TheAlternativeSpace
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UNDOING ¦ UNLEARNING ¦ UNBEING

AlternativeUnderstanding
new ways of understanding ourselves
Our take on Learning is not, as you might imagine, about the act of educating
people through imparting knowledge and training;
The Latin word 'educere' means 'to lead out', 'to draw out'', 'to bring from'. Each
of us has our own innate understanding of ourselves and the world around us.
However, this understanding needs to be properly cared for, given scope to
develop. It needs first to be located, accessed, and then developed.
In AlternativeTheatre, we have one of the most powerful forms of Learning.
In AlternativeShakespeare, we have a Theatre that is incredibly potent.
In AlternativeBeing, we have a new way of approaching the future.
AlternativeUnderstanding uses these to better understand ourselves and the world around us;
It does so through the power and universality of creating and telling stories.
Our AlternativeUnderstanding Experience
Locating / Accessing / Developing
the multi-pronged knowledge within us.
Here are just some ways we've gone about doing that, in no particular order:
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Asking questions, even when there are no apparent answers
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Re-developing ourselves, by ourselves, through ourselves
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Re-energising existing plays/books/poems/lyrics etc
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Scraping off the outer crust of our literary heritage
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Focusing on ourselves and the world around us
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Not unreservedly accepting that we are told
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Working together in a caring, sharing way
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Theatre workshops and techniques
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Reading & understanding Plays
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Creating exciting Theatre
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Creating new Stories