media
mattersResearch & Process Documentation Community Interventions
Naseeb Ke Paren,
Kya Karen Kya Na Karen
A board game on child rights
Sakhi Sajni
An exhibition to facilitate discussions around life skills for/with
adolescent girls
Mulichya Jatila
He Shobhat Nahi
A video docu-fiction on rights of adolescent girls
Chuppi Todein,
Khulkar Bolein
An interactive exhibition on youth and HIV&AIDS
Whose Dream Counts?
A documentation of a participatory learning and action (PLA) process facilitated with children's groups
Participatory Communication & Action
Report of the annual workshop - 2008
Mukt Manch
An open-to-all platform for screenings, performances, exhibitions... The idea is to come together and dialogue
| Participatory Theatre |
| Rehearsing Change! |
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In
1996, an informal process with a youth group resulted in Chhi!, a
one-act play in Hindi on the issue of solid waste management. The
story revolved around the struggle of a theatre group to evolve a
socially relevant play. A two-year long process and over 50
performances later, media matters formally came into being.
Ten years later, theatre continues to be one of media matters' core areas of intervention - exploring, experimenting and demonstrating the scope and possibilities of participatory theatre in development. And yes, the belief in process is further strengthened. Opportunities have been many “Geeta, Ek Glass Paani...”, a campaign play on the issue of child domestic work in Thane city; demonstrating child participation in Amravati district of Maharashtra; training folk performers on community-based theatre in Koraput district of Orissa; scripting an anti-liquor play with women in Pune district of Maharashtra; working with college-going youth to perform for a HIV/AIDS campaign in Mumbai; developing a communication strategy with theatre groups in Chandrapur district of Maharashtra, facilitating a process wherein village women struggled to “perform” for the first time in their lives in Uttar Pradesh; orientation of theatre groups to perform on key behaviour change issues in Jharkhand... Consolidating these experiences, we also organize our annual six-day residential workshops on the concept and practice of participatory theatre bringing together artists and activists from across states.
Currently, the Performing Media Initiative of media matters has two youth groups actively involved in theatre campaigns on the issue of Right to Information, Solid Waste Management and Sex Selection. For organizing performances in your community, you may please get in touch with us at info@mmindia.org. Forthcoming Workshop Theatre
for Development as Cultural Action Resources on Participatory Theatre |
Theatre for Development
as Cultural Action
February 26 - March 3, 2009
Six-day Residential Workshop
Workshop brochure
Registration form
Learning Calendar
Trainings & Workshops in 2009
kataar!
A play on right to information
Main, Asha...
A play on sex selection
Andher Nagri,
Chaupat Raja
A play by Bhartendu Harishchandra
Chhi!
A play on solid waste management -
the struggle of a theatre group to evolve a socially meaningful play
Learning Centre
A space for collective sharing
and learning
Watch this space for forthcoming activities, events, campaigns
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