Forum Theatre is designed to highlight specific issues or problems in order to find solutions to them.

How it works: To begin with delegates watch a short sketch, which is embedded with discussion points and difficulties to be dealt with at every turn. The piece is then played again but this time the delegates with the help of a facilitator take an active role, stopping and changing the play when a better course of action could have been employed. By re-working the play in this way, delegates can fix each point in turn and as they do so, issues can be debated, ideas shared & solutions explored. Forum unearths issues, which can then be discussed more thoroughly in smaller breakout groups & through role-play.

Theatre Without Walls can create workshops, roleplays and forum productions on almost any issue. We also run media skills based training and provide opportunities for staff development on our community projects.