The Animal People

Sheffield, May 2016 – July 2018

Director: Malaika Cunningham

Writer: Joseph Houlders

Designer/Puppet-Maker: Sarah Lewis-Cole

Performers: Julie Burrow, Sam Holland, Umar Butt, Rose Gray, Charlotte East and Annabel Lee

 

A partnership between The Bare Project and The Philosophy Department at The University of Sheffield,  performed at secondary schools across the Sheffield City Region.

A Forum Theatre piece designed to get secondary school students debating philosophical issues.

 

Forum theatre has long been used as a means of provoking discussion and debate in all sorts of contexts, from Occupy protests to the Houses of Parliament.

 

The Animal People addressed some classic philosophical moral dilemmas, and drew from research from the University of Sheffield’s Philosophy Department. The piece encouraged students to reflect upon and discuss complex philosophical moral dilemmas.

A Forum Theatre piece designed to get secondary school students debating philosophical issues.

Forum theatre has long been used as a means of provoking discussion and debate in all sorts of contexts, from Occupy protests to the Houses of Parliament.

The Animal People addressed some classic philosophical moral dilemmas, and drew from research from the University of Sheffield’s Philosophy Department. The piece encouraged students to reflect upon and discuss complex philosophical moral dilemmas.

Director
Malaika Cunningham

Writer
Joseph Houlders

Designer/Puppet-Maker
Sarah Lewis-Cole

Performers
Julie Burrow, Sam Holland, Umar Butt, Rose Gray, Charlotte East and Annabel Lee

 

A partnership between The Bare Project and The Philosophy Department at The University of Sheffield,  performed at secondary schools across the Sheffield City Region.