Gaenor Stoate: The tyranny of affective distance in the devised drama ensemble
This paper explores the concept of the devised drama ensemble, specifically students in their final year of secondary school curriculum drama in New Zealand’s National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA) programme. Ensembles are established...
A Look Inside New Visions/New Voices
New Visions/New Voices is described as "a week-long biennial workshop/festival for playwrights and theaters to stimulate and support the creation of new plays and musicals for young audiences and families." Hosted by the Kennedy Center...
Norwegian Wood: How to Navigate the Norwegian TYA Forest
If the first part of that title made you bop your head to the tune of The Beatles song, you would be forgiven - for I fell for the same reference! And...
Audience Reactions
FTH:K's What Goes Up…, directed by Jayne Batzofin, is a gentle and playful piece that uses South African Sign Language to explore "the physical and emotional scopes of all things Up and Down". Having been created for...
A Platform for “Local Talent and Local Stories”
Having received training from the Clowns Without Borders South Africa team, four young facilitators from The Seven Passes Initiative visited nine local schools, in the final part of the ‘Our Story, Your Story’ project.
Having...
Drama Games from all over the World!
The ASSITEJ Playground was an icebreaker event, where creative and collaborative drama games from practitioners around the world were shared and enjoyed.
It is worth mentioning that many participants and facilitators who were in the audience...
Theatre for Young Audiences and Migration
The Association of Theatre for Children and Young People (ASSITEJ) in France, Italy, and Spain are collaborating on a project that focuses on migration and the Performing Arts for Children and Young...
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...
Talking with Lwando Magwaca
LM: My name is Lwando Magwaca. I graduated 2016. From 2014, 2015, 2016 - so I had three-years intensive programme training with Magnet Theatre.
Tegan Arazny (TA) : AND WHAT HAVE YOU DONE SINCE YOU...
IDIERI 9: Day 3 Twitter Roundup
IDIERI 9 entered its third day on a particularly cold winter's morning. With a plethora of exciting workshops, papers, and panels, the day saw a lot of pertinent provocations.
https://twitter.com/selinabusby/status/1014270762289639425
https://twitter.com/gaenor22/status/1014247037099864064
https://twitter.com/ginippi/status/1014303664213667841
https://twitter.com/jendibella/status/1014285474163068928
https://twitter.com/playfulpedagogy/status/1014334353277517824
https://twitter.com/Imagine_A_Day/status/1014404376054489088
https://twitter.com/cfrenchtweeting/status/1014417643283992576
https://twitter.com/ginippi/status/1014427985028395009