Applied and Social Theatre

VENUE: Oculus, 1.09

Wednesday, 27th August, 13.00-15.00

Chair: Riku Laakkonen

Rachel Turner-King Exploring hospitality and belonging in youth and community theatre.

Michael Finneran The act of drama: critiquing power and potentia in theatre participation.

Ellen Wagstaff Working ‘With’: Rethinking Power Relations and Co-Creating Experiences in Applied Theatre Practice.

Ben Hunt Beyond the Human: Interspecies Performance and the Power of Absence.

2.30pm-3.20pm - Working Group Business Meeting

Thursday, 28th August, 09.00-10.30

Chair: Ben Hunt

Yaxin Hu Oral History Theatre in Hong Kong: Intergenerational Relationship.

Peter Noblet Finding the Treasure: The Power and Potential of Dramatherapy in Hungarian Alternative Education.

Jack Shu Oral History Theatre in Hong Kong: Intergenerational Relationship.

Sian Mitchell MacGregor Power to the (young) people: how being ‘youth-led’ can trouble theatre for young audiences.

Thursday, 28th August, 15.30-17.00 (all speakers will join online)

Chair: Gemma Cutler-Colclough

Sarah Hart The affective impact of shadow puppetry on facilitators entering the carceral system of Bogotá, Colombia.

Xin Li Expanding Access: The Power and Potencia of Chinese Classical Dance from Institutional Training to Social Participation.

Javier Perez 'They still call us drosters’: performing the memory of maroons and slavery with formerly-incarcerated men in Cape Town.

Kate Duffy-Syedi Co-production as a tool for micro-resistance in creative practices with refugee communities.

Friday, 29th August, 13.00-15.00

Chair: Michael Finneran

Sarah Berridge Rivermaids: participatory pedagogies, potencia and polyphonic voices in applied theatre practice.

Laura Blake Time Well Spent: individual empowerment within the institution through renewed perspectives of Time.

Tony Chapman-Wilson Cis-led and Trans-collaborative (re) presentation of Identity.

Catherine Heinemeyer Grounded imaginaries: performance projects and performing potencia in a university Living Lab.

Sofia Nakou Narratives of Agency: Creative Storytelling Vs Systemic Constraints in the Asylum Process.