GUERRILLA THEATRE with the local homeless community

Guerrilla Tactic 3: January - June 2009 


From November 2008 onwards, members of the PBC conducted art workshops at the Mustard Seed shelter. Some of the workshops included theatre and culminated with the creation of short theatrical works which we took to the downtown mall and library. TD Centre Guerrilla: In January, we appropriated a space in the foodcourt of a downtown Calgary mall to sing a song satirizing poverty issues in Calgary. Mall security was rather slow and timid in their reaction. (Pseudo) Library Guerrilla: Over a number of months in the spring of 2009, the PBC was actually invited by Calgary`s central library to startle patrons with sporadic theatrical performances. These included a an angry mob kicking out a `homeless monkey` from the library lobby. These escapades were so successful with some members from the shelter, the PBC invited members to collaborate on their next interventions.