The company has many years of experience in providing workshops tailored
to local needs in UK and internationally in countries of both North and
South.
Recently in Wales we have delivered workshops for teachers in Climate change using the mantle of the expert.
Other Climate change related workshops for schools that we are delivering are CLIMART WORKSHOPS in collaboration with the west Wales Energy Centre
We will soon have pictures of this 5 day process that works participatory with primary schools. The school at Mathry, for instance, will end up with a 3 metre sculpture of an " Earth goddess" rocking a world in it's arms driven by a bicycle wheel windmill. That's what they designed with us and thats what they all have been working on.
For children in Nantgeredig School, Carmarthenshire we carried out a 3 day workshop in the Rights of the Child resulting in a shadow puppet performance designed and performed by year 4 children.
Ann and Bill have over 29 years of experience each in delivering workshops for young people and adults Their work in Theatre, Arts and Culture for Development in Africa, Asia and the Middle East has equipped them with insights into a vast area of Human Rights issues and development themes.
A whole section on aspects of Carnival
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Small World Facilitation events can help you examine and positively change your organisation, your community, your business your service. ideal for away days, visioning weekends, and team building.
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LANTERN
PARADES TOO
Lit by battery torches
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Mask making and performing
" To make a mask to only hang it on the wall is to toast from an empty glass"
Paul van
Guttenburg.
Mask and movement are a powerful theatrical combination . We help
you make your mask then help you find yourself in it. We can provide
various types of mask making workshops from 4 hours to 4 days , depending
on the complexity of the masks required . We offer many styles of
mask workshop, for example : Festival and carnival masks, processional
giant mask, comedia, scrap and recycled mask. We can work with professional
actors and performers, communities, young people, or anyone else with
an interest.
The masks above were made during
a one day children's mask making workshop using pre formed paper mache casts
from our stock of plaster moulds to kick start the process. If we have longer
than a day we can follow the process through with motivated participants.
"A frozen moment from a moving soul, reanimated by the body."
To commission one of our mask workshops please phone and discuss your requirements,
phone, post and e mail details below
Philosophy for children.
A Workshop for 7 to 13 year olds especially relevant to work in conjunction
with " MOVING !" the show concerning the plight of refugees. This
is also effective with drama events that raise issues
The Martial Art of Puppetry , The Shadow Self , Object Dance and Theatre of the Physical Mind.
Also see examples of projects in the INTERNATIONAL section
Examples of workshops popular in the U.K. are :
Arts and Culture for Development (ACD)
The ACD workshop aims to share their participatory practice and experience in using the arts, drama and puppetry and other creative media in developmental practice. Workshops for artists wanto work in development and development workers wanting to use arts in their practice in UK or Overseas.
Giant processional puppets
Usually working with communities to produce their own carnivals.
Shadow Puppet making and performance.
Schools, communities, youth and theatre groups, film workshops and giant moving backdrops for music performances.
Drama and Mime.
Usually following performances by us or preceding presentations by communities schools, youth groups, or intergenerational groups.
Mask making and performance technique.
Schools, communities, youth and
theatre groups, film workshops and giant moving backdrops for music performances.
These workshops may be useful to communities as an essential component of their participatory project
For professionals: Puppet
making and latex casting. Actor / Puppeteer / makers
For teachers: In service training with theatre puppets & mask. Puppet
making, story writing,
philosophy for children and
performance
For community groups: Social issues, Carnivals ,Processions and Celebrations.
Giant powered by two bicycles, street procession, Ely, Cardiff
Many, many more examples via the link below
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more Giants click here
Theatre and Puppets for Development.
Small World Theatre has worked in collaboration with international NGO´s
and communities in Africa, Asia and Europe using participatory theatre techniques.They
have also trained groups of puppeteers and other performers to produce performances
at street level on development issues. Using themes that encourage social
and environmental change or innovation in partnership with or working for
agencies such as, UN, F.A.O, OXFAM, Age Concern, S.O.S. SAHEL, SCF, CAFOD.
Other commissioned workshops include:
SHADOW PUPPET WORKSHOPS
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to shadow puppet instructions
community workshop
school workshop 2006
An introduction to making and performing with shadow puppets. Small World Theatre have studied shadow puppetry in Bali and worked in China, Hong Kong and Vietnam with shadow puppets. Often booked with one of our shows that feature shadow puppets, the workshop described here aims to introduce the excitement of this low cost , low tech. enchanting theatre technique to a wide range of participants. Workshops begin with a rapid session of collaborative story writing .Then the puppets props and scenery are constructed by the group and performance techniques are explored on the screen . The finale is an improvised performance using everything created in the workshop . This process provides a good introduction to the main aspects of shadow theatre, with a feeling of completion for the participants. We prefer to work with less than 30 participants in a session but can accommodate more by bringing additional personnel. We can provide all materials for puppet construction but we require a suitable space with black out for making and performing in, tables, chairs and an electric power supply.
Booking Information
Consultancy
With aid and development
projects world wide we have used participatory theatre and puppetry
techniques in community development and extension. We cover many areas
of practice including Health, HIV AIDS issues, Human Rights, Child Rights
and Environmental issues, Gender and income generation.
We have many years of experience in co ordinating theatre events in
unusual places bringing artists the community, performers, policy makers
and agencies together to create a memorable and useful developmental
experience.
In an expanding world of information Small World Theatre projects can help individuals and communities make sense of that information and transform it into commonly held knowledge
Here is a link to how we work in an arts for regeneration context
Evaluation
We are experienced Arts and Culture for Development (ACD) and Theatre for Development (TFD) practitioners and are available to evaluate ACD and TFD projects.
Training
SWT also train professional theatre practitioners, artists and development worker in ACD and TFD techniques.
Youth and
pensioners working together to create theatre and other arts activities
Giants and events
Teaching, lecturing,and presenting at events, conferences and seminars
SWT founder members are often asked to share their experience and practice at a wide variety of events.
Commissions, Consultancy and Projects in the UK
We
are often involved in helping
theatre managers, Schools, Universities, Communities, NGO's and INGO's,
Charities, Festival Organisers, Theatre Practitioners, Local Authorities
create site specific events, performances, micro
projects, conferences and seminars.
Other Work
Alan Stivell in front of giant shadow screen
SHADES OF CELTIC FOLK
Ideal for commissioning for your next music festival or World music eventThis is one of a range of specially commissioned shows, first performed as a backdrop on a large scale, outdoor stage at a unique festival of the very best of Celtic folk music.
Using large scale shadow puppets on a 24 ft X 12ft backdrop designed with a Celtic theme and improvised with bands such as Moving Hearts, Alan Stivel, Dave Swarbrick"s Whippersnapper and Afterhours. Mixing media is extremely successful with both audiences and the musicians themselves. The live visual images blend in a colourful and symbiotic way with the music.
SMALL WORLD THEATRE design animated visual backdrops for many different events, such as folk festivals, storytelling gatherings, rock gigs, pageants and world music events. This low tech , giant shadow performance can really make your event an unique occasion. The subtleness of the medium can create a magical effect as it enhances the musicians performance without having to steal the show. To commission the company for giant shadow performances to integrate with your event please contact us well in advance so we can research, create and tailor the appropriate visuals, producing a unique experience for the artists and the audience.
From torch light to search light, indoor or outdoor. Luna & Solar Eclipse Celebrations & Parties.
Link from this head to a page of giants
The Christmas parade in Clonmel,Tipperary, Ireland was something
else in 1997 as four huge puppets appeared through the medieval
arch in a cloud of red smoke. The crowd spilled over the pavement
in their excitement to get close to the Giant Snow Princess, the
snapping giant King Rat, the fierce automated Terminator and the
strange and mysterious Forest Plant. Choreographed set pieces were
performed on the way with costumed attendants interacting with the
giants and between the groups on parade. This unique sight was the
result of a weeks workshop for four groups with Small World Theatre
staff co ordinating and facilitating the giant puppet building.
This exciting and memorable experience was enjoyed by thousands
of people as they filled the streets to witness an astonishing spectacle.
Commissions of this sort are available for your event by contacting
Small World Theatre.
INTERGENERATIONAL WORK
Small World Theatre have been pioneering this field in Wales. Consult us first about intergenerational theatre work.
Below are some links to Generation X a series of projects in Ely, Cardiff and also Bogus a development from these extraordinarily successful projects. There is also a link to our International work
Link to Intergenerational work GENERATION X . Link to Bogus Project. Link to international work
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Small World Theatre have worked as facilitators and directors on a nine
month project in Ely, Cardiff, one of Europe's largest housing estates
with all the attendant problems that are part of these large conurbations.
With the support of the community education service, the schools and
Age concern, the company set about exploring ways that the issues of
fear and mistrust that were evident between the generations could be
addressed and expressed in a dramatic presentation. It was hoped that
a climate of understanding between the generations would ease existing
tensions thus reducing incidences of teenagers threatening pensioners,
mugging, verbal abuse gangs challenging police and emergency services
and joy riding.
The initial stage was perception gathering. It was felt that a questionnaire
would be inappropriate and costly to implement so 1000 poems on intergenerational
themes were commissioned both from the schools and older people. The
poems provided a creative snap shot of opinion whilst being an interesting
process both to participate in and to analyze. Drama workshops in two
secondary schools, one junior school and the centre where the older
people meet also explored the themes.The company had more than enough
information gathered in direct dramatic, artistic and literary ways
to start the process of bringing the generations together .
After a false start in one school where promises did not match reality
the project moved to Glyn Derw High School and sessions were scheduled
for lunch breaks and after school. The excellent working relationship
with the head teacher and his staff allowed the company to progress
rapidly to make up any lost time. The sessions were surprisingly well
attended and the process of making shadow puppets and 3D puppets began.
The young people and the older people worked well together and communication
and friendships developed during the process of writing, designing and
rehearsing the production together. The performance was a huge success
and the participants, 18 young people and 5 older people, still maintain
a relationship. The aims of the project were met and even exceeded.
Once
again it was shown that this sort of work can lead to social change
.
A full report of the project can be obtained from SWT at £5.99p +
postage £1.99p in UK. mainland
Funding for this project was from the Network Foundation.
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