We work internationally!
here are some of our recent international projects connecting global wales and the world
Photo by Mapapalu Waurá of filmmaker and project lead Wauja filmmaker Piratá Waujá with young people from the Xingu Indigenous Territory
international Residencies:
Dirty protest supporting cohorts of welsh artists to develop international work
2025: Berlin IETM plenary meeting
In May 2025, Dirty Protest Theatre, with support of IETM international performing arts network and Arts in Rural European Areas Network (AREA) supported three artists to develop their international capacities and networking opportunities by attending the IETM Berlin Plenary meeting.
The artists were:
Natasha Borton
Naz Syed
Hannah Lad
As well as learning from meeting Dirty Protest’s networks, attending seminars, and seeing performances across Berlin, the cohort led the IETM-AREA Working Group session on the first day of the plenary.
14:00 - 15:30 - Arts in Rural European Areas Group - The Future is Rural
Organisation: Arts in Rural European Areas Group
Address: Village, tak Theater Aufbau Kreuzberg, Prinzenstraße 85 F, 10969 Berlin | Event Map
Meeting point: From the bus stop or from the U-Bahn Moritzplatz, go towards the entrance of Modulor (big shop and sign). Facing it, turn right and directly left and walk through the opening of the building. A few steps into the courtyard you find stairs going down and signs to the Village on your left.
IETM working groups are led by members and provide a space to tackle issues important to the network.
The Future is made in the rural hinterlands of Europe; areas of distinct culture, stories and heritage that reflect the concerns of the world and that kick start change. Exploring methodologies and techniques in the performing arts that transform local economies through local communities' ownership and control of their cultural assets, this session will explore how art can embrace community wealth building approaches to extend our relevance, representation and resilience. AREA invites members and non-members to join their Working Session and share together the actions, advocacy and methodologies to lead the creation of the future now, leading from and with our rural areas.
Moderated by:
Catherine Paskell, DIRTY PROTEST, United Kingdom
Hannah Lad, DIRTY PROTEST, United Kingdom
The opportunity was funded by Wales Arts International and the Arts Council of Wales through their International Opportunities Fund. Partners were Sparc Valleys Kids, AREA and IETM
2024: Sofia IETM plenary meeting
2023: Aarhus IETM plenary meeting
Creative Climate Connections (CCC): a project linking young people in wales and Xingu, brazil
19 October - 11 November 2021
Young people from the Xingu Indigenous Territory & South Wales who worked alongside each other on Creative Climate Connections
Young people from South Wales and indigenous villages of Xingu, in the Amazon basin are now linked by their experiences and responses to climate change.
Though globally and culturally distant, the groups from Wales and Brazil engaged in this project are united by their vested interest in the global climate crisis and the power of the arts in political and cultural expression.
Together, these selected 20 young people, aged 14-20, took part in six online workshops in October - November 2021 to create a collective, multimedia performance – through storytelling, visual arts and filmmaking- that captures their responses to climate crises in drastically different lived environments.
The research, a third long-standing partnership with Dirty Protest Theatre (Wales) and People’s Palace Projects/PPP (Brazil), engages young people in activism and awareness-raising through cultural production, highlights the role of digital technologies as tool for preserving cultural heritage and combat the climate emergency, and reimagines cultural institutions as spaces for climate action.
CCC is also an opportunity to address the gap between older and younger generations in both the Xingu and South Wales, whose differing sense of identity, relationships to the traditions of their respective communities, and engagement with technology contribute to markedly different attitudes to the natural world and climate change.
Since 2015, PPP has worked closely with communities in the Xingu to develop a thriving cultural exchange with the Kuikuro and Wauja that has enabled a range of research projects, artistic residencies, exchanges, exhibitions, films and digital installations on indigenous culture and the climate emergency. This work has reached public audiences from South London to North America to Venice Biennale, with the latest installation open at Glasgow Science Museum, as part of the green zone of the UN COP-26 Summit.
This new project is an unprecedented opportunity for young people in the UK to work directly with young artist-activists from indigenous communities in Brazil.
“This unique international learning exchange will result in a powerful human connection and support them to be active protagonists in the growing global youth movement in the fight against climate change.” Paul Heritage, director of People’s Palace Projects and Principal Investigator.
The young voices of Xingu and South Wales lead the global discourse around climate for more people to listen and learn from their experiences.
“Through listening to the same young people who are most effected by climate change and who have the most effective and imaginative responses, we can all reconsider and act on our own climate responsibilities.”Catherine Paskell, director of Dirty Protest Theatre.
How do I get involved?
If you are a young person, aged between 14 - 20 years of age, and would like to get involved in CCC project, please get in touch by emailing us: info@dirtyprotesttheatre.co.uk
CCC is funded by UKRI and AHRC.