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All shows are at 7:00pm at the Quaker Meeting House, Summerhill South, Cork City, T12 XW8R.

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Past Performances and Projects

(Dis)Placed: Theatre of the Oppressed Festival

(Dis)Placed was a Theatre of the Oppressed festival exploring the themes of displacement and belonging in January 2025.

Through workshops, performances on the housing crisis, a play on Palestine, and a reflective trip to the Battle of the Boyne, participants engaged in global and local dialogues on land, identity, and solidarity, inspiring community-driven change.

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Power Play: Creating change through Forum and Legislative Theatre

This Deep Dive engaged participants in exploring and addressing social justice issues through theatre in April 2024.

Facilitators Julian Boal and José Soeiro helped explore the question 'how do we understand power and find new ways to play with these dynamics to create change?'

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Irish Refugee Council Playback Theatre Project

In March 2023 Chriszine Backhouse from Creativity and Change and Kelvin Akpaloo worked with the Irish Refugee Council to support their youth members to explore the intersection of education and racism through the medium of spoken word, playback theatre and dance.

This project involved in-person and online workshops through the month. It culminated in a moving and powerful performance on March 25th in the Outhouse Theatre space.

Home: A Playback Theatre performance with CATU

Our March 2025 performance was a collaboration with the Cork Community Action Tenants Union on the theme of 'Home'.

We explored the effects of the housing crisis, asking the question "what does Home mean to you? and what does it mean when Home is under threat?".

The performance included a talk from CATU about the housing crisis and the steps we can take to make a change.

All proceeds from this performance went to the Community Action Tenants Association (CATU).

The Gift of Giving: Fundraiser for Doctors Without Borders

In December 2024, we stepped into the spirit of the season with our playback theatre performance, "The Gift of Giving."

We invited reflection on the joy, warmth, and sometimes the complexity that comes with the act of giving and receiving.

After the performance, we held a cozy gathering with mulled apple cider and mince pies.

All proceeds from the performance were dedicated to Doctors Without Borders—a charitable organisation committed to providing medical aid where it's needed most. They are currently on the ground in Gaza where their medical aid is crucial.

Making Peace: Echoes of Forgiveness

In April 2024, the theme of our performance was peace and forgiveness.

Tell us about a time you let it go, a time you met in the middle, a time you waved the white flag. What does it cost to forgive and when does it feel impossible?

Through movement, dialogue, and music, this performance explored the themes of peace and forgiveness. In an intimate setting, audience members shared personal stories related to these themes, providing the raw material for the improvised scenes. The ensemble of performers transformed these narratives into spontaneous expressions of the universal journey towards peace. The interactive nature of the performance encouraged audience engagement, fostering collective reflection and understanding.

Rebel Stories

In November 2023 the theme of our performance was rebellion. We explored renewal, upheaval, and what it's like to challenge the status quo.

The theme for this month was inspired by the sounds of protest on our city streets - people marching against injustice.

The rebel county resists the rules - which ones have you broken and which ones do you wish you had? From negotiating your bedtime, burning your bra, sit-ins, strikes, call and response. We all want to change the world.

*the theme of "Rebellion" was borrowed from the Moth story telling events

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