30th November, 2016 - Posted by Gavin - Comments Off on The Past, the Present and the Future
In September, the company members of Active Inquiry got together in the puppet lab studio at Vision Mechanics for a week of company development. An opportunity to discuss and reflect on the first year of the Spect-Act project and performances of The Fair-Ground, at the Just Festival in August. Sharing our practical experiences of change, […]
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15th November, 2016 - Posted by Gavin - Comments Off on Alma Drama Company – working in partnership with Age in Mind
Today on our blog, Emily talks about the exciting partnership between The Alma Drama company and Age in Mind: The Alma Drama Company have had a really interesting month or so, getting to know activists with Age in Mind, and working in partnership to produce a piece of Forum Theatre. Both groups have a shared […]
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9th November, 2016 - Posted by Gavin - 1 Comment
Today seems like a good day to share Dave’s blog post on the importance of Optimism: I’ll start by acknowledging that this blog post is two weeks late. I had a commitment to deliver it by the 24th of October, and I didn’t. Whenever I gave the blog any thought, I allowed it to overwhelm […]
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24th October, 2016 - Posted by Gavin - Comments Off on How does change happen?
Today on our blog, Suzanne talks about her recent theatrical experiences and how change can happen in the world: Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. Margaret Mead I was recently in a play that two friends and I […]
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20th October, 2016 - Posted by Gavin - Comments Off on Change
This week, Alan talks about how becoming a new dad has changed his perspective on change: We talk about ‘Change’ quite a lot here at Active Inquiry; demanding change, working towards change and fighting for change. Typically, we will be referring to change in an ideological sense, looking for greater equality in policy and societal […]
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10th October, 2016 - Posted by Gavin - Comments Off on Reflections on the Conservative Party Conference
This time my blog will be different. I want to talk about politics and how the decisions affect everyone in society. This week, there was the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham. A very scary conference for everyone across the UK. A conference which is filled with hatred and inequality. We have been told by Theresa […]
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1st July, 2016 - Posted by Gavin - Comments Off on Strength
In our last session with the Shakti Drama group we visited various theatres in Edinburgh. We had the chance to look through history and explore backstages of the Traverse Theatre and the Royal Lyceum Theatre. We walked through the park and talked about theatre and how it can be a tool for change. While walking […]
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16th May, 2016 - Posted by Gavin - Comments Off on Justice and Culture
This week, Pinar talks about her search for the definition of Justice: For the past sessions with Shakti Women’s Aid and our rehearsal time for the new play- The Fair-Ground (which will be presented on Saturday as part of our Spect-Act event), I have been thinking about the conversations regarding what justice means. I can […]
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12th May, 2016 - Posted by Gavin - Comments Off on Working together as a Company
This week, Liz talks about the process of devising our latest play for the Spect-Act project: After another intense and laughter filled few days of devising with the Active Inquiry company I’m reminded how great it is to have been working together as a company for so long. As an actor I’m used to working […]
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3rd May, 2016 - Posted by Gavin - Comments Off on Justice and Mortality
The Active Inquiry Company recently spent 4 days devising our new play – The Fair-Ground. In it we are exploring the concept of Justice. In an earlier group of devising days we also looked at Space. So we have been reflecting together, with our groups and the wider community on these vast subjects. Three stories […]
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