Content, Methodology and Context in the Applied Theatre Intervention of All for Peace in Akungba Community

Abayomi Agboade  Adegbamigbe; Taiwo  Afolabi

doi:10.51699/cajssh.v7i2.1372

Authors

Abayomi Agboade Adegbamigbe Department of Performing Arts, Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, Nigeria
Taiwo Afolabi Centre for Socially Engaged Theatre, University of Johannesburg, South Africa; Theatre Emissary International/Mobile Research Lab, Nigeria

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51699/cajssh.v7i2.1372

Keywords:

Applied Theatre, evaluation, content, context, methodology, environmental sustainability

Abstract

This essay presents a dynamic theory of change as an evaluative tool for Applied Theatre. The tool evaluates All for Peace, a community theatre production of the Department of Performing Arts, Adekunle Ajasin University. The evaluation adopts Helen Cahil’s model of developmental evaluation. The analysis is framed around the tripartite components of content, methodology and context to investigate the production’s thematic concern and it participatory drive towards achieving environmental sustainability. By simultaneously pitching students as facilitators, and participants, the study reveals how applied theatre can help to instigate endogenous development, initiate critical awakening, and orchestrate joint resolve in the community.

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