Inclusion has become a familiar term – but often without changing how we think, create, or structure our work.
This on-site workshop challenges the idea that representation alone leads to inclusion. Instead, it asks: who defines the norm, who owns the gaze, and what does it mean to feel at home in a space?
Bringing together artistic practice and lived experience, we explore how theatre can move beyond access as a checkbox, towards a deeper cultural and aesthetic shift.
Join the on-site workshop at ETC Member Theatre Det Norske Teatret in Oslo (Norway), from 9-10 June 2026.
ETC offers 10 travel grants of 500 EUR each, available on a first-come first-served basis. The workshop has a capacity of 15 participants.
Open to ETC Member Theatres only.
Deadline to apply: 20 May 2026
Programme
Day 1
Tuesday 9 June 2026
14:00 – 14:30
Welcome & Introduction
- Welcome by host theatre & ETC
- Participant introductions
- Workshop objectives & framing by Balansekunst Balansekunst is a national resource centre and membership organisation that brings together the cultural sector in a shared effort to promote equality and diversity.
14:30 – 15:45
Keynote & Discussion: Who Gets to be Human on Stage?
With Kjersti Horn, Artistic Director of Det Norske Teatret, OsloIn this opening session, director Kjersti Horn explores how theatre constructs the human on stage. Through her artistic practice, she challenges who is seen as complex, and who is reduced to representation. The session moves beyond inclusion as a concept, into questions of gaze, power, and presence. Who gets to be human on stage – and on whose terms? She will also reflect on her ambitions for Det Norske Teatret.
- Input + discussion
(Exploring how inclusion is approached across different artistic, institutional, and national contexts)
15:45 – 16:00
Coffee Break
16:00 – 18:00
Workshop by Balansekunst: Who Gets to belong?
With input by Jan Grue, Writer and ResearcherIn this session, writer and researcher Jan Grue reflects on accessibility, embodiment, and the experience of moving through different cultural and artistic environments. Drawing on recent work and observations from the US, he explores how inclusion is shaped not only by structures, but by lived experience. What makes a space feel open – and what makes it feel closed? And what can theatre learn from this?
Day 2
Wednesday 10 June 2026
09:00 – 10:00
Reflection & Exchange on Day 1
Transfer to participants’ contexts
10:00 – 10:30
Coffee Break
10:30 – 12:00
Peer Exchange
Sharing Practices & Challenges
12:00 – 13:00
Lunch
13:00 – 14:30
Expert Session 2
Input & interactive exchange
14:30 – 15:00
Coffee Break
15:00 – 16:30
Facilitated Reflection
From Inspiration to Action
- What did we learn?
- What can be applied across ETC theatres?
- Outlook on ETC Accessibility & Inclusion programme
Evening
Departure / Performance / Dinner
