Who is it for — In/Scripted Theatre

1. Facilitator’s Copy

This facilitation script is designed to be restructured,
scribbled on, written over,and doodled through. It has
been compiled as a reflection on our process of developing
ideas and building entrustment in collaboration with health
organisations, community members, and theatre-makers.

Critical questions, ‘Stage Direction’ prompts, and aftercare
practices are woven throughout the script to support you in
facilitating a safe and generative creative process.

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2. Author Observations

Prompts for Authors to record the nuances of their daily lives, which they can
feed into the narratives they build in script-writing sessions.

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3. Set & Light Kit

Simple modelbox-making instructions and reference templates that support the process
of translating quotes from the Author’s script into a shared visual language. This
helps to further unpack the metaphors within the text, identify the visual elements
that are crucial to the storytelling, and open up conversations around how these
ideas might materialise on stage.

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4. Transitions

A set of proposed post-session rituals and prompts that support the safe sense-making
of sessions and anything that may arise during them. These can also be used by Authors
to share feedback, helping Facilitators tailor future sessions to the Author’s needs.

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5.Costume Kit

In addition to the Set & Light Kit, this resource supports the development of
detailed visual references for characters. The templates prompt discussions around
how characters might visually evolve throughout the story, and how costumes can
support and express their sense of self.

Who is this designed for?

For theatre practitioners and
in-house community engagement programmes.

For universities offering
performance-making courses

For health organisations and their rehabilitation programmes

This method was developed to show the benefits of, and the transparency within,
theatre-making with health communities. We hope this will enable theatre makers to test and tailor this method to their practice.

This method is an educational resource that can be introduced in curriculums for emerging theatre practitioners to learn how to create work with healthcare communities in ways that are genuinely mutual and accountable.

This website is a resource for health organisations to connect with theatre practitioners who share their values and can implement this methodology within rehabilitation programmes. Here theatre making can support recovery safely in a shared creative process, countering
illness-related isolation.