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Theatre Embassy: theatre and community development

... "Acting and theatre are closely related to the process of cultural development," according to Theatre Embassy's Berith Danse. "Strengthening the human identity has top ...

Current Affairs - judy - 10/06/2009 - 17:01 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Theatre producers from Central Asia to combine forces

... public," explains Nurlan Asanbekov, director of theatre group Sakhna from Bishkek in Kirghizistan. Sakhna was one of the participants in the Central Asian Theatre Caravan Meeting that was held from 7 - 10 June 2006 in Bishkek. ...

Current Affairs - judy - 18/02/2008 - 11:04 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Theatre Day Productions stimulates young people in Gaza

... Theatre Day Productions has been producing theatre in the Gaza strip for ten years. The staff includes Americans, ...

Current Affairs - judy - 18/02/2008 - 11:43 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Burmese marionette theatre at festival in Charleville - Mézières

... capital. The fourteenth triennial international puppet theatre festival was held there from 15 to 24 September 2006. Performances were ... and professionals from France and elsewhere by 150 puppet theatre troupes. ...

Current Affairs - judy - 24/09/2007 - 09:50 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Theatre guru Augusto Boal: "As workshop leader, I am merely an instrument"

... Janeiro, 1931) wrote his first book, Teatro del oprimido (Theatre of the Oppressed), in 1975. His philosophy has attracted followers ... life. Key concepts are human development and freedom. The theatre shows us new roles. In essence, these roles are ready and waiting for ...

Current Affairs - judy - 26/08/2008 - 12:20 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Mpumelo Paul Grootboom: 'Theatre climate in South Africa has many taboos'

... cannot be critical of ourselves." Many engaged theatre makers settle for preaching to their own parish. Grootboom works with the South African State Theatre, a venue that does not solely cater to the well-educated. "The ...

Current Affairs - judith - 04/09/2008 - 13:49 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Emotional theatre show in Rwanda

... "The theatre show The Monument lasts for only 70 minutes, but after it has ended ... 1994. "I really think the people of Rwanda need theatre," says Capraru. She first came to the country as part of the crew ...

Current Affairs - judith - 04/11/2009 - 14:02 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Symposium Art and Social Change during APAC Theatre Festival Santa Cruz

... During the sixth Theatre Festival in Santa Cruz, Bolivia held in April 2007, the symposium Arte ... uses artistic workshops and projects - audiovisual art, theatre, dance, circus and music - to get socially challenged young people ...

Current Affairs - alfred - 06/08/2007 - 12:25 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Peruvian theatre group LOT and the chaos in the world

... other side of the river – was established in 1998 by theatre maker Carlos Cueva. The group brought experimental performances with ... technology, globalisation and urbanisation. We consider theatre to be a channel for reflecting on the chaos of today's world." ...

Current Affairs - alfred - 18/02/2008 - 11:10 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Sotigui Kouyaté: optimistic African theatre icon

... accordingly." Because West Africa has no theatre infrastructure, Kouyaté is continually starting at the very ... and that has enabled him to become an icon of African theatre. "A good amateur has no reason to take the place of a professional. I had two theatre groups: a stage trio financed by the French embassy and another group ...

Current Affairs - judith - 05/06/2009 - 16:37 - 0 comments - 0 attachments