arepp:Theatre for Life’s vision is a supportive society in which the individual members are active directors of their own lives, taking responsibility for making informed choices which lead to empowered decisions for their holistic growth. This, in turn, contributes to the constructive development of their society.

Grade 10’s watching a scene from Look Before You Leap: Replay. Katlehong. 2005

arepp:Theatre for Life's mission is to produce travelling Edutainment Theatre presentations in schools, providing interactive, social life-skills and self-efficacy education to school-going youth, to develop resilience and enable informed choice.

The initiation and reinforcement of the processes of self-growth, self-development and self-knowledge in individuals leads towards a change in social attitudes and mores regarding sex, sexuality and gender and so contributes to a reduction of the rates of HIV transmission, discrimination, abuse and rape, thus resulting in the increased mental and physical health of society.

To this end our specific objectives are:

• To (further/better) inform learners about HIV/AIDS, STI’s, Sexuality, Relationships, Gender relations and Abuse and their options in relation to them.
• To demonstrate and teach (more of) the life-skills necessary for the learners to make informed choices about their activities with regard to relationships, society, sex and sexuality, and their right to make those choices.
• To increase understanding and decrease misunderstandings, myths and taboos about HIV/AIDS and the roles and place of sex, sexuality, relationships, condoms and men and women amongst the learners, and how that affects their choices.
• To diminish myths and taboos regarding the use of condoms, and demystify the condom itself (where appropriate).
• To increase understanding of the possible situations, choices and options available to the learners, and where and how to exercise their rights and options with regard to these issues.
• To assist the learners to gain a (better) confidence and understanding of themselves, and how they relate to their community/society.
• To assist the learners to discover where and how to get support and aid for their choices, should they need/wish to.
• To support Life-Orientation Educators in their work with regard to these issues.
• To support community workers and other issue related organisations in their work and presence in these fields.