Drama does not exist in isolation from the world it inhabits. These conversations examine theatre as a force for community-building, social change and civic engagement — exploring how practitioners work with and within communities, and what responsibility artists carry when their work meets real lives and real stakes.
Dec 5, 2024
Liz Morgan, Maulikraj Shrimali, and Vandana Asha explore how Theatre of the Oppressed shapes democratic organisations, anti-caste practice, and community-rooted activism across diverse contexts.
Aug 29, 2024
Six South African live art practitioners explore how Live Art transgresses form, centers queerness and decoloniality, demanding a rethinking of curatorial power and artistic freedom.
Jul 18, 2024
Three Indian mental health practitioners explore how theatre and drama therapy dismantle hierarchies, support trauma healing, and transform community health outcomes across diverse contexts.
Apr 25, 2024
Ukrainian playback theatre artists from Kharkiv share how they use playback theatre to build community, foster acceptance, and support displaced persons and refugees.
Jan 25, 2024
Kenyan theatre-maker Ogutu Muraya explores combinatorial play, post-election violence, colonial memory, and decomposition as transformative tools for storytelling and artistic self-discovery.
Dec 14, 2023
Lisa Suhair Majaj and Neo Muyanga examine art, language, and song as tools for naming apartheid in Palestine and amplifying resistance against oppression.
Oct 26, 2023
Akhila Khanna and Radha Ramaswamy revisit Boal’s Theatre of the Oppressed, exploring allyship, dialogue, and how T.O.’s spirit can be propagated in polarised, contemporary India
Sep 21, 2023
Ieva Česnulaitytė draws compelling parallels between citizen assemblies and devising rooms, exploring deliberative democracy as a tool for empathy, shared consensus, and civic agency.
Aug 31, 2023
Ghanaian trans artivist Va-Bene Elikem Fiatsi uses radical performance and guerrilla interventions to resist criminalisation, reclaim queer African identity, and sustain community through art.
Jun 15, 2023
Sarah Johnson, Amie Buhari, Sophie North, and Dr. Dzung Vo explore how creative practice, mindfulness, and intentional safe spaces can genuinely heal bodies and communities.
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