Community theatre practice: Engaging with communities. Why and How?

Acta Community Theatre is proud to present the fifth session of the Elevate programme: Community theatre practice: Engaging with communities. Why and How?

Elevate is a skills-building programme for socially engaged theatre-makers and artists who are interested in working with a specific community of people. It is designed as a practical, explorative course that we hope builds a lasting creative community. We have a cohort of practitioners signed up for the term, but we also open up some sessions for all to book on to.

what will I do in this workshop?

• We’ll discuss the importance and impact of engaging communities from different cultural backgrounds

• How we engage different communities, e.g using English as a second language workshops as a gateway

• Explore different ways and methods of doing this work, and which exercises might work best

• We’ll discuss how we adapt this process with different groups with different needs

• Be introduced to past acta projects, to see this work in context, including watching short films

Whilst this work is done by us in a theatre setting, we feel this workshop would benefit more people than just theatre practitioners. We particularly think community organisers and campaigners may benefit, but also any artists that work in community settings.

 If the price is a barrier for you to attending the workshop, please email [email protected] to discuss how we can help you attend.

Access: The workshop will be in our theatre which is accessed via five steps. A lift is available for those who need it. We have an accessible toilet on site. We're keen to accommodate you and can work to help out with further access requests. For example, we can offer use of on-site wheelchairs and walkers, we can save a spot for you in our carpark, allocate a free ticket to your carer or companion, sighted guiding, any printouts can be provided in large print, and more.

We are very keen to accommodate you - please reach out to request adjustments (including any you have that are not listed above) by contacting [email protected]