Maria Askew is an award-winning theatre director, performer, writer and educator. She leverages the power of theatre in a broad range of contexts all over the world including working with health care professionals, refugee and migrant communities, in educational settings and with NGOs and charities. Maria also heads up a Masters in Theatre for Community and Education program at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts in London UK. 

You don’t want to miss:

• How to create theatre as a collective ensemble and what it offers you in the process
• The importance of using our bodies as a starting point and how to build character from a simple embodied exercise
• Examples of using Forum Theatre with health care professionals to develop skills and understanding
• Learn about using theatre as a tool to work with ESL (English Second Language) youth
• The opportunities that exist around moving the work online and a few favourite exercises

Links and Resources

• Learn more about Maria Askew
• Check out the Masters in Theatre for Community Education program at Mountview
• Learn more about Clod Ensemble + Performing Medicine
• Learn more about Kazzum Arts

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