Exhibition
Dash & Dem's SHOCK: 'It...all...happened...so...quickly'
27 May 2011
Event times
18:30 - 20:30
Cost of entry
Free
Address
- 113 Bellenden Road
- London
England - SE15 4QY
- United Kingdom
Travel Information
- 12, 36, 171, 436
- Peckham Rye train station
Event map
MOCA London will show video and photographs: the exhibition addresses the reach of theatre into everyday life and the dependence of acting in preparations that constitute applied policy on civil defence and disaster management
About
The title for this exhibition comes from a Casualties Union (CU) training script for displaying the different emotions associated with disaster; in this case 'shock'. The CU is a voluntary organisation that has existed since the Second World War, pioneering the use of acting casualties to provide added 'realism' to civil defence and rescue training exercises. For over 60 years, they have developed unique methodologies enabling actors to simulate 'authentically' both the emotional shock of disaster and physical trauma. Through working with the Casualties Union West Midlands region to produce exercises which test and expand their methodology, the exhibition addresses the reach of theatre into everyday life and the dependence of acting in preparations that constitute applied policy on civil defence and disaster management.www.dashndem.com
