Drama for Democracy
Drama for Democracy is a four year Legislative Theatre project with the aim of using Scottish theatre spaces as sites for participatory democracy.
We are currently working in partnership with Civic Digits and The Binks hub at the University of Edinburgh to create a pilot project for performances in 2024. Keep checking this page for more information.
The Truth About Ageing
May is 75 and disgusted about the stereotypes of ageing and older people she sees around her. When an opportunity comes to be part of a documentary about ageing, she jumps at the chance to tell a different story of hope and thriving. However, it soon becomes clear that the documentary makers already have a narrative in mind: one of problems, hardship, and despair. Can May convince them to change this narrative or is it too strong for her to challenge?
The Truth About Ageing explores how we can reframe ageing and older age from being seen as a problem to be dealt with to an opportunity to thrive. It is a follow-up to the Reimagining the Future in Older Age Project, exploring older age and the future. The play was developed in collaboration between Active Inquiry, Scottish Care, and researchers at the University of Stirling. It uses Forum Theatre, a type of theatre which enables an audience to intervene and change the action, reimagining how we want society to view ageing and older age.
We are currently looking for opportunities to perform this play. If you would like to host a performance then please contact us
Interwoven
We are currently developing this new project with the aim of creating a new structure for Forum Theatre which can explore questions of intersectionality and the climate crisis through the story of the life of a cotton T-shirt. After a successful research and development phase, we are now seeking funding to develop a play. Keep checking this page for more information.
TOgether
This project brings together Theatre of the Oppressed companies from across Europe for training and sharing of practice. We have also developed an International Play, Hotel Europa [download pdf booklet], which explores the European crisis and the difficulty of challenging neo-liberal capitalism from inside the system. This had a successful run as part of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2016
"Hotel Europa lays bare the truth - we're trapped in something we didn't all choose, but only together can we escape it" Broadway Baby
Read the full 4 star review here