Inuit throat-singing sisters Kayley Inuksuk Mackay and Tiffany Kuliktana Ayalik return to Victoria next week, Ballet Victoria opens its season with a nod to Broadway, and Inter-Cultural Association of Greater Victoria and UVic’s Department of Theatre partner on Im:print.
Photo of Dennis Gupa, sourced from UVic.
Dennis Gupa, a PhD candidate in UVic’s Department of Theatre, is using an approach called applied theatre to amplify Filipino voices on climate change. Gupa is creating a series of stories told through song, poetry, acting, and dance in which people in the Philippines tell their own narratives about the impacts of typhoons and climate change.
Though there are different definitions of applied theatre, the most common theme is that it is a practice that reflects on social change. It is a process that mobilizes a community in order to create theatre that reflects their stories.