[van-announce] Tues March 25th FREE Drop-In Theatre Workshops Continue. This week INVISIBLE THEATRE

[mia amir]

--pls forward to those who might be interested--

Please join us for the 4th FREE Drop-In Popular Theatre Workshop this
upcoming Tuesday March 25th. This workshop is a part of a series of 5
creative resistance theatre workshops hosted by No One Is Illegal in
collaboration with neworldtheatre.

The workshop this week is: INVISIBLE THEATRE

Time: 6pm - 9 pm
Location: Lore Krill Coop, 239 East Georgia(corner Main/ 4-5 blocks south of
Hastings East)
To get in: Please Buzz #98. If no one picks up, please just wait a few
minutes, as someone WILL be down to open the door for you. If you have any
troubles/need directions please call 604.780.8463.

See full details and description of this and the other remaining workshops
below.

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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 and April. No experience necessary, all welcome!

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All remaining workshops will run consecutive Tuesdays up to and including
April 1st
Workshops run from 6-9 pm
Workshops are held at Georgia Krill Co-op (239 East Georgia, 1 block in from
Main/ 4-5 blocks south of Hastings East)

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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Background to the Theatre Project:

The goal of these introductory workshops is to create a space where
community members and organizers can have an opportunity to exploretheir
creativity and develop performance tools. These workshops are thebeginning
of an exciting collaboration between No One is Illegal and neworld theatre,
through which we hope to jointly contribute tobridging the gap between art
and activism by developing tools ofartistic 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 personalexpression, social
activism and resistance work, and contribute to the health of our many
communities. For example, indeveloping 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 ofboth 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

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Workshop Descriptions:

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.

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Bio for Marcus Youssef, Workshop Facilitator:

The workshops will be facilitated by Marcus Youssef, a graduate of the
NationalTheatre School and a member of neworldtheatre's Artistic Producing
Team. Marcus most recently was Collaborating Director on neworld'sproduction
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 largely sanitized in the mainstream media. These
plays include A Line inthe Sand (Chalmer's Award), Ali and Ali and the Axes
of Evil, Adrift(Magnetic North Theatre Festival), True Lies (Rumble, High
PerformanceRodeo), 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
Talon books. Marcus has also always worked with avariety of community-based
groups, working with them to find ways to make art that's relevant to
people's lived experiences.