thirdwaytheatre

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Theatre is our tool for resistance and liberation. We use arts-based and socially engaged theatre with communities, schools, and organisations. This approach allows us to engage in creative dialogue through games, exercises, and reflection. We explore and rehearse ideas to break silences. We support brave spaces. In these spaces we learn to speak (our) truth to power. Through creative interventions, the lived experiences of minoritised groups are heard and dignified. No acting or arts-based experience required! 

How we evolved:

TWT was founded in 2000 as part of the Takin’ Up Space Project. The organization collaborates with communities whose rights have been denied or who face marginalization. At Thirdway Theatre (TWT), we believe that art is a form of literacy. It is an inheritance that can be wielded as an alternative medium to pose critical questions. Art has the power to uncover, discover, and recover new ethical frameworks. It challenges dehumanizing narratives – that threaten life as we know it.

The methodologies we use draw inspiration from the work of Augusto Boal. We also lean into the work of a myriad of other socially engaged practitioners. People who use the arts to disrupt silences. They highlight the impact of dominant narratives on our collective welfare (and the more than human). Using the arts in this way helps address these systems that deny access to dignity and rights. It also allows the arts to be a vehicle to move towards liberation and joy. Our goal is to transform relationships so we can live into the reality that another world is possible.

Art is our birth rite, and creativity is a place from which we can generate change. This perspective invites us to rethink who we can be. It encourages us to break free from the mind body split embedded in a purely rational-scientific worldview.

“These are the kinds of acts we owe to each other’s ‘unknown’ journeys.” (Workshop Participant,).

Why ‘Third Way’?

The concept of a Third Way is inspired by philosopher Homi K. Bhabha, who speaks to resistance against colonization. He describes the Third Space as a shared and fluid space. This space creates hybrid possibilities for identity, expression, and action. This acknowledgment honors the origins of our work yet we recognizing we have grown in our understanding of third spaces.

For more information about thirdway theatre please send an email to: info@third-way-theatre.org