Cosmino Theatre

28/07/2026

We are so happy to share some moments from our intensive RECLAIMING VOICE: Voice, Song and Embodied Expression
with Patrick Campbell and Rachel Karafistan at Teatr Ósmego Dnia.
This week long dive into the expressive landscape of our voices, rooted in the Wolfsohn-Hart approach and the philosophy of the Natural Voice Network, was open to people from all levels of experience. It was a beautiful and joyful experience and one we will be repeating again very soon. Huge gratitude to Teatr Ósmego Dnia for their collaboration and support.

For further info about our training programme, visit www.cosmino.org
Photos: Zdzisław Orłowski



Z ogromną przyjemnością chcemy podzielić się kilkoma chwilami z intensywnego warsztatu RECLAIMING VOICE: Voice, Song and Embodied Expression, prowadzonego przez Patricka Campbella i Rachel Karafistan w Teatrze Ósmego Dnia.
Ten tygodniowy proces odkrywania ekspresyjnego potencjału naszych głosów, oparty na technice Wolfsohn-Hart oraz filozofii Natural Voice Network, był otwarty dla osób na każdym poziomie doświadczenia. Było to piękne, radosne i niezwykle inspirujące doświadczenie, które już wkrótce będziemy powtarzać.
Serdecznie dziękujemy Teatrowi Ósmego Dnia za współpracę i wsparcie.

Więcej informacji o naszym programie szkoleniowym znajdziecie na stronie: www.cosmino.org
Zdjęcia: Zdzisław Orłowski

26/07/2026

It has been an absolute joy to welcome Patrick Campbell this week to Teatr Ósmego Dnia to present his THE AFFECTIVE DRAMATURGY OF THE VOICE work demonstration and to work alongside him leading the ‘Reclaiming Voice’ intensive.
Patrick shared his incredible journey through voice, drawing on his fifteen-year apprenticeship with Margaret Pikes, co-founder of the renowned Roy Hart Theatre and on how his own unique Irish and Jamaican heritage is embedded deep in his work.

Photos of the ‘Reclaiming Voice’ intensive to follow soon!

Photos: Zdzisław Orłowski

Z ogromną radością gościliśmy w tym tygodniu Patricka Campbella w Teatrze Ósmego Dnia, gdzie zaprezentował pokaz pracy THE AFFECTIVE DRAMATURGY OF THE VOICE oraz poprowadził wraz z nami intensywne warsztaty „Reclaiming Voice”.
Patrick opowiedział o swojej niezwykłej drodze związanej z pracą z głosem, czerpiąc z piętnastoletniej nauki u Margaret Pikes, współzałożycielki legendarnego Roy Hart Theatre, a także o tym, jak jego wyjątkowe irlandzko-jamajskie dziedzictwo przenika i kształtuje jego twórczość.

Zdjęcia z intensywnych warsztatów „Reclaiming Voice” już wkrótce!

Zdjęcia: Zdzisław Orłowski

18/07/2026

We are happy to share some impressions of the 'From Fragments into Form' workshop at Teatr Ósmego Dnia where an incredibly creative group of participants from all over the world unearthed their stories, created songs, dived into the world of objects and listened to what their work wanted to become. Huge thanks to Teatr Ósmego Dnia for the opportunity to work in their beautiful space. Photos: Zdzisław Orłowski.

Z przyjemnością dzielimi się kilkoma wrażeniami z warsztatu „From Fragments into Form” w Teatrze Ósmego Dnia. Niezwykle kreatywna grupa uczestników z całego świata badała i odkrywała swoje historie, tworzyła piosenki, zanurzała się w świat przedmiotów i w całą swoją twórczość..
Ogromne podziękowania dla Teatru Ósmego Dnia za możliwość pracy w tej pięknej przestrzeni.
Zdjęcia: Zdzisław Orłowski.

07/06/2026

Sending gratitude to our wonderful hosts at Unithea Festival in Frankfurt Oder, and special thanks to Anja, Constance and Isa for making AY KASH so welcome at Kleist Forum. Thanks also to our generous and supportive audience for buying our postcards and supporting the work of Afghanistan Education Action and standing in solidarity with the women of Afghanistan ❤️

02/06/2026

LAST FEW PLACES!
Join us and reclaim your voice with Patrick Campbell and Rachel Karafistan from 20 - 24 July at Teatr Ósmego Dnia this coming summer in Poznań, Poland. 250EUR and a special price for residents of Poznań 150EUR 🥰
More:
Join Patrick Campbell, co-author (with Margaret Pikes) of Owning Our Voices: Vocal Discovery in the Wolfsohn-Hart Tradition, and Rachel Karafistan, theatre-maker and passionate voice facilitator trained by Frankie Armstrong, for a dive into the expressive landscape of your voice.
Rooted in the Wolfsohn-Hart approach to extended voice and the philosophy and principles of the Natural Voice Network, this practical and experiential workshop explores the full spectrum of human sound, from pre-verbal sounding to song, through movement, breath, and embodied imagination.
We will work with the Vocal Sources, psychosomatic centres along the spine, awakening different vocal timbres and resonances through focused exploration. Participants will engage with creative vocal stimuli, designed to spark authentic vocal expression and free the natural voice.
You will:
• Reconnect breath, body, and voice in a grounded and playful way
• Move from pre-verbal sound into rich vocal textures, text, and song
• Develop confidence in your own vocality, its power, nuance, and emotional truth
• Discover where the rhythms of the body meet the rhythms of voice
• Explore collective sounding and the liberating possibilities of vocal improvisation

This workshop is open to all levels of experience, though familiarity with theatre, dance, or singing will be helpful. We are all born with open, expressive voices, but over time, life shapes, stifles, or scatters them. To reclaim the voice is to reclaim power. This workshop invites you to listen inwardly, act authentically, and uncover the sounds and songs that live inside you. Whether you’re a performer, artist, educator, or simply curious, come prepared to move, sound, and sing!

Event Details:
• Dates: Monday 20 – Friday 24 July 2026
• Time: 10:00 – 18:00 with two hours for one-to-one work at the end of each day (to be arranged with the participants on the first day of the course)
• Location: Teatr Ósmego Dnia, Poznan, Poland
• Level: everyone who wants to extend and explore the range and potential of their voice
The intensive includes free entrance to Patrick Campbell’s workshop demonstration THE AFFECTIVE DRAMATURGY OF THE VOICE on Sunday 19 July 2026 at 17:00 also at Teatr Ósmego Dnia.

16/05/2026

To czysta przyjemność pracować z cudowną Eva Rufo !!!

Aktorka, wykładowczyni, promotorka kultury hiszpańskiej i twórczyni teatru alternatywnego. Eva Rufo (Wydział Etnolingwistyki UAM) od niemal trzydziestu lat mieszka w Poznaniu, ale — jak sama mówi — wciąż żyje „pomiędzy”: między językami, kulturami i sposobami myślenia o świecie. W rozmowie opowiada o fascynacji teatrem Grotowskiego, o opowiadaniu historii na uniwersyteckich korytarzach, stereotypach dotyczących Polek, Polaków i Hiszpanów oraz o tym, dlaczego tak ważne jest dla niej, by jej imię zapisywać przez „v”.

Zapraszamy na naszą stronę — link w komentarzu.

Fot. Władysław Gardasz

13/05/2026

So excited to be hosting Patrick Campbell this July Teatr Ósmego Dnia 😀

07/05/2026

RECLAIMING VOICE:
Voice, Song and Embodied Expression
Monday 20 – Friday 24 July 2026
with Patrick Campbell & Rachel Karafistan
As part of ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL OF THEATRE – TEATR ÓSMEGO DNIA, Poznań

Join Patrick Campbell, co-author (with Margaret Pikes) of Owning Our Voices: Vocal Discovery in the Wolfsohn-Hart Tradition, and Rachel Karafistan, theatre-maker and passionate voice facilitator trained by Frankie Armstrong, for a dive into the expressive landscape of your voice.
Rooted in the Wolfsohn-Hart approach to extended voice and the philosophy and principles of the Natural Voice Network, this practical and experiential workshop explores the full spectrum of human sound, from pre-verbal sounding to song, through movement, breath, and embodied imagination.
We will work with the Vocal Sources, psychosomatic centres along the spine, awakening different vocal timbres and resonances through focused exploration. Participants will engage with creative vocal stimuli, designed to spark authentic vocal expression and free the natural voice.

This workshop is open to all levels of experience, though familiarity with theatre, dance, or singing will be helpful.We are all born with open, expressive voices, but over time, life shapes, stifles, or scatters them. To reclaim the voice is to reclaim power. This workshop invites you to listen inwardly, act authentically, and uncover the sounds and songs that live inside you. Whether you’re a performer, artist, educator, or simply curious, come prepared to move, sound, and sing!

Cost: 250EUR - discounts for people from Poznań available 🙏🏼

Includes free entrance to Patrick’s workshop demonstration THE AFFECTIVE DRAMATURGY OF THE VOICE on Sunday 19 July 2026 at 17:00

Click the link in bio for more details on all our upcoming training opportunities.

Photos courtesy of Ateliê Alexandre Mello, April 2026

10/04/2026

FROM FRAGMENTS INTO FORM
what theatre do you want to make?
Monday 13 – Friday 17 July 2026
with Rachel Karafistan
As part of ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL OF THEATRE – TEATR ÓSMEGO DNIA, Poznań

FROM FRAGMENTS INTO FORM is an intensive for those who wish to unearth the stories that live beneath the surface, through the body, through voice and through the shared pulse of creativity. Guided by exercises that awaken both the physical and the poetic self, we’ll trace imagined journeys, inhabit forgotten spaces, and give form to the fragments that call for expression. Together, we’ll ask: What makes a beginning sing? What truth waits at the end? What lives and breathes in the middle ground between them?
Under the guidance of Rachel Karafistan, an award-winning director, performer and teacher with over 35 years of professional experience in creating original theatre for the stage, this workshop invites you to make, to fail, to find and to celebrate each moment of discovery. From raw impulse to crafted scene, from private vision to shared performance, we’ll explore how ideas become theatre. How does a piece speak to its audience or community? How do we listen, as performer, as director, for what the work itself wants to become?
Through improvisation, play, and reflection, we’ll uncover new ways of shaping material, reimagining stories, and working with others with curiosity and care.

Cost: 250EUR - discounts for people from Poznań available 🙏🏼
Also – If you have been taught by Rachel previously, anywhere in the world you will automatically receive a 10% discount of any course.
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS AND PAYMENTS – 29 May 2026
Click the link in bio for more details on all our upcoming training opportunities.

www.cosmino.org

Teatr Ósmego Dnia Kuba Pierzchalski

10/04/2026

RECLAIMING VOICE:
Voice, Song and Embodied Expression
Monday 20 – Friday 24 July 2026
with Patrick Campbell & Rachel Karafistan
As part of ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL OF THEATRE – TEATR ÓSMEGO DNIA, Poznań

Join Patrick Campbell, co-author (with Margaret Pikes) of Owning Our Voices: Vocal Discovery in the Wolfsohn-Hart Tradition, and Rachel Karafistan, theatre-maker and passionate voice facilitator trained by Frankie Armstrong, for a dive into the expressive landscape of your voice.
Rooted in the Wolfsohn-Hart approach to extended voice and the philosophy and principles of the Natural Voice Network, this practical and experiential workshop explores the full spectrum of human sound, from pre-verbal sounding to song, through movement, breath, and embodied imagination.
We will work with the Vocal Sources, psychosomatic centres along the spine, awakening different vocal timbres and resonances through focused exploration. Participants will engage with creative vocal stimuli, designed to spark authentic vocal expression and free the natural voice.

This workshop is open to all levels of experience, though familiarity with theatre, dance, or singing will be helpful.We are all born with open, expressive voices, but over time, life shapes, stifles, or scatters them. To reclaim the voice is to reclaim power. This workshop invites you to listen inwardly, act authentically, and uncover the sounds and songs that live inside you. Whether you’re a performer, artist, educator, or simply curious, come prepared to move, sound, and sing!

Cost: 250EUR - discounts for people from Poznań available 🙏🏼

Includes free entrance to Patrick’s workshop demonstration THE AFFECTIVE DRAMATURGY OF THE VOICE on Sunday 19 July 2026 at 17:00

Teatr Ósmego Dnia Patrick Campbell Kuba Pierzchalski

www.cosmino.org