Art As Activism
Theater As Cultural Intervention
Beyond the Mirror In 2005, Bond Street Theatre of New York and Exile Theatre of Kabul brought a ground-breaking, first ever US-Afghan theatre collaboration to the USA, created and written by the Bond Street Theatre and Exile Theatre ensembles, and directed by Mahmoud Shah Salimi and Joanna Sherman. Woven through myths and memories, family histories and first-hand accounts, traditional dances and live music, story-telling and filmed montages, Beyond the Mirror weaves an intricate tapestry of events, both desperate and hopeful.
Drama New Zealand is an association for teachers, youth theatre and theatre in education practitioners interested in promoting the recognition, study and development of drama in education from early childhood to tertiary education.
Wan Smol Bag meaning 'One Small Bag' in Bislama (the language of Vanuatu), shows people that a theatre group, with one small bag of costumes, can educate nurses, teachers and theatre groups about how they can use drama to address a range of social issues.
