.m. Rehearsals of the Romeo and Juliet
6:30–7:30 p.m. Dinner
8:00 p.m. Prestentation of the Romeo and Juliet
10:00 p.m. Closing Event (Ligneum)
11:00 p.m. Farewell party (Búgócsiga, 9400 Sopron, Csengery utca 30-32.)
8:30–9:30 a.m. Breakfast
10:00 a.m. Camp closing
11:00 a.m. Departure – Departure from Sopron to Budapest
