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Recognizing voice and redistributing power: Community theatre with refugees and asylum seekers in Leeds
- Source: Performing Ethos: International Journal of Ethics in Theatre & Performance, Volume 9, Issue 1, Nov 2019, p. 67 - 79
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- 01 Nov 2019
Abstract
This article analyses the experience of creating Women of Power (2018) with a diverse group of refugees and asylum seekers in Leeds. Using the normative framework of a dialogic continuum of micro and macro dramaturgies to guide the analysis, the risks and tensions present in several forms of theatre facilitation are considered. The article examines the complexities of critical reflection and language in relation to creating theatre and draws on Nancy Fraser's analysis of social injustice to consider the position of the facilitator when working with migrant populations. The article contends that an effective way to create an engaging aesthetic and to work as 'redistributors' of privilege may be to offer sustainable, dramatic and pragmatic structures for participants to add their voices to.