HUNTER students are learning how to identify and respond to domestic violence, through a homegrown initiative that combines dramatic performance with a discussion forum.
Tantrum Youth Arts performed Opening Doors to Swansea High students on Friday, which was followed by a question and answer session with a NSW Police Domestic Violence Liaison Officer, solicitor and representatives from Headspace and Women's Domestic Violence Court Advocacy Service.
“Live performance itself has an undeniable immediacy to it and is really engaging no matter what age,” Tantrum’s Tamara Gazzard said.
“Young people are used to being talked at or seeing things through screens, so to have live three dimensional people in this space is really engaging and has a lot of impact.”
The Cooperative Legal Service Delivery Program approached Ms Gazzard about writing and directing the production, which toured in 2014 and 2016.
A Greater Charitable Foundation grant will take the program to 20 schools.
Helen Gregory
Helen Gregory joined the Newcastle Herald in 2010. She is the masthead’s education reporter and has written for the H2 and Weekender sections, as well as across a range of issues. Helen is a Walkley Award winning journalist and was also part of the Newcastle Herald team that won the United Nations World Environment Day Media Award for Environmental Reporting.
Helen Gregory joined the Newcastle Herald in 2010. She is the masthead’s education reporter and has written for the H2 and Weekender sections, as well as across a range of issues. Helen is a Walkley Award winning journalist and was also part of the Newcastle Herald team that won the United Nations World Environment Day Media Award for Environmental Reporting.
