JONNA WIKSTRÖM

I am a theater director, performance artist, playwright, theater teacher, and expert in applied and participatory arts, with a Master’s degree in Education. My strengths lie particularly in group work and its analysis, as well as blending the real (documentary) and the fictional. I have trained and directed individuals and groups from diverse backgrounds for over 20 years.

I create performances for public spaces and new types of stages. The audience can be immersed into the performance, and in workshop settings, participants can be creators, material producers, and performers. In most of my directing work, I have used documentary material. Music is also very strong element in my work.

In addition to ESF (European Social Fund) projects I have been responsible for two Ministry for Foreign Affairs-funded three-year development cooperation projects in Nairobi. The projects were “Q-plays for Kibera” and “Girls turn”. These projects worked with young girls and women living in the Kibera slum.