SCHISM

ABOUT THE PLAY

Schism is an interactive encounter in a real hotel room between a single participant and two performers. It has been wrien specifi-cally to engage students in a way that is not possible in the class-room, focusing the participant’s aention on issues regarding rela-tionships and birth control and, more importantly encourages par-ticipants to engage with the emotions surrounding these issues based upon their own personal feelings.

Schism does not force students to engage in role play which, stud-ies suggest, actually distances students from the subject under discussion by drawing aention to the constructed artifice of the created situation (Ellis, 2011). Schism gets around this problem by encouraging stu-dents to engage with the performance in the same way that they would in reality, generating genuine responses from participants based upon their own feelings and experiences.

We recognise the fact that there is a degree of risk from an institu-tional point of view in encouraging students to engage with novel forms of performance such as this and we are more than happy to discuss this further with interested parties.

Pilot performances, for Teachers, Governors and Heads can be ar-ranged at a reduced fee depending on time, travel and room hire expenses.

Schism has been wrien specifically to achieve a considerable number of the aims specified within the PSHE curriculum. It provides a means for students to engage in a realistic scenario that places the responsibility upon students to respond in an honest and genuine way and through this, reflect upon the ideas contained within the PSHE syllabus and their wider application in everyday life. Highlighted below are the aims of the curricu-lum with which Schism engages. lum with which Schism engages.

SCHISM AND THE CURRICULUM

Developing relationships and working with others

a. Use social skills to build and maintain a range of positive relationships

b. Use the social skill of negotiation within relationships, recognising their rights and responsibilities and that their actions have consequences

c. Use the social skills of communication, negotiation, assertiveness and collaboration

d. Value differences between people and demonstrate empathy and a willingness to learn about people different from themselves

Decision-making and managing risk

a. Use knowledge and understanding to make informed choices about safety, health and wellbeing

b. Assess and manage the element of risk in personal choices and situations

c. Identify how managing feelings and emotions effectively supports decision-making and risk management.

Critical reflection a. Reflect critically on their own and others’ values

b. Reflect on personal strengths, achievements and areas for development

c. Recognise how others see them and give and receive feedback

d. Reflect on feelings and identify positive ways of understanding, managing and expressing strong emotions and challenging behaviour

e. Develop self-awareness by reflecting critically on their behaviour and its impact on others.

Curriculum opportunities

a. Make real choices and decisions based on accurate information obtained through their own research using a range of sources, including the internet, other media sources and visits/visitors to and from the wider community

b. Meet and work with people from the wider community both in school and through external visits

c. Use case studies, simulations, scenarios and drama to explore personal and social issues and have time to reflect on them in relation to their own lives and behaviour.

d. Take part in individual and group discussion to consider personal, social and moral dilemmas and the choices and decisions relating to them

e.e. Identify sources of help and support and take responsibility for providing accurate information to others

Range and content

a. Examples of diverse values encountered in society and the clarification of personal values

c. Physical and emotional change and puberty

d. Sexual activity, human reproduction, contraception, pregnancy, and sexually transmied infections and HIV and how high-risk behaviours affect the health and wellbeing of individuals, families and communities

e. The features of positive and stable relationships, how to deal with a breakdown in a relationship and the effects of loss and bereavement

f. Different types of relationships, including those within families and between older and young people, boys and girls, and people of the same sex, including civil partnerships

g.g. The nature and importance of marriage and of stable relationships for family life and bringing up children

h. The roles and responsibilities of parents, carers and children in families

Due to the nature of this performance it is more efficient to accom-modate larger groups by extending over several days as opposed to increasing the volume of students per day.

Therefore the rates are as follows: 1st day: £650.00 / 30 students. Subsequent days: £450.00 / 30 students.

Therefore a week-long booking would cost £650.00 + 4 x 450.00 = Therefore a week-long booking would cost £650.00 + 4 x 450.00 = £2450.00 and would engage with around 150 students at a cost of £16.33 per student.

Reduced fees for larger groups can be negotiated.

Please direct all enquiries towards:

Schism@collectiveunconscious.co.uk

or call Mark on 07903 196787

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ABOUT COLLECTIVE UNCONSCIOUS

Collective Unconscious are an experimental theatre company working in site-specific immersive performances that actively set out to accommodate audience members within performances to produce a transformative experience that is remembered long after audiences have left the show. Sometimes we scare people, sometimes we share our most intimate secrets however, we do not set out to embarrass, expose or upset our audiences and we never ask participants to play roles, preferring that audiences come as themselves.

To date, our performances include:

Atrium Worcester Arts Workshop August 2011Wonderland Worcester City Centre July 2011 Sextet Spetchley Park Gardens July 2011A Thousand Leaves Tudor House, Worcester June 2011Three Kisses Worcester City Centre June 2011Forever Falling Digital Solo Performance April 2011

(Available at: hp://collectiveunconsciousuk.blogspot.com/2011/04/forever(Available at: hp://collectiveunconsciousuk.blogspot.com/2011/04/forever-falling.html)

Menagerie Worcester Arts Workshop January and March 2011

All our performers and staff carry an enhanced CRB check.

For more information on the company visit:

hp://collectiveunconscious.co.uk

Our address is:Collective UnconsciousCollective UnconsciousWorcester Arts Workshop21 Sansome StreetWorcester

WorcestrershireWR1 1UH