I propose to present a workshop which demonstrates the effective use of Brechtian Theory, Enchantment methodology and the techniques of Augusto Boal in the enablement of student voice during unstable and (for young people), perceivably hopeless global times. My methods of Drama curriculum design allow for collaborative and flexible curriculum structuring, which tailors to a student’s subjective knowledge and passions and building on these interests to incite engagement to develop new learning; my teaching style builds in a fluidity of trajectory and seeks to walk alongside the student; ready to nuance and shift as a unit of work progresses.

The Brechtian technique of Verfremdungseffekt applied in theatre workshops allows an acceptance of artifice, a distancing from complete absorption, allowing for criticality in one’s own and other’s work. The use of Augusto Boal’s techniques used in his Theatre of the Oppressed encourages student voice. The addition of enchantment through magical realism incorporated into roleplay, and the facilitation of wonder and hope enables a participant to counteract a bleak outlook with the possibility to be an activator of meaningful change.