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UP Drama creates original, new programmes each year that targets specific themes identified by the police and schools. The department’s educational theatre makes use of a mixture of theatrical forms, participatory and educational techniques to reach audiences. The programmes facilitate ways in which learners can get to know more about a topic, think critically about the topic and reflect on problems or issues related to the topic. The power of this form of theatre lies in its immediacy, its power to communicate visually and viscerally, its ability to involve direct action and its potential to incorporate cultural values.
For 2010, the department created two programmes that were presented in both Afrikaans and English and played three times a day. The programme for grades 1-4 dealt with bullying, abuse and theft and the programme for the grade 5-7 learners dealt with drugs and child trafficking. It was a demanding run that required students to draw on, and integrate, their movement, voice, acting and improvisational skills.
Students had to adapt rapidly to changing performance circumstances, venues and audiences. The feedback that the programmes received from schools were overwhelmingly positive. The students felt that the process was a great learning curve for them, not only in terms of performance skills, but also in terms of what they have learnt about themselves and about the ways in which theatre can be used to advocate for active and responsible citizenship.
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