October 2024 – Rebus Theatre

An image of a Queer flag blowing in the wind with the text: Free LGBTQIA+ Foundations and Allyship training for ARISTs & arts orgs/Workers

Free LGBTQIA+ Awareness and Inclusion Training for Arts Organisations, Community Arts Workers, Artists, Friends and Associates.

October 31, 2024/in Uncategorized/by Ben Drysdale

Rebus is teaming up with Meridian ACT to deliver two free LGBTQIA+ awareness and inclusion training sessions for artists, arts organisations, community arts workers and friends and associates. We are hosting two different sessions at Gorman Arts Centre Main Hall throughout November that will help you create safer and more inclusive spaces for LGBTQIA+ people in your arts practice.

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Stages of Empathy call for Actors

October 30, 2024/in Employment and Volunteering, News, Programs/by Ben Drysdale

Do you have a passion for expressing yourself through theatre / performance? Are you autistic, have an intellectual disability or / and psychosocial disability (mental health challenges)? Do you also identify as LGBTQIA+? If you tick any of these boxes, Rebus Theatre invites you to apply to be a part of our upcoming project, Stages of Empathy.

A flyer with sections coloured like the LGBTQIA+ rainbow flag with text promoting a series of workshops called Spring onto Stage

Spring onto Stage LGBTQIA+ Drama workshops

October 25, 2024/in News, Programs/by Ben Drysdale

Rebus Theatre and SpringOUT Pride Festival present:
Spring Onto Stage!
Award winning theatre company Rebus Theatre is delighted to offer this series of drama workshops created by and for LGBTQIA+ Adults, Elders and their Friends as part of SpringOUT.
Here are THREE, FREE upcoming workshops designed to enhance performance skills for queer folk and allies!

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Community Consultations and Playback Theatre Performances – Stages of Empathy

October 25, 2024/in Programs, Workplace Training/by Ben Drysdale

We are creating a workplace training piece to tour to organisations around Australia in 2025. In this developmental stage of the project, we would value your input at our upcoming Community Organisation Consultation sessions. We’d like to hear from members of community organisations about their experiences working with diverse communities and creating an inclusive environment. We are particularly interested in hearing from people who either work with or have lived in experience in autism, psychosocial and intellectual disability.

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One day Playback Theatre Workshop/Audition with Rebus Theatre

October 12, 2024/in Programs/by Ben Drysdale

This workshop is an introduction to Playback Theatre. It will be a one-day intensive for performers to learn more about the art of Playback. It will also double as a casual audition for the Rebus Playback Theatre Ensemble.

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Crossroads Mental Health Festival

October 1, 2024/in Uncategorized/by Ben Drysdale

This October, in honor of Mental Health Month, Rebus Theatre is proud to present the Crossroads Festival, a heartfelt musical celebration designed to raise awareness and funds for mental health programs. With a focus on reducing stigma and supporting individuals facing mental health challenges, the festival promises a series of inspiring performances by local musicians with lived experience of mental ill-health.

Rebus acknowledges the Ngunnawal and Ngambri people as the traditional custodians of the land on which we live and work, and pays our respect to elders past, present and emerging.

We practice radical empathy through theatre and other arts to stimulate healing and provoke social and environmental change. Together with our donors and friends, Rebus is embarking on a bold new path to reach more of our marginalised than ever before. Play your own part by making a tax deductible donation to support our mission here!

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The Rebus Staff Wellbeing Program is supported by Hands Across Canberra in partnership with the Chief Minister’s Charitable Fund and the Canberra Foundations Collective.

Archive for month: October, 2024

Rebus acknowledges the Ngunnawal and Ngambri people as the traditional custodians of the land on which we live and work, and pays our respect to elders past, present and emerging.