Cookies on this website

We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. If you click 'Accept all cookies' we'll assume that you are happy to receive all cookies and you won't see this message again. If you click 'Reject all non-essential cookies' only necessary cookies providing core functionality such as security, network management, and accessibility will be enabled. Click 'Find out more' for information on how to change your cookie settings.

Marieke and Ida Persson of COMPAS write about using theatre to engage audiences in social and political issues

On Friday 15 May the IMI's Marieke van Houte hosted In or out? An extraordinary queuing experience, a performance-experience centred around migration, exclusion and discrimination as part of the Ashmolean Museum's LiveFriday: Social Animals.

Marieke and Ida Persson, Research & Communications Officer at COMPAS have blogged about the performances, the audience reactions, and using theatrical methods and metaphors to encourage people to relate to migration experientially as well as intellectually.

Read the blog