Tag - theatre of the oppressed

We will use theatrical tools to express through our bodies, the daily discriminations experienced by women and their consequences on women and the whole society. We will build images and scenes to clarify what needs to change, who has the power to do it and by what means. With forum theatre we will train ourselves …

A forum theatre workshop aimed at staging and tackling the educational challenges in family and at school. Games, exercises and simple theatrical techniques, accessible to everyone, will allow to stage problematic situations faced by parents, teachers, educators. Together we will start a playful and creative research of possible strategies engaging social workers, educational and health …

This training on inclusive leadership aims at engaging male political leaders as transformative agents of change for gender equality. Forum theatre allows participants to recognize the impact of gender norms not only on the lives of women but on their own lives as well. How fewer women in politics affect public policies and the economy? …

In this experiential training we will use collective games and theatre to raise food producers’ and consumers’ awareness towards environmental issues and towards climate change mitigation. Can collective games and theatre positively impact on producers and consumers’ attitudes and motivations towards sustainable choices? An Italian pilot study, run by CREA, will provide first insights about …

CAM Florence was the first Italian organization working with men who perpetrated violence against women. In 2009, after years of patient work with abusers, national and international networks were created with people working with perpetrators, a tough job. How can theatre of the oppressed contribute to this work? Since 2013 Parteciparte has been specializing in …

After the forum theatre on male violence and a training for the anti-violence centre practitioners, Parteciparte goes back to Tuscany to keep on working on male violence. This time we will play our forum theatre on masculinity. We will train ourselves to overcome toxic masculinities, build relationships based on freedom, reciprocity and consent. In collaboration …

Often we end up trapped in rigid and externally imposed roles. We end up playing old scripts that push us into problematic behavior. Where do these roles and scripts come from? How can we change them if they oppress us? When scripts come from social norms, transmitted by family, school and the whole society, we …

Parteciparte will organize a Festival of Collective Arts Contamination of Arts, Pedagogies, practices enabling to create collectivity. The festival will bring together people and techniques that allow to tackle tough oppressions, to overcome injustice and division, to create anew strong communities, united and creative. The Saturday will be dedicated to workshops on relationships, desires and …

Our Forum Theatre on male identity will be performed in 7 schools in Rome, to involve children and parents in the search for new scripts, new forms of relationships between boys and girls, more open and respectful. This show stages several forms of male violence and invites the audience to try alternatives to violence. These …

Although it is a powerful instrument, CEDAW often remains a mysterious acronym. How can we effectively use it in our daily life, work and activism? How Forum Theatre can be matched with CEDAW to achieve gender equality and strengthen women’s rights? This workshop will offer the opportunity to experience how Forum Theatre can make CEDAW …