TYPE OF WORK
Theatre – particularly participatory and process based work: theatre in education, drama in education, forum theatre.

TARGET GROUPS
Artists, teachers and non-arts based professionals working with disadvantaged young people, those confronted by violence and those from minority ethnic groups.

GEOGRAPHICAL CONTEXT
UK, North Africa and Middle East, East Asia Pacific, Central and Eastern Europe, Western and Southern Europe.

COMPANY POLICY
Participatory arts projects, where there is open access and the focus of the work is on the concerns of the participants, can make a real contribution to bringing about meaningful societal change. This emphasis does not exclude the public sharing of the end product as this is often a valuable way of giving profile and status to the work whilst placing the participants’ ideas in front of a wider audience.

To promote the practice of participatory arts through programme development, training of trainers, advocacy and evaluation.

SCALE OF PROJECTS
Number of practitioners: 1–2
Number of participants: 24 maximum
Preparation time: 1–2 days
Contact time: 3–5 days

Art for Social Change (Central and Eastern Europe, 1999–2004)
Consultant developing and delivering training of trainers, guideline publications, project evaluation in 10 countries for the European Cultural Foundation (ECF).

Aims: Training of trainers to develop and deliver participatory arts programmes empowering young people confronted by violence.

Outcomes: Local projects developed, including further local training sessions, ministries of education involved in introducing programmes, resource centres.

Participants and Partners: Artists, teachers, social workers, psychologists, ministries of education, NGOs, local Soros and Open Society offices.

Branching Out (Central and Eastern Europe, 1998–99)
Drama for empowerment job-shadowing training programme in five countries.

Aims: Training of artists and teachers to use participatory drama and theatre techniques to empower young people to speak out about issues that concern them.

Outcomes: Development of models of good practice, many of the artists establishing own projects through ECF’s Art for Social Change funding. Drama in education in curriculum.

Participants and partners: Artists, teachers, ministries of Education, PHARE Democracy programme.

Improving Inter-ethnic Relations in Central and Eastern Europe (1999-2001)
Consultant/trainer for King Baudouin Foundation’s project in nine countries.

Aims: Improving inter-ethnic relations through participatory arts and culture projects that encouraged dialogue, empowering and giving a voice to minorities, including issues of gender, culture and human rights.

Participants and partners: Artists, cultural centres, NGOs, minority groups, Soros, Open Society, policy-makers.

Teenage Pregnancy Project
Forum theatre based exploration of issues with young people. (London, UK, spring 2003)

Drugs and Alcohol Abuse
Peer Educator Project. Video project with young people. (London, UK, spring 2003)

Training of Trainers
Development and delivery of MA in Cross-sectoral and community arts in partnership with Goldsmith’s College, London University. (London, UK, October 2003)

Artists in Third Sector Training Programme
In partnership with Kunstenaars & Co and the Theatre School, Amsterdam.

Chrissie Tiller
36 Inglis Road
Croydon
Surrey CR0 6QU

T +44 (0)20 8656 5011

E chrissietiller@compuserve.com

“Clarity…focus…inspiration and passion.”
Lubica Beljanski-Ristic on European Cultural Foundation Art for Social Change evaluation workshop (Belgrade, 2000)

“I want to thank Chrissie for the wonderful work of the soul.”
Artem Vesselov, TJUZ Theatre, St Petersburg on EUNETART Educators’ Workshop (Netherlands, 2002)

“All the participants were delighted, inspired, excited and motivated to begin their work in other sectors.”
Elisabeth Loibl on Transmission artists working in the third sector training (Vienna, 2002)

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