Applause for the Wan Smolbag Theatre
"The single
best thing I
have done during
the three years
of the Sustainable
Logging Project
was to ask Wan
Smolbag Theater to design and
perform a play
on sustainable
logging practices."
David Wood,
Director of
the AusAID funded
Vanuatu
Sustainable
Logging Project.
"I am the GM at Island Cable TV-Pohnpei. We have all enjoyed the program very much. But let me give you a bit on our operation. We are receiving 10 channels of pre-recorded programs recorded in the San Francisco Bay area covering 24 hours per day. We also receive 4 channels off the PanAm 2 Satellite and two local channels. One for "Bill Board" advertising and announcements and lastly our own local channel. this is the channel where your program was aired and aired and aired. People can call in to ask to se any of our local programs and when there are enough requests, we go ahead and run them. "Kasis Road" is one that has been well received and we have many requests to repeat the program. This one is right on the mark. Keep up the good work." David O. Cline. Island Cable TV.
"On
behalf of the
Australian Development
Studies Network,
I would like
to thank you
and the members
of the theatre
group for participating
in our conference
"Education
for Sustainable
Development:
Getting it Right".
The group added
a new and exciting
dimension to
the conference,
providing a
concrete example
of new approaches
to learning.
We have had
very considerable
feedback from
participants
at the conference
and there is
little doubt
that the highlight
of the conference
proceedings
was the workshop
Wan Smolbag
ran. To see
some very senior
Department of
Foreign Affairs
and Trade personnel
and some equally
senior academics
singing and
doing "statue
pictures"
was important.
It provided
an atmosphere
where people
were prepared
to discuss important
issues in a
true sense of
collaboration
and consultation
rather than
talking past
one another,
which is what
often happens
in these forums."
"Alan Walker College of Evangelism exists to research and teach effective, responsible evangelism. Many of the national churches in the Pacific are affiliated with the College and send their leaders and emerging leaders for training. "Kasis Road" video is a most valuable resource that is used in some of our courses. It has a profound impact on our students, especially through its power to touch emotion and the mind."
"In addition to the VIP radio jingle, the use of Wan Smolbag's "VIP Play" has contributed to community enthusiasm in building and maintaining VIP toilets. According to the Rural Sanitation Team, the play makes their job of educating communities much easier as the play highlights the ways in which diseases are spread through poor sanitation. As the play is extremely humorous and therefore enjoyable, viewers attention is kept and this is how "the message" gets across so well. Again, we are sure a workshop or meeting environment would not get across as effectively."