Wednesday, June 18, 2025 05:00:00 – 07:00:00 Hasbrouck Hall HAS 138
Disaster Theatre: Disaster at Vogelmorn (a Case Study)
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Sophie Jerram1, Alex Bonham2, and Chris Berthelsen3
1Te Herenga Waka, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, 2Independent, New Zealand, 3Ehime University, Japan
In a 2024 community based production, Disaster at Vogelmorn, in Wellington New Zealand, The Playful Revolution practised with theatre technologies to bring artists and non-artists together to rehearse for a disaster. Theatre was central to bringing people toward a sense of shared need, of timely actions, of Yamori’s notion of intrafestum, to produce what we call convivial commoning.
What does this case study of community theatre environment teach us about practices of sharing resources, including labour, for a non-disaster context? We will discuss the immediacy of disaster and the states of resource sharing before, during and after the production.
