Episode 9: Theatre for Restorative Justice Ft. Kimberlee Walker from Theatre of the Beat
Kimberlee Walker is a social worker, actor and Applied Theatre facilitator who is a founding member of Ontario-based not-for-profit Theatre of the Beat (TOTB). Theatre of the Beat is a theatre company with a process rooted in restorative justice principles and a passion for promoting conversations around social justice. Kimberlee developed TOTB's Restorative Justice Theatre Program which runs out of Grand Valley Institution for Women. This program marks the first time that a professional theatre company has collaborated with federally incarcerated women in Canada.
You don’t want to miss:
How Theatre of the Beat got started and how it became the first professional theatre company to collaborate with federally incarcerated women in Canada
Tips for creating safe space in your workshops that use a trauma-informed approach
Why creating theatre within prisons is important and impactful and how you might go about starting your own program
How applying a restorative justice lens to your work may affect your practices
Resources on how to measure and evaluate your applied theatre work
And MORE.
Links and Resources
Learn more about Kimberlee and Theatre of the Beat
Book your spot at TOTB’s upcoming digital show Forgiven/Forgotten
Check out the Justice Arts Coalition – a network uniting teaching artists, arts advocates, currently and formerly incarcerated artists, and allies, harnessing the transformative power of the arts to reimagine justice
Learn more about the impact of prison theatre programs through the Geese Theatre Company evidence library
