Forum-theatre of the fund “Sukhumi” conducted 6 performances in public school No 1 of Tskaltubo. The meeting was attended by 68 pupils, teachers and the head of school.
After seeing the scenes each of them was involved in the game. It was followed by active discussions. Everything was interesting and impressive.
The pupils took photos with young actors, the head of school expressed a will to open different theatric studios.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt – Evangelischer Entwicklunsdienst (Germany)
In public school No 30, there was held a performance of the fund “Sukhumi” forum-theatre. Number of audience was impressive – 58 pupils and teachers. 8 performances were held, with active participation of the audience.
As one of the participants mentioned, it is interesting to show such real scenes in any kind of area, without requisites.
The forum-theatre got invitation in order to show the performances to the other teachers and rest of pupils.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt – Evangelischer Entwicklunsdienst (Germany)
62 pupils attended performances of the forum-theatre in public school No1 of Senaki. They showed 7 performances, which caused interesting discussions and active involvement of pupils.
The most impressive was the screen of relation between mother and child. All of them blamed the child and most of them saw themselves and their faults. Then they tried to show how may be the situation solved, what they must do reduce conflict, which may turn into violence. It is one of the results of the forum-theatre.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt – Evangelischer Entwicklunsdienst (Germany)
In public school No 2 of Tskaltubo, the forum-theatre was attended by 50 pupils and teachers. The audience watched 7 performances, which caused their interest and inclusion in the discussion.
The attendants expressed a will to create a forum theatre in school with the help of fund “Sukhumi”, as they liked this form of expression and relation with the people.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt – Evangelischer Entwicklunsdienst (Germany)
Forum-theater of the fund “Sukhumi” continues its work with new actors and new performances.
The first performance was held in Kutaisi, in former auto factory collective center. The IDPs residing here know the problems, underlined in a small scenes, that’s why they were actively involved in discussions and looked for the solution ways of hard situation.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt – Evangelischer Entwicklunsdienst (Germany)
During the campaign, the forum-theatre of the fund “Sukhumi” staged performances in Zugdidi University, public school No 29 and central park of Kutaisi and in public school No 5 of Abkhazian Autonomous Republic.
Together with interesting performance the viewers received informational sheets, possibility to be involved in the scenes, participation in the discussions, which was too impressive for them.
-It was amazing and realistic, I saw myself in some moments. When I learned that these young people are not actors and I guessed that it is possible to study this profession. I have a desire to create a forum-theatre of my own, - mentioned one of the viewers.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt – Evangelischer Entwicklunsdienst (Germany)
The forum theatre of the fund traditionally is involved in the campaign of 16 active days.
The first performance was shown on November 26 in Tskaltubo in the Women Support Center. 20 persons attended, 6 scenes were shown. One of the viewers mentioned: “Today is a propaganda, that the girls must not obey husbands. I do not like such approach. Woman is a dignity of family. It was so in the past, but now everything has changed”.
On November 27, 6 performances of the forum-theatre were shown in the school No 6 of Abkhazian Autonomous Republic in Kutaisi. Discussion took place among 30 viewers. One of the girls mentioned that she had a desire to participate in the performances; she is ready to have repetitions of the forum-theatre together with her friends.
On December 1, performances of the forum-theatre were shown in the school No7 of Abkhazian Autonomous Republic in Senaki. 30 viewers attended. There were active involvement, new scenes, emotions and interesting discussions…
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt – Evangelischer Entwicklunsdienst (Germany)
7 performances of the forum-theatre of the fund “Sukhumi” were held in one of the parks of Kutaisi (Agmashenebeli Av.). Despite the fact that there were a few amounts of attendants, there was a great interest and active involvement. The boys were against of many things, though the scenes of violence have positive influence on them.
One of the – George mentioned: “why the victim in all performances in the woman? I have many examples, when the woman is a reason of conflict”. The answer was the following: “The women may be the reason, but it does not mean that she must be the victim of violence”.
This argument of course was acceptable for him.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt – Evangelischer Entwicklunsdienst (Germany)
The forum-theatre conducted 6 performances in the amphitheatre of Kutaisi botanical garden for juvenile probationers (by cooperation with Probation Bureau of Imereti). The event was attended by the staff of the fund “Sukhumi”, social worker of the probation bureau and the psychologist.
There were interesting discussions and the analysis of the psychologist. There was a moment when during the performance, while playing the scene of the conflict between father and son, one of the passengers began to shout “I will call the police”, but he was explained that it was a performance. It is a notification of the fact that activities of the forum-theatre are professional and also the fact that people are not indifferent towards the facts of violation.
As it was decided, the fund “Sukhumi” will continue active collaboration with the other organizations.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt – Evangelischer Entwicklunsdienst (Germany)
The forum-theatre conducted ordinary meeting in the “Park of Love” of Kutaisi. Majority of the audience was the youth and an Ukrainian boy among them, who attended the whole performance. The part of the audience – the boys as well as the girls, actively participated in the discussion. The girls mostly blamed the men and the boys thought that the reason of the violence in most cases is the woman, who does not try to avoid the conflict and sometimes aggravates the situation.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt – EvangelischerEntwicklunsdienst (Germany)
Performance of the forum-theatre was conducted in the park of Kutaisi. It was interesting that part of the audience did not participate in the performance demonstratively, as to their opinion, similar events does not happen in our reality. Such announcements, discussions about scales of domestic violence, are the results of the forum-theatre, as the public will by no means thin about similar facts. The youth fixed number of alarming facts around them. As a rule it is an inspiration for new scenes and further performances.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt – EvangelischerEntwicklunsdienst (Germany)
The forum theatre of the fund “Sukhumi” showed the performances in the WSC of Khoni before 28 viewers: violence in the family, violence against children. The performances motivated the viewers for discussion. One lady, who asked not to take her photos, came to the editor with the tears in her eyes and said: “I was the violence victim for 28 years, I knew that my husband did not love me, but I had to bear everything, because I was afraid of returning home, for that period I did not know any way out. Each man will see himself in these scenes, but he will never admit as much, look – how nervously is that man laughing...”
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt – Evangelischer Entwicklunsdienst (Germany)
The forum – theatre of the fund “Sukhumi” conducted 8 new performances in the park of Kikvidze in Kutaisi. Viewers of different generations had different opinions; because of this the discussion was active and noisy.
One of the ladies mentioned: “this is very interesting form of the struggle against violence, as society problem. I do not like many things in modern families: public discussions, possessive attitude and deficit of responsibility. Divorcing became quite easy, that is quite unacceptable for my generation”.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt – Evangelischer Entwicklunsdienst (Germany)
7 performances were staged in the central park of Tskaltubo with attendance of 30 people, mostly men (among them visitors from Azerbaijan, who heard short information about the fund “Sukhumi” and forum-theatre).
Discussion got more active after the first scene.
One of the participants mentioned: “I do not agree to the public discussion of this problem. Wife and husband will quarrel and then solve a problem and the third person will be guilty. The family under devotion will be ruined in any case”.
Of course there were opposite opinions too.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt – Evangelischer Entwicklunsdienst (Germany)
Performances of the Fund “Sukhumi” forum-theatre were conducted in Kutaisi, Youth Park, 7 performances were staged, 5 of them were new.
One of the shows caused interesting and active discussion. The topic showed violence against women, who appeared in a rich family for work.
Women viewers mentioned lots of similar facts. They talked in the third person, but some of them was so worried, that it was obvious, she was telling her own story.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt – Evangelischer Entwicklunsdienst (Germany)
During the performane “violence in the family”, a woman passed by, she though that it was real quarreel and began to shout: “What are you looking at? Go and help!”, but after learning that it was just a performance she laughed a lot.
Forum-theater of the fund “Sukhumi” staged performances in Kutaisi, Ninoshvili square and showed 6 episodes to the public.
“Interesting, real and necessary for society, especially for the youth” – this was the evaluation of the forum-theatre viewers.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt – Evangelischer Entwicklunsdienst (Germany)
