This past Sunday, August 8, Cantera hosted the second annual Theater Festival here in Ciudad Sandino. With five groups participating from Cantera and Movitep in Managua, the audience of around 250 enjoyed performances, written and performed by the groups themselves, on different themes such as adolescent pregnancy and sexual health, HIV/AIDS awareness, and the environment. People of all ages participated in the festival, whether performing or watching, with theater groups comprised of children, adolescents, teens, and adults.
The Theater Festival at Cantera and the groups that perform are based around Popular Theater, or Theater of the Oppressed, a methodology that uses theater as a means of delivering social messages to the audience according to their specific reality and creating a space for critical thinking, reflection, and dialogue.
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