AP27 Mehrotra

The paper aims at exploring the applications of Applied Theatre modalities like Theatre of the Oppressed, PlaybackTheatre and Theatre-in-Education conventions in multiple projects within lndia and internationally.The research highlights the design and impact of these tools as embodied practices across social economic realities, cross-cultural dimensions, gender and economic disparities.The paper elucidates projects with different stakeholders in the ecosystem namely with a group of children in Bangalore,lndia (Teach for lndia) from economically and socially disadvantaged community (B months intensive project), a group of teachers in a school in lndia who undenrvent an intensive module in Theatre-in- Education, an international project on "Forum Theatre" per-formance which explored the "Banking model" of education as defined by Paulo Freire in his writings in "Pedagogy of The Oppressed" and a Playback Theatre gathering specifically designed for the youth in lndia to bring in conversations and Dialoguing
on prospects and future possibilities on drama and art education.