International Projects

Chile, Santiago, Colectivo Sustento August to September 2015

Arts Council Funded research and develpment project. An International Collaboration with Colectivo Sustento in Chile. The collective was founded in September 2012 in Santiago-Chile, they are a multidisciplinary collective of arts-workers and activists who use theatre and community gardening as tools for social change. Their work takes place in the local community where the garden is located, in prison and juvenile detention.

You can view our film HERE.

Brazil, São Paulo April - Nov 2013

Acer Brasil

Developed and delivered theatre, art, creative movement and yoga workshops with children, young people and adults in a surrounding favela in São Paulo Diadema, with an NGO called Acer in partnership with a UK charity called Charlotte Miller Art who work with disadvantaged children though the arts. Examples of work are below.

Theatre and art club for children
Theatre for social change group for young people
Yoga, meditation and creative movement workshops for women
English through theatre group
Training young people in storytelling and facilitation skills

Chile, Bolivia, Brasil Community Theatre Festivals Between August 2013 to March 2014

Entepola Community Theatre festival (Chile) Participated in a well-known community theatre festival in Santiago, Chile. I delivered theatre workshops for the community and theatre companies on theatre of the oppressed, creative movement and popular education and performed as part of a roving puppetry performance, called ‘The Birds.’ By Uk company Frolicked

Theatre of the Oppressed Festival (Bolivia) Delivered a rainbow of desire workshop for people practising theatre of the oppressed in different parts of Latin America. The workshop was titled 'The bystander: witnessing oppression'.

Community Theatre conference (Brasil)

Delivered a practical workshop about my projects in a favela in São Paulo to other community theatre practioners from different parts of Latin America and the UK

USA, Vermont July – Aug 2009

Bread and Puppet Theatre

5 week apprenticeship with a world famous political puppet theatre company based on a farm in Vermont, USA. Collaborated with a group of 40 people to devise and perform the weekly circus, dance shows and parades all incorporating different forms of puppetry, mask and circus skills. Examples of work are below.

Weekly dance show and junk instrument band
Weekly human circus seen by up to one thousand people
Created my own side show for the circus
weekly parades in different cities

India Aug 2006-Jan 2007

An Internship for 'Pravah' in New Delhi, India, an NGO that develops citizenship amongst children and young people and influencing young people in order to make a positive impact on society. Examples of work are below.

Rural exposure trip with young people in Delhi to live in a poor village in Rajastan for one week
Created forum theatre with a community in Assam who work in the tea fields
Created street theatre with farmers from the Hymalayas and rickshaw drivers in Delhi
Research on activist theatre groups for the website and complied a case study
Facilitated drama workshops for people in the community and staff at Pravah
Took part in a theatre of the oppressed festival organised by world famous company Jana Sanskriti