[van-announce] FREE Drop-in Popular Theatre Workshops presented by NOII & neworldtheatre

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FREE DROP-IN POPULAR THEATRE WORKSHOPS!

No One Is Illegal in collaboration with Neworld Theatre will be hosting a
series of 5 FREE creative resistance theatre workshops during the month of
March. No experience necessary, all welcome!

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Consecutive Tuesdays from March 4 - April 1st
Workshops run from 6- 9 pm
LOCATION TBC (watch for updated callout shortly or check website
http://noii-van.resist.ca for updates)

Food and bus tickets available at the workshops.
Child care reimbursements also available (please contact for details).

* TO GUARANTEE SPACE, PLEASE REGISTER by emailing noii-van at resist.ca
(preferable) or call Alex Mah at 604.251.7974. Simply provide your name,
contact info (email/phone) and which workshops you would like to attend.

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The goal of these introductory workshops is to create a space where
community members and organizers can have an opportunity to explore their
creativity and develop performance tools. These workshops are the
beginning of an exciting collaboration between No One is Illegal and
neworld theatre, through which we hope to jointly contribute to bridging
the gap between art and activism by developing tools of artistic
resistance that are less individualistic and professionalized, and more
deeply rooted in community social movements.

It is our hope that these basic workshops will provide participants with
tools that can be used to strengthen their own personal expression, social
activism and resistance work, and contribute to the health of our many
communities. For example, in developing more effective public intervention
skits and street theatre performances. No One Is Illegal recognizes the
deeply rooted and central role of culture and creative expression as key
components of both historic and on-going resistance movements.

Following from our organizing principles, these workshops will take place
in a space committed to anti-oppression principles.

For more information please feel free to call Alex at 604.251.7974 or Mia
at 604.780.8463 or email noii-van at resist.ca


TUESDAY MARCH 4: THEATRE OF THE OPPRESSED

This workshop will focus on the theatre of the oppressed theatre style
developed by Augusto Boal. Workshop participants will learn about
different theatrical games and forms to use in issue based work with
non-actors. Ideal for use in groups.

*** PLEASE NOTE: This workshop is for people of colour only. Those who
self-identify as having a lived experience of racism personally/ in their
community and include those of African/Black, Latina/Hispanic, Asian,
First Nations/ Indigenous, South Asian, Arab/Persian/Middle Eastern,
Pacific Islander, Bi/Multi/Mixed racial background.


TUESDAY MARCH 11: BASIC SKETCH DEVELOPMENT AND SATIRE

This workshop will focus on the creation of sketches, and on how to
incorporate satire into your work. Participants will come away will skills
that are ideal for developing usable material for demos and other public
events. The workshop will look at the use of humour as a strategy for
advocacy.


TUESDAY MARCH 18: CLOWIN' AROUND

A great workshop to attend for folks wanting to have some fun and work on
feeling comfortable performing in front of people at the same time as you
are developing your performance skills.


TUESDAY MARCH 25: INVISIBLE THEATRE

Find out tricks for performing public street theatre when your audience
doesn't know that you're acting. How do you get an unexpecting audience
involved and engaged in your performance? A great way to get people asking
questions and engaged in social justice issues.


TUESDAY APRIL 1: PROP MAKING (Guest Facilitator TBA)

This workshop will focus on how to create basic props to enhance
theatrical performances. Workshop participants will be some hands on
experience planning, designing and creating props using low cost
materials. Materials will be provided.


- Facilitator Information: The workshops will be facilitated by Marcus
Youssef, a graduate of the National Theatre School and a member of
neworldtheatre's Artistic Producing Team. Marcus most recently was
Collaborating Director on neworld's production of My Name is Rachel Corrie
and conceived and directed It's All About You for Studio 58 in Vancouver.
His plays, many co-written with his long-time collaborators Camyar Chai
and Guillermo Verdecchia, almost always address political or social
context largelysanitized in the mainstream media. These plays include A
Line in the Sand (Chalmer's Award), Ali and Ali and the Axes of Evil,
Adrift (Magnetic North Theatre Festival), True Lies (Rumble, High
Performance Rodeo), Come Back to the 7-11, Judy Blume, Judy Blume, and
Apathy House. Ali and Ali, A Line in the Sand, and Adrift are all
published by Talonbooks. Marcus has also always worked with a variety of
community-based groups, working with them to find ways to make art that's
relevant to people's lived experiences.