FORUM THEATRE IN ESTONIA
Forum theatre has been practiced in Estonia since 1999 thanks to two men from Finland – Jouni Piekkari and Micke Renlund, who started to train those who were interested in VAT Theatre, later these people evolved into VAT Theatre Forum Group. Three forum theatre festivals have been held in Estonia. In addition to Tallinn there are active forum groups in Narva, Viljandi and Tartu. But still we don’t have a lot of knowledge about the other wonderful methods of the Theatre of the Oppressed, like newspaper theatre, invisible theatre, legislative theatre and also Rainbow of Desires. That was the reason why NGO Forum Theatre in co-operation with VAT Theatre Forum Group decided to organise an international training to introduce the Rainbow of Desires method. From the 4th until the 12th of December people from Great Britain, Portugal, Romania, Italy and Estonia gathered in a small place called Kloogaranna near the Estonian seaside. Our teacher and guide through this week was a man known to the Estonian forum theatre fans – Iwan Brioc from Wales. This training was called „Free our Mind“, and it was made possible to happen with the funds of Youth in Action Estonia. This material has been made relying mostly on the knowledge and methods we learned from the training, giving a perspective to Rainbow of Desires through the participants of „Free our Mind“.
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