Theatre History & Styles

Community theatre in South Africa has become an effective platform to engage with young people. One organisation runs workshops at high schools to raise awareness about social issues such as domestic violence and rape. (2:23) Location: South Africa  

Is a participatory arts organisation based in Northumberland specialising in working with young people. This resource brings together a body of digital work created by young people. Location: England  

Theatre of the Oppressed NYC partners with community members at local organizations to form theatre troupes. These troupes devise and perform plays based on their challenges confronting economic inequality, racism, and other social, health and human rights injustices. This film introduces their work. Duration of film: 2:16 Location: USA  

Cardboard Citizens is a theatre company that works with homeless and marginalized people using Augusto Boal's forum theatre. Every year they tour London's hostels, day centres empowering homeless people to rehearse changes in their lives. This short film is an introduction to their work. Duration of film: 5:00 Location: England  

This rich resource maps the histories of theatre made by South Asian companies, writers, performers, directors and designers over the past forty years with interviews, resources, stories and a timeline. University of Exeter

With 40 years as a groundbreaking disability theatre organisation, Graeae have published some very helpful resources, including case studies, podcasts and presentations.

The-ndaca.org tells the rich history of the disability arts movement with extensive archive and learning resources, oral history films, biographies of those who contributed to the Disability Arts Movement, as well as find out about emerging disabled artists.

A new, interactive e-zine dedicated to black and Asian theatre and culture in the UK. Tribe Arts, 2022

This #ADiffWayToThink Mobile resource library is your one stop shop of thoughts, discussions, toolkits and resources on access and inclusion. Daryl Beeton Productions, 2022