NATURE
These tools are used as part of widescale awareness programmes and as stand alone educational projects. Street Theatre has proved to be extremely effective tool when transferring messages to a target audience. Some of the advantages are:
- Allows for control of messages (no distortion of the facts)
- Target audience can easily relate to the characters and the situations
- Comedy is used to tackle issues people feel uncomfortable or embarrassed about
- Allows the audience to be involved and gets their full attention (i.e. an interactive approach)
- Handout of relevant leaflets can provide additional information
A question and answer session follows the street theatre. Prizes are given to members of the audience who answer questions correctly. This post-performance element:
- Allows an immediate assessment of the information transferred
- The excitement of winning is associated with the programme thus ensuring a high retention of the message.
|
