25th June, 2021 - Posted by Gavin - Comments Off on Reflections on Reimagining the Future
Pam, one of the actors in our recent Reimagining the Future project, reflects on the project now that it is all over: Huge thanks to everyone in the project for a thrilling, terrifying, frustrating (at times), but oh so-fulfilling experience over the last 3 months. Thanks to Lauren and Kathryn for their invaluable contributions – who knew […] Read More
9th June, 2021 - Posted by Gavin - Comments Off on Production Week Wobble!
Pam, who plays the role of Dot in Waiting For Dot, part of our Reimagining The Future double bill, shares some of her thoughts on the stresses of production week: We embarked on this project 3 months ago in early March and it has been great fun: meeting new people, albeit on-line, playing silly warm-up […] Read More
31st May, 2021 - Posted by Gavin - Comments Off on Reimagining the Future
Introducing Dr Melanie Lovatt. Melanie instigated the making of our Reimagining the Future plays, which are part of her two year research project at the University of Stirling. This is what she said about the project: “I wanted to challenge the limited and oppressive narratives that are associated with older age. Older age is often linked […] Read More
8th March, 2021 - Posted by Gavin - Comments Off on International Women’s Day 2021
Gender discrimination and injustice is a theme that is frequently raised in our work. Company member Liz Strange discusses what International Women’s Day means for her this year: International Women’s Day for me has always been a day to both celebrate women’s achievements and highlight the injustice that still exists. Some years I feel mostly […] Read More
2nd June, 2020 - Posted by Gavin - Comments Off on Black Lives Matter
We have all been shocked, saddened, and angered by the killing of George Floyd and by the many many other cases of police brutality, racism and injustice both in the UK and around the world and ongoing violence towards protesters. Active Inquiry stands in love, respect and solidarity with the #BlackLivesMatter movement. As a mostly white company […] Read More
12th December, 2019 - Posted by Gavin - Comments Off on Active Inquiry’s “Home” project – a journey
I first became aware of Active Inquiry early in 2019. A quick look at their website revealed two aspects of the company that intrigued me and made me want to explore them further. Active Inquiry advocate and practise the philosophy of Theatre of the Oppressed, a style that I had first come across while studying […] Read More
10th August, 2017 - Posted by Gavin - Comments Off on Introducing Olivia!
This week on our blog, our new marketing volunteer Olivia talks about her first day on the job: My name is Olivia, and I will be studying community theatre this coming September, so I approached Gavin asking if he needed any voluntary help. He told me that they could use someone who helped out with […] Read More
31st January, 2017 - Posted by Gavin - Comments Off on Homelessness – Why?!!
This week on our blog, Karen gives an update on our Bethany Theatre Company: For over a year and a half now, we have been working in partnership with the Bethany Christian Trust to run a Forum Theatre group. The group has been exploring addiction and Recovery and an important part of this is the […] Read More
15th December, 2016 - Posted by Gavin - Comments Off on Hope
This week on our blog, Suzanne talks about hope and how important it is for us now, more than ever: Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul- And sings the tune without the words- And never stops- at all- Emily Dickinson Beyond ideas of right and wrong there is a field, […] Read More
15th December, 2016 - Posted by Gavin - Comments Off on Power of Performance
Today, Pinar shares her experiences of working with Shakti Women’s Aid and exploring domestic violence: At times I feel hopeless, sad and angry when reading cases and statistics about domestic abuse. It is said that ‘domestic abuse leads to on average two women being murdered each week and 30 men per year’. There are many […] Read More