ARTPAD Manual and Video

This is a training/information resource in theatre-based participatory development techniques with and for development workers. The resource was developed through participatory research and training courses held with civil society organisations in Northeast Brazil and Peru, where the project team created, tested and adapted theatre-based techniques. Some of these techniques were already well known and used. Others are new. The project team has systematised techniques from existing practice in the field and has also created and adapted many others.The manual is accompanied by a video which includes:

• Interviews with development workers about the role of theatre in their work;
• Demonstrations of exercises; and
• Interviews with workshop participants.

There are also sections on the theory behind the practical work; case studies; results from research with non-governmental organisations (NGOs), practitioners, and groups; examples of workshops; a bibliography; and a Theatre and Development contact list.

The manual is available free of charge in English, Portuguese and Spanish.