PLAYBACK THEATRE is an interactive theatre approach used in over 50 countries as a tool for community building, trauma response and cultural activism. In a Playback event, audience members share personal stories, and watch as a team of actors and musicians transform these accounts into improvised theatre pieces. Playback Theatre responds to the fundamental need to share one’s story and have it heard, acknowledged and honored.
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DATES AND LOCATION
30 January – 2 February 2013; 9:30am – 4:30pm (participants must attend all days and all hours), at Studio Emad Eddin Foundation, 18 Emad Eddin Street, Downtown – Cairo
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION
In this 4-day intensive, you will learn and practice the basic elements of Playback Theatre. In an environment of spontaneity, creativity and fellowship each student will have a chance to experience the roles of Teller, Conductor, Musician and Actor. The philosophy and application of Playback Theatre for community building, cultural activism and trauma response will also be explored. This workshop is designed for new and relatively new students.
LANGUAGE
The workshop will be delivered in English with Arabic translation. All participants must have a working knowledge of Arabic.
ACCREDITATION
This workshop is accredited through The Freedom Theatre’s Applied Theatre Institute – an affiliate school of the New York-based Centre for Playback Theatre. Workshop hours can be counted towards an internationally recognized Diploma in Playback Theatre.
ORGANIZERS
The Freedom Theatre’s Applied Theatre Institute in partnership with Studio Emad Eddin.
THE FACILITATOR
Ben Rivers was born in Scotland and raised in the UK and Australia. He specializes in Playback Theatre, Psychodrama, and other applied and therapeutic theatre modalities. Over the past 12 years he has worked in Australia, North America and the Middle East with communities impacted by structural oppression, political violence and collective trauma. Ben currently directs the Trauma Response Training Program and the Freedom Bus initiative at The Freedom Theatre, Occupied Palestine. Ben holds a Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology with a concentration in Drama Therapy from the California Institute of Integral Studies, USA.
THE FREEDOM BUS
The Freedom Bus, an initiative of The Freedom Theatre, uses interactive theatre and cultural activism to bear witness, raise awareness and build alliances throughout occupied Palestine and beyond. Endorsers of the Freedom Bus include Alice Walker, Angela Davis, John Berger, Judith Butler, Maya Angelou, Mairead Maguire, Noam Chomsky, Omar Barghouti, Peter Brook and Ramy Essam. A range of other Palestinian and International artists, activists, academics and organizations have endorsed the Freedom Bus.
Web: www.freedombus.ps
Blog: freedombuspalestine.wordpr
Facebook: www.facebook.com/
Twitter: #FreedomBusPal
COST
40 LE
APPLY
Spaces are limited. To apply, please email freedombus@thefreedomtheat
1) Your full name and contact details, including phone number;
2) A short statement describing your background in the performing arts/community cultural development;
3) A short statement describing what you hope to gain from this workshop;
4) Confirmation that you can attend all hours and days of the workshop.