Hooked: A Forum Theatre Project for Women
A partnership between ANKORS and the West Kootenay Women Association
Hooked: A Forum Theatre Project for Women invites any women who have experience with addiction (past or present, in their own lives or lives close to them), to take part in this exciting six week project starting April 2011. In this project women will work together on issues that relate to all of us.
What will participants get out of it? Every woman participating in this project will receive lunch each week, free childcare (if needed), a close group of friends, and lots of fun and learning. Everyone who completes the project will receive an honorarium.
What is forum theatre?
It consists of a set of games, exercises, and practices that create a safe space for people to name their reality, identify the contradictions, dialogue through theatre, and try out different solutions. It uses movement, storytelling, and tableaux to explore how images of one’s personal experience reflect universal issues of power and social transformation. The final result is short scenes that are collectively created by drawing on participants’ life experience in order to engage in discussion of issues. We will create plays collectively about the issues that have come up throughout the sessions and have the chance to perform them in the community.
When?
The six week project will take place on Saturdays 10am-3pm, starting April 30. We have a chance to perform publicly on June 11.
Where?
Downtown Nelson
Why?
We want to explore the social and personal reasons for addictions as well as the social stigma and discrimination around those with addiction issues. By exploring these issues as a community we can make change and create more safety and support.
Contact Chloe Sage at ANKORS for more information or to apply 250 505 5506
Email: education@ankors.bc.ca
Tags: Addiction, Forum Theatre, Theatre, Women
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