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This article reports that the Makamkaew theatre group in Thailand is a school theatre group that performs community theatre on social issues. Unlike most other theatre groups, they consciously apply a participatory entertainment-education approach in their intervention work. The performances, which are the subject of this study, were not just applauded by the village spectators; they helped generate significant discussions among the performers, facilitators, teachers, students, and the community as a whole. Members of Makampom were asked to join one of three groups. The first group was engaged in formative research. Their task was to dig up detailed information that would undergird the conduct of the project, including information on the target audience, as well as the geographic area of the project. They could find out the above information from archival documents or through field visits. The second group represented the management team, who organized the various activities, events, and managed financial aspects of the project, including raising funds. The third group consisted of trainers, who worked closely with the other two teams. |
