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Image Theatre examples

“Say No to Drugs”- Image Theatre played in “Act for What You Believe” Project

In the photo of the Image you can identify:

Oppressed-the girl that is about to take drugs

Oppressor – the colleague/friend that is providing drugs

The Ally of the Oppressed – the friend behind her

The Ally of the Oppressor – the boy that consumes drugs

The neutral person-the girl that sits on the chair and does nothing

The public agreed on the topic of drugs and that it is probably a case of peer pressure in which the girl is involved. The play was shown to a public made out of participants from 6 countries and they all mentioned similar cases in their countries.

The solutions proposed were:

• the Ally of the Oppressed to take a more firm stand against the drugs and to provide support to the oppressed
• The neutral person became more interested and more engaged
• These interventions lead to changing the Oppressed as well in order to say no to drugs and leave the table.

The discussion proved to be fruitful and many ideas were shared related to the role and influence of peer groups on young people.