Social Action Sector of the Municipality of Silves

Senior theater project began in January 2014, in a joint work between the social action sector and the culture sector of Silves municipality, in 4 locations: Silves, S.B. de Messines, Armação de Pêra, Tunes.
The aim is to provide theater workshops for elderly over 60+ years old to foster an active mind in a healthy body and promote active aging; to promote the practice of art to people who are not very familiar with the theater; to create a safe community where elderly can feel free of sharing ideas, their knowledge and implication for their performances; to foster the appreciation culture from the public's reaction after the performance. The idea of the project is to create autonomous groups of elderly that are willing to create theatrical moment by themselves and can go on the stage freely. Workshops are being done with the groups on their creativity, collective intelligence, group dynamic and inclusion, writing a text for a performance, healthy behaviours, etc.