POWER // A Theatre of the Oppressed Exploration

‘Calling all precariats and elites, workers and wage slaves, gods and managers for a 1-day exploration of the implications and impact of POWER in our lives:and in our shared daily experience, using the arsenal of techniques of the Theatre of the Oppressed.

This workshop will use game, theatre and dialogue to explore and unpack how we are shaped, influenced and conformed by our past experiences of POWER, how they manifest in our present, and how we might learn to transform ourselves and the system within which we operate in our future.

30.06.2018
9:30am-6pm
at All Hallows Church, Leeds

Payment is by the solidarity economy:
High waged: €60-40
Med waged: €40-20
Lo/no waged: €20-10

For more info on the gift economy please go to: http://ulexproject.org/a-gift-economy/

To reserve your place or for more information please email to george@reboottheroots.org.uk expressing interest, and we will email you back with application details.

Sponsored places available, no-one refused for lack of funds. Please contact for more info.

Limited spaces available.

About Theatre of the Oppressed

Theatre of the Oppressed is a range of techniques, games and exercises, using embodied narrative to support the empowerment and liberation of individuals and their communities. The approach was developed by Augusto Boal in South America, and has since been used all over the world in the building of community, to dynamize social engagement, and to support individuals to realise their creative potential for personal and social transformation.

“Theatre is a form of knowledge; it should and can also be a means of transforming society. Theatre can help us build our future, rather than just waiting for it.” – Augusto Boal, Games For Actors & Non-Actors

In essence, it utilises theatre in order to generate solutions to real problems, create dialogue where before there was only monologue, and ultimately “humanise humanity” by enabling people to develop the skills and faculties to liberate themselves and others. It creates space for a rehearsal for life. It is a way of analysing the power dynamics of our society and our personal relationships, purporting that personal problems are social problems.

The training will introduce key principles of Boal’s work, laying the foundation for future exploration.

The Facilitators

George Wielgus (Reboot the Roots) is a practitioner of the Theatre of the Oppressed, writer, performance poet and natural farmer who has travelled extensively across Europe and Asia working with socially excluded groups ranging from the homeless in London, subsistence farmers in India, survivors of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia, to heroin addicts and street kids in Kuala Lumpur. They have a decade of experience as a facilitator and educator in fields ranging from TESOL and dramatherapy to drug rehabilitation and conflict resolution. They qualified in his Certificate in Joker Training and Certificate in Rainbow of Desire in 2010.

About Reboot The Roots

Reboot the Roots is a solidarity organisation that promotes social inclusion through the arts. It uses theatre, music and workshops to support people who are denied their rights to full, happy and active participation in society. This includes those recovering from addiction, people living with HIV/AIDS and individuals who have been in conflict with the law.

They facilitate workshops with the socially excluded, train trainers from other organisations and NGOs in techniques of art for inclusion, and help other practitioners to achieve their goals through logistical support, consultation and funding. They believe that creative tools for social transformation can enable people to participate fully and equally in society.

“The basic aim of the Theatre of the Oppressed is to humanize Humanity”

– Augusto Boal, the Declaration of the Principles of the Theatre of the Oppressed’