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| area_served = | products = | services = | focus = | mission = "To provide creative-arts education, resources, support and inspiration for children and youth" | method = | revenue = | disbursed = | expenses = | endowment = | num_volunteers = | num_employees = | num_members = | affiliations = | subsid = | owner = | motto = | website = }} Dramatic Need is a UK-registered charity (number 1119443) that sends international arts professionals (such as musicians, artists and actors) to host workshops in underprivileged and rural communities in Africa.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://dramaticneed.org/what_we_do.php )〕 The charity promotes creative expression as a tool for conflict resolution, social development, gender empowerment and the assimilation of health messages in underprivileged communities. Dramatic Need also provides art, music and film-making equipment to schools in South Africa and Rwanda. Volunteers on the Dramatic Need programme work with the children towards producing a performance or exhibition based on the issues that directly affect their communities. The charity has been particularly effective in encouraging young people to discuss and challenge the stigma surrounding HIV/Aids. The Official Patron of Dramatic Need is Her Excellency Dr. Lindiwe Mabuza, former South African High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland. The Board of Trustees includes the Oscar-winning film director Danny Boyle and South African-born actor Sir Antony Sher. In an article for ''The Times'' in the United Kingdom on 11 November 2008, Dramatic Need trustee Danny Boyle described the charity's aims: . Significant supporters of the charity include Josh Hartnett,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Dramatic Need: Celebrity Supporters )〕 Helena Christensen and David Walliams. Hartnett has stated that he wishes to volunteer for Dramatic Need in the future. On 14 November 2010, Dramatic Need sponsored the one time production of ''The Children's Monologues'', directed by Danny Boyle. Held at the Old Vic Theatre in London, it featured the adapted stories of children’s first-hand experiences in South Africa being retold and re-interpreted by and performed by actors such as Sir Ben Kingsley, Benedict Cumberbatch, Tom Hiddleston, Gemma Arterton and Eddie Redmayne. ==See also== *''The Children's Monologues'' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dramatic Need」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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