Home by Active Inquiry
“At Home. Jessica puts one more thing on credit. Paul reaches for his son. Ryan hears his landlord's key in the lock. Gregor watches the letterbox.
Devised and performed by people with lived experience Active Inquiry use their renowned forum theatre style to question what Home means to each of us and ask how Home can be safe and secure for everyone.
Home is presented in partnership with Shakti Women's Aid, The Bethany Christian Trust and The Alma project. Home uses puppetry, movement and first-hand accounts to explore why Home is not always where the heart is. Exploring issues including mental health, domestic abuse and addiction, Home shows us the problems and asks us to be a part of the solution.”
Active Inquiry is Scotland’s leading exponent of Forum Theatre, their new show Home utilises their renowned style to explore what ‘Home’ means to different individuals and communities in 21st Century Scotland.
Home has been developed by a network of inclusive, community led theatre companies in Leith, Edinburgh set up to engage people with experience of homelessness and addiction; BME women who have experienced domestic abuse; and people who have experienced mental health issues
The Company
Active Inquiry is an arts company based in Leith, Edinburgh committed to creating exciting new theatre and arts projects with and for communities. They are particularly interested in the work of Augusto Boal and the Theatre of the Oppressed.
Active Inquiry enables grassroots communities to make and use excellent theatre as a catalyst to uncover and challenge injustice. They believe in a Scotland in which grassroots communities engage with the arts and the democratic process, contribute to change which is both necessary and possible, and build a more just society.
Created By
Devised and performed by the Active Inquiry Theatre network:
Gavin Crichton (AI Artistic Director) & Karen Toscani (Port in a Storm Facilitators)
Adrian Wilkinson, Graham Forrester, Gina Shearer, Kevin Swan (Port in a Storm Theatre Company Performers)
Emily Steedman & Liz Strange (Alma Theatre Company Facilitators)
Esther Quinn, Frank Anthony, Frank Slaven, Peter Scott, Scott Meldrum (Alma Theatre Company Performers)
Pinar Aksu & Suzanne Dance (Shakti Theatre Company Facilitators)
Kelly Fernandes, Mildred Odhiambo, Sultana Khanam, Temi Adetoba, Tilly Barnton (Shakti Theatre Company)
Puppetry consultant Kim Bergsagel, Vision Mechanics
Sound Designer Gavin Fort
Designer Claire Halleran
Produced by Robyn Jancovich-Brown