Imagining Change: Exploring Poverty Through Devising

Open only to group bookings from Secondary and Tertiary Schools
FREE admission but registration necessary

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Limited Space Available
Registration Deadline: Fri 6 July

In this special series of devising workshops, presenting groups share insights from their research process on the theme of poverty. Workshop participants get to reflect and contribute to the dialogue in a creative and experiential way, through a range of stimuli such as everyday objects, music and visual art, while picking up devising techniques facilitated by professional drama practitioners.

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Devising Theatre Through Objects

Facilitated by: Renee Chua & Anderson Secondary School
Venue: Esplanade Annexe Studio
Date: Wed 25 July 2018
Time: 2.30 - 6 pm

Participants will:

• Use everyday objects as stimuli to devise theatre
• Explore the significance of everyday objects in the context of poverty
• Learn how to use objects to create identities, characters, relationships and scenes to tell a story

Devising Theatre Through Music

Facilitated by: Rizman Putra & Beyond Social Services Community Theatre Group
Venue: Esplanade Annexe Studio
Date: Thu 26 July 2018
Time: 2.30 - 6 pm

Participants will:

• Use different genres of music as stimuli to devise theatre
• Integrate music and image to generate meaning and a sense of “drama”
• Explore how music creates structure, conveys emotion and enhances storytelling

Devising Theatre Through Visual Art

Facilitated by: Iris Chia & Anglo-Chinese School (Barker Road)
Venue: Esplanade Annexe Studio
Date: Fri 27 July 2018
Time: 2.30 - 6 pm

Participants will:

• Use local artworks as stimuli to devise theatre
• Bring a critical lens to understanding local narratives about poverty
• Be empowered to devise their own narratives based on personal experiences in the safe zone of theatre