Active Inquiry are a theatre company based in Edinburgh making theatre with and for our local communities. We are particularly interested in the work of Augusto Boal and Theatre of the Oppressed
Alan chats to Gavin about some common criticisms of Theatre of the Oppressed http://ia601504.us.archive.org/1/items/ActiveInquiryPodcastEp10-Critiques/ActiveInquiryPodcastEp10-Critiques.mp3
Gavin and Alan chat about Ken Loach’s important new film ‘I, Daniel Blake’ http://ia601503.us.archive.org/1/items/ActiveInquiryPodcastEp9IDanielBlake/Active%20Inquiry%20Podcast%20Ep%209%20-%20I,%20Daniel%20Blake.mp3
Gavin chats with Steve of Strangetown young theatre company and Rob of Out of the Blue arts and education trust about past and future productions. http://www.Strangetown.org.uk http://www.outoftheblue.org.uk Remember you can join us for our next production by coming along to our flashback drama group on monday nights. Full details on the website and Facebook pages […]
http://ia601507.us.archive.org/9/items/ActiveInquiryPodcastEp7TheLIVEEpisode/Active%20Inquiry%20Podcast%20Ep%207%20-%20The%20LIVE%20episode.mp3 In May of 2016 Active Inquiry held a day long event as part off our two year project ‘SPECT-ACT’ http://www.activeinquiry.co.uk/current.php As part of this day long event we recorded a podcast with a live audience with the theme ‘ What now? And how?’ If the theatre is the rehearsal for revolution then what do we […]
After a wee break from the Podcast, Alan checks in with Gavin to hear about the exciting work being done by Active Inquiry. http://ia801503.us.archive.org/24/items/ActiveInquiryEp6QuickCatchUp/Active%20Inquiry%20Ep%206%20-%20Quick%20catch%20up.mp3
Gavin and Alan discuss the role of the Joker with Christoph of Kuringa and Filipa of GTO LX WWW.KURINGA.ORG WWW.GTOLX.ORG http://ia601505.us.archive.org/22/items/ActiveInquiryPodcastEp5Jokers/Active%20Inquiry%20Podcast%20Ep%205%20-%20Jokers.mp3
The company come together to discuss our new project – SpectAct http://ia601500.us.archive.org/20/items/ActiveInquiryPodcastEp4SpectAct/Active%20Inquiry%20Podcast%20Ep4%20-%20SpectAct.mp3
Gavin & Alan enjoy a cup of coffee whilst also discussing the need for other perspectives and whether Oppression is subjective or objective http://ia601508.us.archive.org/29/items/ActiveInquiryEp3IsOppressionObjective/Active%20Inquiry%20Ep3%20-%20Is%20Oppression%20Objective.mp3
In our second episode the whole team come together to introduce themselves and share their discovery of Theatre of the Oppressed http://ia801508.us.archive.org/24/items/ActiveInquiryPodcastEp2MeetTheCompany/Active%20Inquiry%20Podcast%20Ep%202%20-%20Meet%20the%20Company.mp3