Focus Day on Theatre by Children for Children – Part 1

As part of ASSITEJ’s Cradle of Creativity, a 'Theatre by Children for Children' Focus Day was held at the Vrygrond Cultural Hub on Sunday, 21st May, 2017. What follows is Part 1 of quotes...

Musical Theatre for Education

As a part of the Cradle of Creativity's Focus Day on Music Theatre for Young Audiences, Tina Stodart delivered a Pecha Kucha about her work in Potchefstroom, South Africa. In the following interview (6 minutes), she speaks about using...

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...

The Next Generation Programme at the ASSITEJ Artistic Gathering 2019

The participants of the ASSITEJ Next Generation Programme welcomed delegates to their workshop space on the penultimate day of the Artistic Gathering in Kristiansand to witness and engage with a collaborative process...

Rannveig Thorkelsdóttir: How is drama as a subject implemented in Icelandic compulsory education?

In Iceland, drama is a subject in the national curriculum. Within a socio-cultural framework of understanding, an ethnographic study of the culture and the context for the implementation of drama was carried out and...
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Persona: The Post-Show Talk

We sat down for a chat with the actors from the play, Persona: Rauno Kaibiainen, Merilin Kirbits, Kristian Põldma, and Tanel Ting. Performance Synopsis:I live in an apartment. There...

Festivals and Diversity

Dr Steve Ball, the Associate Director for The Birmingham Repertory Theatre (UK), facilitated a session on the first day of the Producers' Bazaar at ASSITEJ's Cradle of Creativity. He asked attendees to consider: How can...

Dialogue at IDIERI 9: Tyranny of Distance

Dialogue – The Community Performance Network is a non-profit knowledge sharing network specialising in supporting practitioners to generate and use evidence in order to boost and sustain their work. This year, we’re collaborating with IDIERI...

Voices in Dialogue: Peter O’Connor

There was so much in the way of stimulating learning and idea-sharing at the 9th International Drama in Education Research Institute (IDIERI 9) in Auckland last year (2018) that it was impossible...
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Chatting with Yannick Boudeau – Faces of the ASSITEJ Artistic Gathering 2019

Yannick Boudeau has been the General Manager and Producer at Compagnie la Casquette, a Theatre for Young Audience in Brussels, since 2007. Co-founding ASSITEJ Belgium in 2014, he has been the Chairman...