This research project has created a travelling performance group to visit towns throughout the UK and Ireland, hosting 3-hour gatherings for groups of mixed ages, beliefs, and backgrounds. Its aim is to provide an antidote to the lack of meaningful conversations within communities about the ever-growing rate of destruction of the Natural World and its affects. These include poor leadership and a growing sense of social alienation and fragmentation. Employing part ‘performance’ and part dialogue, the project uses monologues written by Andrew Boyd as a seed for conversations among the participants. These explore how the unraveling of the web of life that supports all life on Earth affects individuals, their families, and their communities. Based on the experiences gathered, the project will create a set of materials to enable others to host these conversations in their own communities across the globe.
Emergence Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, no. 1050701.
