red button theatre and film co-operative

Red Button Theatre run Drama Workshops in the Community

Red Button Theatre and Film Co-Operative are committed to working in the community to help empower individuals within the following groups.

Mental Health Drop-In Centres

Prisons and Young Offender Institutions

Youth Clubs

Residential Homes for the Elderly

Hostels for the Homeless

Drug and Alcohol Centres

Refugees and Asylum Seekers

Church, Charity and Welfare Groups

(Any other group not in the above list but who would like to be)

We can discuss your requirements in a sensitive manner and you can be sure that the individuals running Drama Workshops at your venue will take great care with appropriate centering techniques whilst working.

David Williams is the Artistic Director of Red Button.

We utilise the concept of Augusto Boal's Theatre of the Oppressed and use Forum Theatre to look at conflict and problems within communities and within the lives of individuals. Forum Theatre is where the Spectators become the Spect-actors. A Drama is performed from suggestions and is performed/improvised. The scene is then re-run with the action being stopped and the observers becoming the actors thus changing the dynamic and the journey/ending to the conflict. A Facilitator also known as a joker oversees the smooth running of the work in progress.

These are Drama Workshops and not therapy sessions. We stipulate that a support worker from your organisation be present to take part and to assist any member should challenging topics or situations arise but we always strive to maintain a third person feel to our work so there is a feeling of detachment.

Before we get to the serious stuff however we play a lot of games, have a lot of fun and encourage a sense of purpose and empowerment in the groups that we work with.

No other medium has such an ability to transform peoples' lives. This is Theatre for Change.

“As our Theatre Co-operative takes shape and begins its journey, all our workshops will be provided on a voluntary basis and no charges will be made. We would appreciate however that all transport, accommodation and subsidence costs are covered in the contract with yourselves. We look forward to working together in the future.”

David has undertaken training with the Birmingham Institute of Psychodrama and Geese Theatre. Former Head of Drama at Malory School, Lewisham.

EMPOWERMENT TO THE PEOPLE

Contact us

davidredbutton@googlemail.com

Mob: 07882903055