Lights, Camera, Action: Lighting and Colours in Theatre for Young Audiences
The following series of photographs highlight the unique use of stage lighting in two performances of Theatre for Babies.
Soro et le grain de maïs magique (trans. Soro and the magic grain), directed by Déborah...
Oom Piet’s Story
As part of their 'Our Story, Your Story' project, Clowns Without Borders South Africa ran a series of Intercultural Workshops, involving participants from the communities of Touwsranten and Hoekwil. The sessions were an opportunity for participants to develop...
A Patchwork for Every Age
Patchwork (Dir. Joanna Evans) is an award-winning Early Years Production, created in 2014 with a seed-funding grant from the European Small Size Network. Centred around a bed, the show sees pillows learning to fly,...
Cape Town’s Culture Gangs
Magnet Theatre’s Community Arts Development programme, the Culture Gangs, works to support existing youth drama groups in Cape Town’s townships. In 2017, the groups being supported are Chris Hani High School in Khayelitsha, iThemba Labantu...
Robin Pascoe and Peter Wright: Representation and authenticity in drama research
The ways that research is shared is often reductive, pseudo-scientific and may be missing the richness of lived experience. While experience is always embodied as researchers we work to be less removed from the...
Exploring Techniques and Practices from the IDIERI 9 Workshops (Part 5)
Delegates at the 9th International Drama in Education Research Institute were treated to an abundance of exciting and engaging practical workshops during the 7-day event. To give you a flavour of what was on offer, the Dialogue team...
The Perfect Balance with Toomas Tross
"Sometimes it's not the number that's important, or the trick that's important: for the audience, it's why you are in front of them. I believe, I...
Art is a Free Voice?
Gunhild Bjørnsgård led a timely and relevant debate on whether we really have a free voice while creating Art. The discussion explored why Art is important to oneself and to society and...
Panali Panali
Panali Panali, presented by Zambia-based Dinaledi Expressions, combines both storytelling and theatre.
“Panali panali” is a Nyanja phrase, roughly equivalent in English to “once upon a time” or “do I have your attention?” Indeed, the...
Finding Magic at the Baxter Theatre!
The following photo essay explores the wonders of three Performances that were staged at the University of Cape Town's Baxter Theatre on Friday, 19th May, 2017: Korean Story Theatre: Story Silkroad (Korea National University...