The West Papuan community working group posed a serious threat to the credibility of the Cultural exhibition by adding a component of money making in the exhibition. Throughout the time I have beeen working with them, they have held cultural nights which in discussions with other people have a monetary fume about them which might have turned people away. I raised this issue with them and amongst them I could see this concern had been raised , The following points were discussed:

1. How do we ma… Continue

Destination Zimbabwe was a resultant script from collaborating with International students at RMIT. I was invited by the International Students Union World week committee to work with them and their membership to develop a body of work to be presented at the 2007 RMIT World Week celebration. The decision on the final presentation rested with the committee and their membership as they wanted control over how they were to be represented.

I sat in the committee meetings as they outlined potential… Continue

A SKINNY TWIN THEATRE PRODUCTION

www.skinnytwin.com



Sustained

Dictionary.com----To experience or suffer


Written by Simon Tengende


Director: Steve Payne?


Cast

Andy
Mkipo
Music Over, song carries through play from the start to the end.
Copper 1
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Intro:

Ladies and gentleman you have heard both sides of the story, I now invite you to think about your side, as a jury, from what you have been presented, Your have heard a young African male died in custody,… Continue

As a theatre practitioner collaborating with a community, more times than one, the artistic outcomes of CCD projects I am involved in are Theatre arts based. This does not necessarily mean it was the best possible art form or the preferred option by the community but my own area of expertise. Is this power of influence restrictive in community expression? And for the practitioner, is this a duty of care failure as not all art forms are made available to the community to self determine the best m… Continue

Sharing lifestyles and worldview between CCD practitioner and community, a communion might be the first step or is social emersion.

I was mentoring a colleague recently on a project involving African Youth. It happened straight after lessons at NMIT in the same class and involved multi -art forms. Within the workshop were workshops on drumming, beet boxing, dancing, acting etc for weeks on end she felt that she was not connecting with the group to an extent that she felt the project was noy goi… Continue