Theatre With No Home

Theatre with no home is a theatre in which homeless people and people with physical disabilities perform and work in an artistic way. It is a space where two excluded groups form an unconventional community, help each other, learn non-formally, and positively highlight the issues of both social groups. Actors - homeless people - provide personal assistance to the physically handicapped, and the physically handicapped actors give support and social contact to the homeless. This collaboration brings original theatre performances, art workshops, and the only international festival of homeless theatres in Europe - ERROR.

Marginalised communities – the homeless, disabled, refugees, former prisoners – are not only excluded from society and work but also the arts. Divadlo bez domova ("Theatre With No Home") creates social, financial, and cultural inclusion for marginalised communities through theatre.

Dviadlo bez domova brings together the homeless and disabled to work, act and produce theatre performances to highlight their talents and social experiences to the public. The actors – the homeless and physically-disabled – provide new social connections, support and learn from one another to create original theatre productions. The actors also give workshops and organize events in Slovakia and internationally.

We work together with the homeless and the physically-disabled, as well as communities with psychiatric disabilities, refugees, ex-prisoners. Our work has been performed and in co-operation with the Slovak government, city of Bratislava, and the European Union. Divadlo bez domova also performs in prisons, psychiatric hospitals, and care homes for seniors.

Marginalised communities are provided opportunities to work, connect with others, and learn new skills while building social inclusion between the participants and the public. Divadlo bez domova preforms internationally; it has published five books and organized the ERROR international festival of homeless theatre for the last thirteen years.

The project can be implemented in any region and for any community. Theatre is a universal tool to connect. In Slovenia, the Carnium Legendarium homeless theatre was founded in inspiration of Divadlo bez domova.