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What do young people think about performing arts criticism? How did it feel to step into the public sphere as a critic — and how did they go about finding their own voice?
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This fieldwork strand investigated artistic co-creation as a third place, focusing on how collective artistic processes can support reflection, belonging and critical thinking among young adults.
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The production Metamorphosis (13+) at Drak Theatre was developed as part of the 3Place project through a process that deliberately integrated dialogue with young people as a form of artistic research. Rather than treating youth feedback as an add-on or evaluation tool, the creative team positioned it as a central element in shaping both the concept and
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the audiowalk Hallo! Can you hear me? was developed as an exploration of how theatre for young audiences can move beyond the theatre building and into the city itself.
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The Sophomore Project offers second-year high school students a structured pathway into theatre over the course of an entire school year.
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Rather than scheduled meetings, the workshop unfolded over several days, with participants contributing during walks, city exploration and shared activities
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Artistic Director Ådne Sekkelsten of Kloden Theatre in conversation with Espen Røiseland, founding partner and architect at Transborder Studios.
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Camp Physical was the third and final international camp in the Creative Europe project 3Place – Performing arts as the Third Place for the young audience.
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Drak Theatre’s summer theatre camps evolved during the 3Place project from leisure-oriented activities into intensive artistic laboratories for teenagers.
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DRAK+ emerged as a response to a growing community of teenagers who wanted to engage with theatre not only as spectators, but as active participants.
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In June 2025, the partners of the 3Place project met in Hradec Králové for a joint festival visit to Regiony 2025, the Czech Republic’s largest theatre festival.
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The workshop was directly connected to DRAK’s development of a new production inspired by Franz Kafka’s The Metamorphosis and involved 13 participants.
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How can overlooked or underused spaces in our cities become places for young people to gather, create and belong?
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Spring 2025, the media class at Kuben high school made several video podcasts discussing third places, and how they were important to them.
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17-year-old Theodor, William, and Dominic, students at Kuben Upper Secondary School, recently completed a placement at Scenekunstbruket and Kloden Teater. During their time there, they worked extensively on creating films and interviews about upcoming performing arts productions. They also attended three different theater performances at three different venues in Oslo.
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How can digital formats support young people’s engagement in theatre across borders?
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How can performing arts function as a real third place for young people – a space for belonging, exploration and shared experience across languages and national contexts?
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This was designed as a preparatory workshop for the production Antigone, which participants were to see later during Camp Artistic.
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In our latest 3place podcast episode, Seda Witt and Ingeborg Larsen share their experiences from Into the Performance. How can play and performing arts methodologies transform theatre into a shared third space for children?
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DRAK has established the Kitchen table conversations into a continuous practice
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At the start of 2024, the youth-focused open space initiative “Fancy Friday” at JES Stuttgart entered a new phase with 3Place.
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Report networking get-together „Treffen mit Aussicht!“ (meeting with a bright view) meets and treats! Report: Zelda (14) and Marie (13) On the 14th of June 2024, in one of the rooms of the JES we organized a meeting of multiple youth theatre clubs and advisory board of theatres from multiple places in Baden-Württemberg. This get
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Within the framework of 3Place, Unge Stemmer serves as a concrete example of how young people can actively shape artistic conversations and contribute to more inclusive, participatory cultural spaces.
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Every other year our German partner JES Stuttgart hosts their wonderful festival; Schöne Aussicht. And this year, all the partners are here.
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Focus and rationale One of the goals of Scenekunstbruket’s workshops is to carry out international research on the theatre house as a physical space and place. In this workshop, we chose to focus on the Third Place – Physical theme, which was particularly relevant at the time, as Kloden theatre was in the middle of its architectural
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The workshop focused on artistic creation driven by non-rational sources such as intuition, chance and spontaneity.
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If you’re not in Oslo this coming Wednesday, you can still listen to the talk at Showbox Performing Arts Festival for a Young Audience with the partners.
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Each year the experience of the project will be presented at a festival hosted by one of the partners.
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During the festival visit at Scenekunstbrukets festival in Oslo; Showbox performing arts festival for a Young Audience, we have invited to an open talk around the topics of third space in the arts.
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This week the theatre festival in Fjaler, Norway will get a visit from 3Place.
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When Matilde Landlie (15) from Bergen had an internship at Kloden theater this spring, she interviewed director and playwright Julian Karenga (28). t the moment he is at Kloden teater with the performance “Veien sitt ansikt”. Read about how Karenga deals with writing blocks, what motivates him and what tips he has for young people…
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Last day of Camp involve at Junges Ensemble Stuttgart. After 4 days of workshops Mikkel Huth talks to the other participants from Junges Ensemble Stuttgart in Germany and Divadlo Drak in Czechia.
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In early May, we all met in Stuttgart at Camp Involve, hosted by JES Stuttgart. Teenagers and partners from all three countries spent three hectic, fun, loving and inspiring days together.
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How can performing arts become a meaningful third place for young audiences across Europe? On 22 March 2023, Digital Camp #1 brought together 19 participants from Oslo, Stuttgart and Hradec Králové to kickstart the 3Place collaboration — establishing connections, sharing expectations and laying the groundwork for the project’s first in-person camp.
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Before Easter three students from Kuben vocational School spent a three week internship working with 3Place at Scenekunstbruket and Kloden teater in Norway. They study information technology and media production at Kuben videregående skole and during their stay they’ve investigated the topics of third spaces: What makes you feel safe, where do you choose to
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At Showbox 2022, lead partner Scenekunstbrtuket’s festival, we had the first activity to launch the 3Place-project, a workshop with theatre professionals, teens and others interested in the subject.
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Four days, five different theatres and lots of impressions Report: Timo (15) und Anselm (15) Our journey to the festival started at Stuttgart Central Station, with a lot of delay … But we were in a good mood anyway! After our journey, we were able to watch our first planned play at the Augenblick mal!
