Description:
The project is centered on
the presentation of mime performances to school-age youngsters
in educational and other youth establishments capable of staging
social functions.
A series of mime sketches, six in all, are used as a basis to
explore a number of facts about the effects of alcohol consumption
with the aim of developing a critical attitude in the audience
towards the personal, family, work and social problems generated
by an alcohol culture.
Attendance at the mime event can be used
as the basis for student participation in educational activities
organized around each presentation.
Project
Objectives:
• Create an awareness
of the use of mime to promote social and cultural messages.
• Facilitate audience reflection
about the effects of consumption of dangerous substances on health
and well-being.
• Stimulate the audience’s capacity to understand
the implications of excessive alcohol consumption.
• Opening up an active communication channel in order to
generate debates about themes suggested by the work.
• The project
also offers healthy alternatives by opening a window on the world
of Mime and Theatre.
Target
Group
“Getting Straight Through” targets
youngsters in the 12-18 year age group attending secondary school
education.
En 2007 a total of 8797 students
participated in 84 representations of "Getting Straight Through"
Valuation
The show gets through to the adolescents,
it impresses them and stimulates both a later debate and work
in the class.
Since the original experimental pilot carried
out during the course 2002 the programme Getting Straight
Through has welcomed all suggestions received, many of
which have greatly contributed to the development of the programme.
The result is a very impressive and positive as form of opening
a debate with 14-18 year old youngsters on the subject of abuse
of alcohol and the risks involved.
Teachers have really found the guide to
raise awareness more effectively than many hours of lecture or
other more technical resources.
In the surveys carried out the students have highlighted: the
interpretation of the artist as well as the capacity of the show
to raise awareness about the risks associated with consumption.