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The Partners

COMMON STORIES has been initiated by the Maison de la Culture de Seine-Saint-Denis, MC93 I Bobigny (France), in partnership with the Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles I Brussels (Belgium), Alkantara, Culturgest I Lisbon (Portugal), africologneFESTIVAL I Cologne (Germany), Riksteatern I Stockholm (Sweden), in association with TR Warszawa I Warsaw (Poland).

Conception, production and general coordination: Virginie Dupray

Assistant to the coordination: Nouria Tirou

The Advisory Committee

Ethical and scientific warrantors of COMMON STORIES, qualified personalities, scientists, artists, activists, have been invited to exchange, reflect and take a critical look at the project's processes, stages and expectations. They have participated to the COMMONLAB artists' selection and have devised the implemented methodologies as part of the GOOD PRACTICES FACTORY.

3 Associated African Organisations

Each year, one cultural structure on the African continent have been involved in designing the COMMONLAB and hosting one of the four modules.

The COMMONLAB Guest Speakers

In each city, different speakers - artists, practitioners, thinkers, activists, cultural professionals, mediators and members of the public - have been invited to COMMONLAB modules.

Took part to the COMMONLAB 2023:
Salma Abdelsalam, Haris Agic, May Al-Ibrashy, Farnaz Arbabi, Malin Axelsson, Nassef Azmi, Nacera Belaza, Alexander Charlamov, Mindy Drapsa, Heba El Cheikh, Hassan El Geretly, Ahmed El Maghrabi, Nathan Ellis, Robert Fux, Smaïl Kanouté, Sarah Lewis-Cappellari, Jani Lohikari, Omar Nagati, Calixto Neto, Nora Nilsson, Sébastien Radouan, Adeline Rosenstein, Åsa Sima, Talu, Ninna Tersman, Anna Vnuk, Nadia Yala Kisukidi, Salam Yousry.

Took part to the COMMONLAB 2024:
Youness Anzane, Virginie Dupray, Keli Freitas, Albane Guinet-Ahrens, Sandra Iché, Sonya Lindfors, François Makanga, Calixto Neto, Sello Pesa and Gisèle Vienne.

Took part to the COMMONLAB 2025:
Youness Anzane, Shari Asha Crosson, Prince Barry Sadjo, Saphir Belkheir, Nadia Beugré, DeLaVallet Bidiefono, Lucia Garcia Pullès, Gerhardt Haag, Aminata Labor, Sarah Lewis-Cappellari, Raquel Lima, Gio Lourenço, Jin Xuan Mao, Gaya de Medeiros, Joanna Peprah, Phyllis Quartey, Adeline Rosenstein, Shaymaa Shoukry, Laila Soliman, Inés Sybille Vooduness.

The GOOD PRACTICES FACTORY Teams

Six groups have been implemented, gathering partners' team members and guest speakers.

The GOOD PRACTICES FACTORY Bobigny:
General coordination:  Hortense Archambault, Margault Chavaroche, Elsa Mahi.
With Lydia Amarouche, Aminata Labor, Léonora Miano, Prisca Ratovonasy, Houyem Reba, Pankaj Tiwari. Documentation: Aïnhoa Jean-Calmettes.
As well as the MC93 team.

The GOOD PRACTICES FACTORY Brussels:
General coordination: Isabelle Collard, Safia Kessas, in collaboration with Laura Hanquinet.
As well as the Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles team.

The GOOD PRACTICES FACTORY Lisbon:
General coordination:  Liliana Coutinho, Carolina Mano Marques, with Raquel Lima, Dori Nigro and Melissa Rodrigues.
As well as the Culturgest and União Negra das Artes teams.

The GOOD PRACTICES FACTORY Cologne:
General coordination: Kerstin Ortmeier, in collaboration with Dr. Sarah Youssef.
With Andrea Bleikamp,  Simon Eifeler, Janna Huttebraucker, Ines Langel, Lisa Lehnen, Laurenz Leky, Glenda Obermuller, Bernd Schlenkrich, Andrea Tedone, Marie Yan...
As well as the afriCOLOGNE team.

The GOOD PRACTICES FACTORY Stockholm:
General coordination: Anusha Tyson.
With Kajsa Åsheim, Marzena Baranowska, Sylvia Carlsdotter, Sara Högdin, Hediye Güzel, Daniel Jönsson, Jessica Karlsson, Mia Larsson, Ann-Cathrin Larsson, Sofia Axelsson Lekare, Lisa Lindén, Leif Persson, Vera Renberg, Helena Ringvold, Birgitta Sandgren, Hanna Wallensteen, Ninos Yosef....
As well as the Riksteatern team.

The GOOD PRACTICES FACTORY Warsaw:
General coordination: Katarzyna Batarowska, Helena Świegocka.
With Monika Frajczyk, Katarzyna Parzuchowska-Tercz, Adam Stoyanov. 
The team behind: Teatr od pierwszego wejrzenia - (po)zdrowienia (Theatre at first sight - Greetings): Marta Bernatowicz, Rafał Kłopotowski, Anna Kurelska, Grzegorz Laszuk, Katarzyna Parzuchowska-Tercz, Katarzyna Szczerbows,Magdalena Szymczak.
As well as the TR Warszawa team.