Please ASK!

Please ASK! – Art Science Kick is an European project that will produce and showcase nationally and internationally three science theater productions. Please ASK! brings together three innovative cultural organizations: Arte Urbana Collectif from Sofia, Pro Progressione from Budapest and Dafa Puppet Theatre from Prague. The project is an important milestone in establishing an European network of science theater practitioners. Please ASK! also aims to make artists more responsible towards filtering knowledge attained through the use of scientific method from assumptions that may seem appealing but that are not rooted in scientific evidence. 

In the initial stage of Please ASK!, the focus will be on sharing artistic know-how and practices and creating a laboratory for different approaches for performing art – science collaborations. The developed methodology will be then implemented in creating  science theater performances. Each of these performances will explore different scientific topics and will target diverse audiences. Arte Urbana Collectif will work on Astrobiology towards a general audience, Pro Progressione – on Evolutionary Biology towards a family audience and Dafa Puppet Theatre – on Quantum Physics towards young audiences.

Please ASK! is co-funded by the Creative Europe programme and National Culture Fund in Bulgaria. Important partners of the project are the Astronomy Department of Sofia University, Municipal Centre for Extracurricular Activities – Baykal village, Association of Hungarian Women in Science, Technical University of Prague and QWorld – QCzech. 

Learn more about Please ASK! (official website)