This one-day training offers delegates a space to reflect upon their creative practice, explore some of Geese’s methodology and consider some of the challenges associated with the facilitation of theatre and drama-based work across a range of community settings, with both adults and young people.
Throughout the session, delegates participate in a series of practical exercises which invite them to reflect on the experience of being a group participant whilst considering some of the essential skills of facilitation. Delegates are introduced to Geese’s work with mask as a way of exploring the different behaviours and dynamics that can manifest in group settings.
The Art of Facilitation is designed for theatre and drama practitioners working across a range of settings including those working with young people in both formal and informal settings and adults in a range of community settings. The training offers practical hints and tips and a space to consider how to develop your facilitation skill-set.
Some of the key themes explored throughout the day include:
- The importance of establishing a safe(r) space
- The role of play
- Structures for processing experiential exercises
- Working at one-step removed (fiction) v personal level
- Principles of good co-working practice
- The use of the question and structures for different types of question
- Co-creation and power inequalities
- Group dynamics and working with resistance
Sessions can be tailored to suit the needs of a range of facilitators working in the arts and social justice sectors.
The Art of Facilitation is delivered by either Andy Watson, our Artistic Director, or Louise Heywood, our Director of Programmes. They both have over 25 years’ experience facilitating theatre and drama-based projects in custodial and community settings.
