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The suitcase series: an enduring participatory theatre making program in even more urgent times.
- Source :
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NJ: Drama Australia Journal . May 2021, Vol. 45 Issue 1, p59-70. 12p. - Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- Malthouse Theatre's The Suitcase Series celebrated ten years in 2020. As a participatory theatre making program for young people in Years 9 and 10 of secondary education, it holds a unique position in the Victorian and, arguably, the Australian theatre education landscape. Since 2010 Malthouse Theatre has commissioned an original script by a new playwright every two years, then challenging young people to give voice to their thoughts and feelings to the issue through the interrelated roles of creator-performer-audience-critical peer. This paper offers critical insight into the origin, intentions, process, and social and artistic impacts of the program across ten years. It positions the Malthouse as a key contributor to the field of participatory theatre programs in Australia, and considers how theatre can create 'something very forceful, something that we believe, then offer to students in a way that doesn't crush them' (Lynch, 2010). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14452294
- Volume :
- 45
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- NJ: Drama Australia Journal
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 153155404
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/14452294.2021.1978144