MANDALA THEATRE
CREATIVE WORK
Mandala uses the lived experience of young people, supported by academic research, co-creating exciting new plays with young people in collaboration with high-calibre playwrights, which tour nationally and internationally with a professional cast.
The company has a unique creative process to highlighting injustice through tireless research, educational creative workshops and Rehearsed Readings of early drafts with young people inputting and feeding back, to give voice to stories that are not being heard.
Rather than rely on existing plays, Mandala drives new writing and creates exciting, fresh contemporary work, taking it on tour, always visiting the communities which inspired the artistic response, as well as to mainstream venues.
SPRINGBOARD FOR DEBATE
Mandala’s mission is concerned with creating a catalyst for debate leading to social change and contributing to policy and systems change. Integral to our performances are Mandala Debates in each city we tour to, involving local young people, councillors, politicians, relevant NGO experts and academics. Our artistic approach to difficult subjects enables young people to think for themselves, articulate ideas and creatively express what they feel in innovative, interactive workshops within their local communities.
INFORMING FUTURE POLICY
The results of these debates feed back into research and ultimately into government policy decisions on community cohesion and social justice.
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