wolf + water arts company

The Cube Microplex, Dove Street South, Bristol BS2 8JB
17th October 2008 7.30 pm Admission £6 (£5 concession)
For directions and a map to the Cube click on the link here

Twice a year children in treatment from the Royal Devon & Exeter & Plymouth Derriford Hospitals, along with siblings & other family members make the journey to remote North Devon for a wild weekend of creativity & adventure provided by Wolf + Water.

Semat is a youth theatre company based in Jakarta who, supported by search for common ground, came together to work on issues of communal and inter-communal conflict. We were asked to provide training in developing and devising theatre intervention work to empower semat to work within their own communities in developing peace building activities.

A welcome return to this bunch of twenty 8 – 15 year olds with learning difficulties to combine them with a great group of twenty 9 year olds to create a huge outdoor multi media public performance on the theme of bravery involving giant puppets, dragons & …biscuits.

A test of strength

Initially this project spent time with the cpcd (Centre for Peacebuilding and Community Development) counsellors who were delivering psycho social programmes for young people in 3 schools in north ossetia. The region has seen tensions for a long while, many predating the ingush ossetian conflicts of the early 90s, but especially so in the post beslan context.

This three week project brought together people involved or living in conflict zones throughout the world, principally the Balkans, Middle East & Northern Ireland & also from Norway, to meet together, explain & debate their conflicts & look at ways of sharing experiences, good practice & potential solutions. Wolf & Water ran a four day programme around group identities & histories & their roles in conflict.

(HMP Channings Wood, Devon, 1999)

A drama based residency with inmates on the prisons therapeutic community that explored the issues & pressures that would be facing participants in steering clear of illegal drugs on their release. The project looked at the personal pressure that inmates would face from family, peers & their ability to face problems & deal with difficult feelings.

(North Devon 1996)

(Model Farm & Flying Horse Estates, Downpatrick, Northern Ireland, 1991 - 1992)