Katy Rubin

March 16: World Theatre of the Oppressed Day with Ashtar Theatre! Join us on Zoom from wherever you are

www.tonyc.nyc/ashtar2026

The People Act has just launched an online map of Legislative Theatre Projects - sharing the focus, impacts, and information about the producing organizations/groups!

www.thepeopleact.org/map

Congrats and gratitude to @katyrubin.bsky.social and the team at The People Act for building this beautiful reference! I'm so glad to get more connected to people doing Legislative Theatre around the world!

At this week's rehearsal, one person gave the essential description of Theatre of the Oppressed: "we have to act, then think!" She shared how important doing this with us in community is, to be more connected, to balance her mind from the the times of being isolated. ❤️❤️❤️

Ohhhh wow

Need to know how the coffee was 👀

“We have to be really clear that there is no contradiction between saying clearly that antisemitism is completely unacceptable and demanding that the genocide end.”

Na'amod's Em Hilton spoke to @novaramedia.com about organising against antisemitism and for Palestinian liberation.

How to Save Democracy: Meet the Pioneers YouTube video by The Conduit

This engaging and informative event brought together two forms of participatory proto-legal activity (citizens' assemblies and legislative theatre) that incorporate + promote designerly ways @cchwalisz.bsky.social @katyrubin.bsky.social @theconduitlondon.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyYs...

People's Charter for People Power - with Katy Rubin and Oli Whittington of Our House When people have experienced ways to bring Power to those with Wisdom and Wisdom to those with Power, then they’ll work together to make it a reality at a larger scale.

Katy Rubin gives an energetic defense for #democracy in this podcast:

accidentalgods.life/peoples-char...

It's a hopeful discussion of what is possible, and indeed what is actually being done.

Embedding creative participatory policy change across charities A collaboration between Legislative Theatre practitioners and Trussell has trialled co-creation at every step of the policy-making process.

In a new article, Legislative Theatre practitioners @katyrubin.bsky.social and Dan Boyden share the process and impact of their recent two-year collaboration with @trusselluk.bsky.social.

Take a read 👉 resolvepoverty.org/embedding-creative-participatory-policy-change-across-national-charities/

Here's another cool looking progressive group that's ditched Twitter! Check 'em out and give 'em a follow, especially if you're in NYC!

Rehearsing for the Revolution: Theater as a Tool of Democratic Imagination - Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly Theatre of the Oppressed empowers people to advocate for themselves and could revitalize democratic practice at the local level.

We shut down our handle over there in April.

People can read about us here! nonprofitquarterly.org/rehearsing-f...

Event participants taking part in legislative theatre activity at the 'Watch, act, vote: legislative theatre for health and climate justice’ event with Katy Rubin and Samra Said facilitating (Credit: Matteo Menopace).

Participants collaborating as part of the collective wisdom exercise during the workshop on ‘Immersive storytelling for social and climate justice'

Myriam Hernández Vazquez's LSE Festival exhibition display 'GAWI: An Ancestral Rarámuri Dream on the Care of Mother Earth’ (Credit: Maria Moore).

Katy Rubin, Dr Miqdad Asaria, Dr Shabna Begum, and Samra Said participating in a panel discussion at the legislative theatre event (Credit: Matteo Menopace).

AFSEE Fellows Myriam Hernández Vazquez and @katyrubin.bsky.social took part in this year's #LSEFestival. Their work focused on the themes of social, climate, and health justice.

ℹ️ Read our news story to find out more: bit.ly/40GvLmN

Written by Liz Morgan and @katyrubin.bsky.social !

Rehearsing for the Revolution: Theater as a Tool of Democratic Imagination - Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly Theatre of the Oppressed empowers people to advocate for themselves and could revitalize democratic practice at the local level.

New article in @npquarterly.bsky.social from me and Liz Morgan of @tonycaction.bsky.social - on essential tools for democratic imagination and creative dissent in this moment! 👇
nonprofitquarterly.org/rehearsing-f...

Amazing #biketrain this morning ...193 people rode with #BritishCycling and #ChorltonPark Primary. So so powerful. Well done to @katyrubin.bsky.social and all other volunteers for their tremendous hard work

Today in the Chorlton Park Primary Bike Train with British Cycling athletes!! What a day it's been... Find out more on ITV: www.itv.com/watch/news/o...

Watch, act, vote: legislative theatre for health and climate justice 6pm Thurs 19 Jun | Katy Rubin, Samra Said | Free event at the LSE Festival: Visions for the Future | Ticket required

I'm based in Manchester, working around the UK! Another short Legislative Theatre workshop at London School of Economics next week, 19 June - mostly sold out but let me know if you'd like to join! www.lse.ac.uk/Events/LSE-F...

Feel free to be in touch, happy to share resources! Sorry to miss you there!

Foto des Konferenzprogramms

Bühnensetting mit zwei Speakern

Nice to be here again #cbf25!

My highlight so far: "The Joy of Citizening" on the empowerment of #citizens in a democracy with @katyrubin.bsky.social and Jon Alexander. Great content and lots of energy in the room!

The Joy of Citizening: Legislative Theatre Demo Workshop! Bringing the principles of active citizenship and joyful participatory governance to life, straight after the Creative Bureaucracy Festival.

This looks interesting:
“The Joy of Citizening: Legislative Theatre Demo Workshop!”

– as part of Creative Bureaucracy Festival with @katyrubin.bsky.social and Jon Alexander on Friday morning

Together with @ukjan.bsky.social Na'amod NW has been encouraging the University of Manchester to adopt better policies on antisemitism & student protest and to drop the IHRA definition.

The University's response has been disappointing.

Read our Press Release here:
drive.google.com/file/d/1hdLc...

We read sections every time we train people to facilitate Theatre of the Oppressed. (Maybe some us re-read Freire more than Boal 🫢)

I'm with the #HandsOff protests today in spirit. That's my mom out there marshalling with 2000 people in the streets in New Haven, CT. 💪🔥

Week 2 of the Chorlton Park Primary Bike Train: 60 kids and adults rode together in the streets today, en route to school! The energy is building, and everyone is having a blast along the way! 🔥🚲

Motherhood does not exist outside of political conditions.

Under Israeli apartheid, Palestinian mothers face systemic violence: forced displacement, military raids, aerial bombardment, and denial of basic resources, including food, water and medicine.

Intro to Theatre of the Oppressed training in NYC next week - last few spots open!! Share and book on, this will be 🔥🔥🔥

Thank you so much for joining us! We're so thrilled about how it went! Onwards!

Just had the most magical morning, joined the official launch of the #ChorltonPark Primary #biketrain. 75 people in all. Congratulations to all the parents and well done to all the kids, it was brilliant 👏

Congratulations to @katyrubin.bsky.social on joining the global community of Senior Fellows from the seven Atlantic Fellowships!🎉

Katy is a designer and practitioner of Legislative Theatre, an innovative participatory democracy methodology.

ℹ️: afsee.atlanticfellows.lse.ac.uk/en-gb/fellow...