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Kuringa Berlin

Kuringa is a theatre space and organization dedicated to Theatre of the Oppressed (TO) based in the Wedding neighborhood in Berlin, Germany. The space was founded in 2011 by Bárbara Santos, artistic director, alongside Till Baumann and Christoph Leucht. Bárbara, an artist and activist originally from Brazil, previously served as Coordinator of Center for Theatre of the Oppressed in Rio de Janeiro, working alongside TO creator Augusto Boal since 1986. Bárbara is also the leader of the global feminist Ma(g)dalena International Network, a movement that centers women's stories and uses TO to fight violence against women, and the author of Theatre of the Oppressed -- Roots and Wings: A Theory of Praxis. Kuringa Berlin hosts regular training courses; forum theatre performances; and festivals. Their forum theatre plays often involve music, movement, and visual art - building on the foundations of Aesthetics of the Oppressed.