11th April, 2016 - Posted by Gavin - Comments Off on Hotel Europa!
Today, Gavin talks about his time working as part of the TOgether International Theatre Company and performing in Hotel Europa! I have recently returned from an exciting, interesting and exhausting week in Lisbon. Although this is one of my favourite European cities, I was not there to sightsee. Instead I was meeting up with Theatre of the […] Read More
25th March, 2016 - Posted by Gavin - Comments Off on The Alma Project
Today, Emily talks about the work she has been doing with The Alma Project: This week I wanted to bring some focus to the great community project that Liz and I are working with throughout the SpectAct project. The Alma Project aims to improve the mental health and well-being of the inhabitants of the Edinburgh and […] Read More
22nd March, 2016 - Posted by Gavin - Comments Off on Devising Days
This week on our blog, Dave talks about the recent time we spent together to begin the devising process for our new play: The Active Inquiry company members were back together again for three days in early March. We started work on devising our new piece, to be aired as a work in progress at […] Read More
17th March, 2016 - Posted by Gavin - Comments Off on Active Inquiry Podcast – Live!
This week Alan talks about how you can contribute to our live podcast event in May: In a January blog post we took the opportunity to introduce the Active Inquiry Podcast; our monthly on demand Theatre of the Oppressed Radio Show. We’re having a great time recording the show and want to remind you that […] Read More
7th March, 2016 - Posted by Gavin - Comments Off on Gender Inequality
This week Suzanne talks about her work with Shakti Women’s Aid and the contribution that the Theatre of the Oppressed can make to challenging gender inequality: ‘Gender Inequality – A cause and consequence of Violence Against Women.’ Emma Ritch “Another world is not only possible,she is on her way.On a quiet day I can hear […] Read More
3rd March, 2016 - Posted by Gavin - Comments Off on People Power: Creating the Conditions for Change Conference
Pinar talks about our recent performances as part of the People Power:Creating the Conditions for Change conference in Perth: I think using Forum theatre in various communities to discuss issues which concern the community is the greatest tool ever. It can be understood by everyone as we don’t need to speak the same language to […] Read More
16th February, 2016 - Posted by Gavin - Comments Off on TOTOL – Theatre of the Oppressed Laboratory
This week Karen talks about her experience of our TOTOL group: On Wednesday 3rd February we held our first session of a new group – TOTOL, Theatre of the Oppressed Laboratory. It was playful and fun with the group often commenting that we should not forget that the work should be fun. The session started […] Read More
9th February, 2016 - Posted by Gavin - Comments Off on InterAct
Active Inquiry has been lucky enough to be working in partnership with The Thistle Foundation for the past 5 years on a project called InterAct. This project works with young people in special schools in Edinburgh and Mid-Lothian and their families to explore options for life after school. The project has 3 main parts: Firstly […] Read More
1st February, 2016 - Posted by Gavin - 1 Comment
This week Emily talks about our training workshop looking at the use of objects in theatre: Our 8 core company members took part in a fantastic workshop this Saturday facilitated by Symon Macintyre from Vision Mechanics on using objects in theatre making. Big thank you to Symon! We looked at taking everyday inanimate objects and […] Read More
1st February, 2016 - Posted by Gavin - Comments Off on What does the Active Inquiry Company Do?
This week, Company Member Dave Poyner reflects on our recent 4 days together as a Company: The Active Inquiry company members have been together this past weekend, doing development work. This was an opportunity for team members to talk about the different community groups we’ve been working with, and to do some training together, We’ve […] Read More