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...

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.

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!

We shut down our handle over there in April. People can read about us here! nonprofitquarterly.org/rehearsing-f...

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 !

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...

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!

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 🔥🔥🔥

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...

I've been so grateful to be part of the Atlantic Fellowship for Social and Economic Justice at LSE since 2023 - and excited to be joining the global community of Senior Fellows now! This is a brilliant and radical group of changemakers 🔥

Many thanks to our fantastic facilitators Samra Said from @artshomelessint.bsky.social and @katyrubin.bsky.social from The People Act for expertly guiding our audience through the legislative theatre process with so much energy and enthusiasm ✨

Thanks to everyone in the audience who played such an active role in our legislative theatre event on domestic abuse and homelessness. The room was packed full of expertise from experts by experience to government officials to charity sector colleagues & beyond.

And some photos of the policy team live in action at our Legislative Theatre event. They were flat out working on proposals from our experts by experience & other audience members, and each made commitments to action to prevent homelessness for women experiencing domestic abuse 📝

Legislative Theatre taking over football stadiums! Thanks to Middlesborough Football Club for hosting today's LT process with Sport England: building more diverse and inclusive talent pathways across sport in the North East 🙌⚽ The actors (athletes) were fantastic!

This whole thread - beautiful photos of last week's (very 1st!) Legislative Theatre in Northern Ireland, on domestic abuse and homelessness prevention policy, with @housingrightsni.bsky.social and @artshomelessint.bsky.social! Stay tuned for policy progress too 🔥

Happy World Theatre of the Oppressed Day! Find out more and get some new resources from @tonycaction.bsky.social! 🔥🎉

So, on Boal’s Birthday aka “World TO Day”, we’ve adapted a short image theatre exercise for you to try - by yourself or with friends - to rehearse revolution! It's at www.tonyc.nyc/rehearserevolution2025

It's World Theatre of the Oppressed Day, aka Augusto Boal's Birthday! "Maybe the theatre itself is not revolutionary. But these theatrical forms are without a doubt a rehearsal of revolution. The truth of the matter is that the spectator-actor practices in a real act even though he does it in...

My copy arrived! 🎉 Thrilled to have co-written a chapter in this new book from Bloomsbury on Performance and Social Justice, with Malaika Cunningham and Sarah Woods. Let's 'disrupt the tone of voice within deliberative democracy' - more radical fun! 🔥

What a week in Northern Ireland, working with brilliant folks on legislative theatre and people's charters! Grateful for the warm welcome and beautiful sunshine from Belfast to Rathlin Island. More to come! 🚢🚌🛩️

👏👏 @housingrightsni.bsky.social @katyrubin.bsky.social Great to see the tool of Legislative Theatre applied!

What a day with this incredible group in Belfast: Legislative Theatre to co-create policy on domestic abuse and homelessness, with @housingrightsni.bsky.social @artshomelessint.bsky.social at @themacbelfast.bsky.social 🙌 Brilliant proposals and actions, stay tuned for outputs! 🔥

The play was followed by interactive policy discussions with experts by experiences and policy makers working together to develop key policy proposals and commitments to action, which we will be working together to drive forward in the coming weeks and months.

What a fantastic day in the MAC at our Legislative Theatre event on domestic abuse and homelessness. Huge thanks to the incredibly talented group of women who co-created and performed such a powerful play based on their first-hand experiences of domestic abuse and homelessness.

Cutting new voting cards in preparation for 3(!) Legislative Theatre events around the UK in March ... First up, off to Belfast for a new LT process with @housingrightsni.bsky.social and @artshomelessint.bsky.social! 🔥✅

Wonderful day in Birmingham with these two 🔥 facilitators: rehearsal for @horizon-inspire.bsky.social Legislative Theatre proj. w/West Midlands Combined Authority, on equity in employment opportunities! RSVP for the event on 24 March at @unibirmingham.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/InspireLT

This was us! We've just gotten the Chorlton Park Primary School #biketrain started - so exciting! Kids are having a blast biking to school en masse every Friday... Hoping it grows! 🎉🚲

HAPPENING NOW: Na'amodniks deliver a giant book of international law to Downing Street to remind Keir Starmer of the legal training he’s forgotten!

I'm glad to be collaborating on this legislative theatre project in Belfast with @housingrightsni.bsky.social, @artshomelessint.bsky.social and @ndawomensaid.bsky.social - co-creating policy change to prevent homelessness among women with experience of domestic violence. 🙏

Extended to Feb 28th! www.tonyc.nyc/level1april2... But if you applied by the original deadline, we'll still get back to you next week!

New publication alert: on youth participation in #mentalhealth policy, w/ a focus on legislative theatre! Thanks to Action Research Journal, and to co-authors @sbussu.bsky.social, Zarah Eve and Niamh Carroll. Open access, feedback welcome! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

New paper on #youth participation in #mentalhealth co-authored with brilliant colleagues @katyrubin.bsky.social Niamh Carroll & Zarah Eve On #legislativetheatre @decidim.org and #actionresearch for youth democracy and activism - using assemblage as analytical lens doi.org/10.1177/1476...

From Theatre Workers for a Ceasefire: "This zine features conversations with four U.S.-based theater organizations that have taken up the PACBI call: Theatre of the Oppressed NYC, National Queer Theater, Radical Evolution, and GLYK Kolektiv." theaterworkersforaceasefire.com/zines

Hi New Yorkers - we have office/meeting space available to rent for theatre-related organizations. We're especially looking for an ongoing relationship 😉 so that we can have additional income this year. Please share! www.tonyc.nyc/rentals

🖊️ #DemocracyInAction: @katyrubin.bsky.social & @thinaar.bsky.social wrote about the power of art and creativity in strengthening democracy for the @civicleague.bsky.social : www.nationalcivicleague.org/ncr-article/...

Let's goooo! En route to Newcastle for a 'Legislative Theatre Hackathon' with the new(ish) powerhouse UK Legislative Theatre Network! So excited for 2 days of experimentation, development and fun... towards a healthier and more participatory democracy!!🔥

How can creativity, arts and play help make democracy more inclusive? Our scoping review shows how arts-based methods are used to build solidarity and collective action for social change, but it also highlights key challenges. Read our latest blog. www.inspiredemocracy.eu/post/creativ...

Not much to laugh about today... Till I saw this. Thanks to @tonycaction.bsky.social for bringing the absurdity to life 😂🔥

Katy Rubin, director of The People Act, considers how to bring government and citizens together into creative collaboration for effective participatory democracy.