Professional Development Workshops
for EDUCATORS,
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WORKERS and
FACILITATORS
Develop your understanding of and
appreciation for Forum Theatre -
a UNESCO-recognized tool for positive social change. Mixed Company
Theatre’s Professional Development Workshops create a space for solving problems and practicing solutions. Learn how to take effective action,
exploring choices and consequences by critically examining responses to
real-life situations.
These popular summer workshops are always well-attended, so book your space early! Download a workshop brochure.
Please note that all workshops are held at 157 Carlton Street in Toronto, Ontario.
UNDERSTAND HOW SELF-ESTEEM AFFECTS MOMENTS OF DECISION
Forum Theatre portrays a worst-case scenario. This catalyses spectators who then become “Spect-Actors”, replacing characters themselves to change that worst-case for the better. By seeing different people play the same role, an individual is thrown into a creative world of multiple possibilities, perspectives and positive outcomes. Through Mixed Company Theatre’s Professional Development Workshops, you can learn to use Forum Theatre as a unique, interactive tool for social change, redefining outcomes by situating the audience as participants in solution creation. Develop your own skills in the intricacies of these techniques through:
INTRODUCTION TO FORUM THEATRE: PART I
MAY 7 2010, MAY 21 2010, JUNE 28 2010, AUGUST 6 2010
| What you'll learn | Learn to build trust through games and interactive techniques, including storytelling and ‘sculpting’ – developing images to create scenarios to be activated in PART II. Understand this first step in Forum Theatre creation: enhance your communication skills, discovering how you can create a safe environment, and begin to understand how self-esteem affects moments of decision. |
| Who should attend | EVERYONE AND ANYONE |
| Fee | $50 |
| Duration | Half-Day |
| Class Size/Facilitator | Maximum 25 / Mixed Company Facilitator |
| Pre-Requisites | None |
| Materials Provided | N/A |
| Registration | Download a Registration Form |
INTRODUCTION TO FORUM THEATRE: PART II
MAY 7 2010, MAY 21 2010, JUNE 28 2010, AUGUST 6 2010
| What you'll learn | Build on the knowledge, skills and techniques gained in INTRODUCTION TO FORUM THEATRE: PART I. Clarify and strengthen your facilitation skills, through development of your understanding of the fundamentals of creating and activating Forum Theatre scenes. Explore the multiple perspectives these techniques provide when used as tools for positive problem-solving. |
| Who should attend | EVERYONE AND ANYONE |
| Fee | $50 |
| Duration | Half-Day |
| Class Size/Facilitator | Maximum 25 / Mixed Company Facilitator |
| Pre-Requisites | INTRODUCTION TO FORUM THEATRE: PART I |
| Materials Provided | N/A |
| Registration | Download a Registration Form |
MASKS OF MANIPULATION
JUNE 29 - JUNE 30 2010, AUGUST 9 - AUGUST 10 2010
| What you'll learn | Invaluable tools for character development and the conflict-resolution process. Developed by Artistic Director, Simon Malbogat, these Commedia dell’Arte-style masks help define our recognition of different external manipulative energies. Each mask presents the face of universally-recognized emotional responses to these manipulative energies, allowing participants in this workshop to develop acute understanding of manipulation: how and why it happens, why we allow it and what to do about it. |
| Who should attend | EDUCATORS, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WORKERS, FACILITATORS, THEATRE PROFESSIONALS |
| Fee | $200 |
| Duration | 2 Full Days |
| Class Size/Facilitator | Maximum 15 - 20/ Simon Malbogat |
| Pre-Requisites | INTRODUCTION TO FORUM THEATRE: PART I and II |
| Materials Provided | SUPPLEMENTAL MAP OF THE MASKS OF MANIPULATION |
| Registration | Download a Registration Form |
FACILITATOR/JOKER* WORKSHOP
* ‘JOKER’ is the term used to identify a facilitator responsible for the Forum Theatre process. A ‘JOKER’ leads present-ation participants as the Forum play evolves, becoming the liaison between spectators and the characters on stage.
AUGUST 11 - AUGUST 13 2010
| What you'll learn | Become awake, aware and alert to your own negative patterns, becoming an effective facilitator of the same process for others. Develop skills that draw out self-expression; allow those participating to feel safe, and find their own voices in a unique and supportive environment that promotes dialogue, debate and change. ‘JOKERS’ create Forum Theatre scenarios to facilitate and explore internal manipulators including judgement, comparison and self-importance. All participants in this 3 day workshop receive a detailed supplemental reference handbook of Forum Theatre games and facilitation techniques. |
| Who should attend | EDUCATORS, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WORKERS, FACILITATORS, THEATRE PROFESSIONALS |
| Fee | $350 |
| Duration | 3 Full Days |
| Class Size/Facilitator | Maximum 10 - 12/ Simon Malbogat |
| Pre-Requisites | INTRODUCTION TO FORUM THEATRE: PART I and II, MASKS OF MANIPULATION |
| Materials Provided | 34-Page Joker Handbook |
| Registration | Download a Registration Form |
Registration
Please complete and mail your registration form, along with a cheque for the registration fee deposit, to the address below:
Mixed Company Theatre
Re: Training Workshops
157 Carlton Street, Suite 201
Toronto, ON M5A 2K3
PRE-BOOK ALL WORKSHOPS - GET INTRODUCTION TO FORUM THEATRE: PART I FOR FREE!
Questions? Call us at 416.515.8080 or email info [at] mixedcompanytheatre [dot] com
