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Offenders’ Theatre Symposium, Durban (SA) 10 - 14 March 2008
In March 2008, The Community Art Lab helped sponsor the participation of Rustom Bharucha in a symposium on offenders’ theatre held at the Westville Medium B Correctional Centre in Durban, South Africa. In the event, staff from the university of KwaZulu-Natal participated along with staff from the Department of Correctonal Services, international experts and male and female offenders and ex-offenders. The aim of the symposium was to generate a number of recommendations for integrating theatre arts in the personal development and rehabilitation of offenders. This report includes unique video footage.
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SANe The Social Arts Network (UK)
SANe is an interactive self-supporting virtual network for people interested in socially inclusive arts. It was established earlier in 2008. CAL’s Eugene van Erven met SANe initiator Matthew Taylor at a recent conference in Lund, Sweden (14-16 March 2008), where Matthew spoke about his ‘Escape Artists’, an organization that works within prisons. Click here to […]
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The Municipal Youth Theatre of Split
The Municipal Youth Theatre of Split main task is to produce professional theatre pieces for children and young people in Split and its surrounding regions.
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Teatro di Nascosto
Teatro di Nascosto (‘invisible theatre’, Volterra, Italy) was founded in 1994 by Dutch actress Annet Henneman (1956), who trained in Grotowski’s theatre laboratory in Poland.
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Movitep-SF
Movitep-SF was founded in the late 1990s but has clear roots in Nicaragua’s popular theatre movement of the 1980s.
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Mostarski Teatar Mladih
Since 1974 the Youth Theatre of Mostar has been producing European classics and ensemble-developed theatre pieces with Mostar youth.
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Kenya Performing Arts Group
K-PAG (Nairobi) was founded by Odak Onyango and Saskia Ottenhoff in September 2003. K-PAG started from the idea that Kenyan artists deserve better in terms of competition, quality work, professionalism and training.
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Malayerba
It was founded in Quito, the capital of Ecuador, in 1979 by actors in exile from Argentina and Europe. In working together, they have shown that a multicultural blend is not only possible but also enriching, as differences lead to new identities.
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Caja Lúdica
This collective of very dynamic, mainly Colombian people exists since 2000. They make street spectacles and festive theatre meant for big audiences.
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Sering
Mia Grijp and Ivo van der Borgt founded theatre company Sering in 1996.
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Urban Theatre Projects
Urban Theatre Projects (Australia) creates distinctive new theatre works based on a process of dialogue between contemporary theatre practice and Sydney’s diverse communities.
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Teatro Pasmi
Teatro Pasmi (Chile) is a community-based theatre company from Santiago working with prisoners and other vulnerable groups.
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Pedro Sarmiento
Pedro Sarmiento is a pianist and improvisational music teacher from Madrid (Spain). He is also a consultant on music education.
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