Let's not miss the boat! Taking a look at society through the lens of Sociodrama.

Boat People: A Sociodrama for Our Time is the title for the September Theatre of Spontaneity.

Held at PIM, from 6.30-8.30 p.m this coming Sunday, 25 September we will be using sociodrama to explore questions such as what is a refugee and what is it to be Australian. This in light of the plight of the people who come to these shores in boats, and also through other means, in the hope of creating a new life for themselves and their families.

Why not just let them in? Give them a roof, a bed, food, make them comfortable, welcome them. According to Arnold Zable, a Melbourne writer, this is what sea and desert people do when faced with the stranger, the new comer.

But what of the method we are using at this coming Theatre of Spontaneity?

Sociodrama is a drama - a happening - of the people (in a society aka the socius). Unscripted, participants explore and create in action the themes, events or issues at hand. Sociodrama is the highest form of creativity and spontaneity, allowing new ideas, new perspectives, which can then pave the way for new action, new directions, relationships and new life.

The creative genius resides in all of us, no experts, no actors are necessary. The sociodrama is of the people, for the people and by the people.

Sue Daniel

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