Previous projects

Port Alberni Youth and Family Services and TheatreWorks hosted a day long workshop with youth and youth workers using games, Image Theatre and dialogue to explore our struggle with the opioid overdose crisis. We created a powerpoint presentation of our process using photography, art and participants’ reflections for youth to utilize in presentations for local governments, schools and not for profit organizations.

TheatreWorks has facilitated over 150 workshops, with partners including post-secondary institutions, a wide range of not for profit organizations, and schools.

TheatreWorks brought their experience with theatre and working with children to artsREACH Victoria, developing and delivering curriculum across SD 61 for K-grade 5 children. The games were fun, engaging and provided an opportunity for creative expression and skill building. 

Mount Currie First Nation and the Village of Pemberton’s Winds of Change program hosted TheatreWorks in a day long workshop with Indigenous and White youth, school counsellors, and elders to explore, “What Reconciliation Means to Us”. In the workshop we explored barriers, built relationships across the two communities, and deepened our understanding of reconciliation. We presented and animated physical images from our workshop at Mount Currie’s Wellness Celebration, engaging the audience in a creative dialogue about reconciliation.

Coastal Conversations brought together individuals and organizations who work together to protect shoreline. We explored challenges and approaches and reflected on how to work together with our differing perspectives.
 
Cops in the Head addresses those internal voices that have embedded themselves in our psyche. It is not always external forces that we struggle against - sometimes internalized voices that originate from other people are equally powerful. Cops in the Head are the voices of people who put up stop-signs and say, "you can’t do that", "you're stupid", "no good" etc. People who have somehow blocked us and over time have taken up residence inside us, affecting the way each of us listens, sees and acts. This workshop helps participants and living communities identify these voices and liberate themselves in a creative and entertaining way.