Drawing Across the Language Barrier



Using cartoons, and fairy tales that translate across many cultures and several languages, Andrea, Chen, Erika and Board member Chris Murphy conducted a series of pilot workshops in animation with English, Polish, Cantonese and Mandarin speaking groups in greater Belfast.  The groups were introduced to story telling technique, cartooning and devising: the techniques that the company has used so far in the creation of this environmental theatre project.

This photograph shows the story board created by a Mandarin speaking mothers' group based on Cinderella.  (Support by our partners at Barnardos and Belfast City Council's Good Relations).