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BADth Annual Conference 2021: Carnival of Canboulay

Masquerades and Dialogues about ‘Race & Power’ at play in Dramatherapy

LIVE & ONLINE PROGRAMME

Friday 22nd – Sunday 24th October Lambeth Town Hall, Brixton (Friday), and the University of Roehampton, Southlands College

(Saturday and Sunday), Monday 25th – Sunday 31st (Online) Please note the programme is subject to change.

Friday 22nd October (Lambeth Town Hall) 5.00pm Annual General Meeting 5.45pm General Meeting 8.00pm Theatre performance of play text: ‘The Killing in the Yard’ by Richard Oberg

(performance/discussion) Richard Oberg, Tim Fagan, and Jim Cameron 9.00pm End

Saturday 23rd October (University of Roehampton)

COLLECTIVE DAY: All attendees will remain together in the same space. 10.00am Arrival, tea & coffee (provided) 10.30am Opening Ceremony & Ritual Space

(option to arrive in mask/costume, facilitated by Sam Adams) 11.30am Comfort break 12.00am KEYNOTE: One Love, One Heart, One Destiny: Healing Our Cultural Trauma

Dr. Fanny Brewster 1.30pm Lunch break (lunch not provided) 2.30pm Tallawah Terrain Part 1: Carol Aleatha Cumberbatch (talk) 2.40pm The Shame of Slavery: Sophistry, Silence and Solidarity – some reflections on

systemic racism, privilege and class

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Henri Seebohm and Pete Holloway (paper) 3.40pm Shut out, shut up and shut in - exploring systemic racism and transgenerational

trauma in the transitional space using dramatherapy facilitated by two female therapists of different heritage in a men’s secure unit: Koya Conteh and Lorna Downing (performance)

4.40pm Tallawah Terrain Part 2: Carol Aleatha Cumberbatch (talk) 4.50pm Whole Group Discussion 5.30pm Break 6.00pm Performative talks:

Your Silence is Violence: Taylor Mitchell

Liming with my Whiteness: Holly Samson 6.30pm Unconscious Bias: Clare Hubbard 7.30pm Tallawah Terrain Part 3: Carol Aleatha Cumberbatch (talk) 7.40pm Whole Group Discussion 8.15pm End

Sunday 24th October (University of Roehampton) OPTIONS DAY: Attendees will be asked to select one option from each group, as well as their second choice, in advance of the Conference. All attendees will start and end the day together. 9.00am Playback Performance: London Playback Theatre

(An opportunity to listen and reflect together, and to witness those reflections being ‘played back’ in the main space, for all)

10.15am Select ONE preferred choice and ONE second choice from the following:

1. Healing in Harmony (facilitated healing space for non-white participants) Kimaya de Silva

2. Cross Cultural Storytelling within Dramatherapy – What happens when a White

storyteller tells a story of African descent? (presentation/workshop) Nina Mdwaba, Ellen Maslin, Nikita Constant and George Fanzio 3. Coming to England: an exploration into Prejudice and Racism in Education and

Industry (performance and discussion) Jacob Turner and Adrian Murrell

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4. Two white British, female Dramatherapists with dual heritage Caribbean/Nigerian families, ask themselves: ‘How do we speak about our truth connected to racism?’ (interactive workshop)

Helen Milward

11.15am Break 11.30am Select ONE preferred choice and ONE second choice from the following:

1. The Identity in Between: Yuhe Tian and Yu-Hsuan Lin AND Performativity of My Blackness: Nonkululeko Vilakazi and Avery Rabbitt (two distinct 30 min performances with shared discussion/reflection in the same space)

2. DISSOSOCIATIONS/SNOITAICOSSID: Lucy Joy and Ali MacDonald AND Strong Black Womxn: Nina Mdwaba (two distinct 30-40 min performances with shared discussion/reflection in the same space)

3. Mask of the Oppressed (workshop) Ana Molinero and Patricia Ojehonmon

4. White Fragility? (a workshop investigating whiteness for white therapists) Inclusion and Visibility Subcommittee

1pm Lunch break (lunch not provided) 2pm Select ONE preferred choice and ONE second choice from the following:

1. Colours of Destruction: Madelaine Joy Cameron AND Maya - Reality of Resilience: Amruta Huddar (two distinct 20 min performances with shared discussion/reflection in same space)

2. Welcome to the Masquerade: Inclusion and Visibility Subcommittee (performance/workshop)

3. Other (experiential workshop) Karima Setohy and Vicky Inam Mohieddeen

3.30pm Break (option to get into mask/costume for closing ceremony) 4.00pm Closing Live Conference 5.00pm End

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Art Installations/Gallery

Hiraeth By Emma Thackam

Sister of Emancipation II By Emma Thackam

There’s an ELEPHANT in the room! By the Inclusion and Visibility Subcommittee

Market Place

BADth Subcommittee Representatives

Bookshop

Agape Theatre Resources

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Annual Conference 2021: Carnival of Canboulay Masquerades and Dialogues about ‘Race & Power’ at play in Dramatherapy

ONLINE (Via Zoom)

Monday 25th October 6.00 – 6.45pm Welcome and Opening 7.00 – 8.30pm KEYNOTE: One Love, One Heart, One Destiny: Healing Our Cultural Trauma

(Recorded from live conference)

Dr. Fanny Brewster Tuesday 26th October 6.00 – 7.30pm The Enactment of Historical Documents to Support the Resistance of Afro-

Descendent Communities - An Experience from Colombia (presentation) Angelo Miramonti

Wednesday 27th October 6.00 – 7.30pm Let’s Talk (facilitated discussion)

Inclusion and Visibility Subcommittee

Thursday 28th October 6.00 – 7.30pm The Influence of Race on The Experience of Dramatherapy (presentation)

Ditty Dokter & Nisha Sajnani

Friday 29th October 6.00 – 7.30pm Let’s Talk About … Racism (eavesdrop on conversation and join for discussion)

Sam Adams and Sarah Glickman

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Saturday 30th October 10.00am – 1.00pm What is your response to white privilege? A workshop for people of all

heritages Gillian Downie and Dawn Gwilt 1.00pm – 2.00pm Lunch/Reconnecting Communal Space (optional) 2.00pm – 4.00pm Of Breath and Fire: A transatlantic roundtable on racial justice presented by

NADTA and BADth Journals (discussion) Nisha Sajnani, Drew Bird, Samantha Adams, Britton Williams, Refiloe Lepere and Clive Holmwood

4.15pm – 5.45pm The Elephant in the Room: Meeting our White Shadow (explorative workshop) Eshmit Kaur

6.00pm – 7.00pm Tending our Sanctuaries: Self-care as Liberation Practice (practice/workshop) Sara Alsaraf

Sunday 31st October 10.00 – 10.45am Thinking about Language Barrier (oral presentation)

Yu-Hsuan Lin 1.00pm – 3.30pm Britain Behind the Mask: Exploring narratives and amplifying voices through

the creative arts (interactive workshop) Marissa Green and Kyra Hall-Gelly

3.45 – 4.45pm Exploring the Pandora’s Box of BADth’s Executive Committee (workshop) Sarah Bradley and Liz Merrick

5.00 – 5.45pm Closing Online Conference