25th March, 2011 - Posted by Gavin - 7 Comments
This week the group continued working in the groups they formed last week and began to name and discuss what had brought them together. They then began to make an image of the problem and found a way of moving in and out of the image using rhythm, sound and movements. Although there is more […] Read More
21st March, 2011 - Posted by Gavin - Comments Off on Power to the People? – Defining terms
This week was a very packed week for the Power to the People? group. After an hilarious warm-up game of West Country Zip Zap Boing, led very enthusiartically by Alan (“No parkin’ in the paddock”), we moved on to beginning to define what we meant by “empowerment” and “oppression” Words that defined empowerment were […] Read More
15th March, 2011 - Posted by Gavin - 2 Comments
Flashback Drama, Active Inquiry’s permanent devising company for adults, is now well into rehearsals for their next show to be performed on the 16th, 17th and 18th of June 2011 as part of the Leith Festival. Next in Line explores the concepts of “power”, “order” and “chaos” all through the uniquely British pastime of queuing! […] Read More
14th March, 2011 - Posted by Gavin - Comments Off on Power to the People? – Pluralising personal experiences!
Another great session on Wednesday evening which enabled the group to use their newly gained “language of images” to explore personal experiences of disempowerment. The group was asked to portray an image of a time that they felt disempowered by “sculpting” other group members into images. The point of the exercise was not to uncover […] Read More
4th March, 2011 - Posted by Gavin - 2 Comments
We had another great turnout for Power to the People? last Wednesday evening. Following on from Alan’s session last week on the basics of Forum Theatre, this week the group began to explore the topic of Empowerment. However with this being a drama workshop and not a discussion group, we conducted a lot of this […] Read More