Yao Yao: Audience Reactions

Yao Yao was produced by BRUSH Theatre and was directed by Kiljun Lee, performed by Actors Byungwook Cho and Heeae Lee, with musical contributions by Sangguon Seo. This magical piece of Theatre centres on the...

Children’s Memory of Performance: Discovery, Rediscovery, and Re-creation

“You don’t need quantitative data to show that Theatre changes people”, says Elaine Faull, to the workshop attendees on Monday afternoon of the ASSITEJ Artistic Gathering 2019. And yet nevertheless, her data...

Reflecting on ‘Our Story, Your Story’

On the benefits of storytelling… “you learn more about yourself.” Young Facilitator “storytelling is great, it gives you more confidence you believe in yourself.” Young Facilitator “people started opening and being vulnerable and just showing us...

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...
iThemba Labantu Cultural Hub

A Day at the iThemba Labantu Cultural Hub

On Sunday 21st May, I attended the Focus Day on Theatre for Healing at the iThemba Labantu Cultural Hub. The following is a video diary of my reactions to the various seminars and performances I attended,...

Jump First, Ask Later – A Reflection

Innovative. Inspiring. Groundbreaking. While watching a screening of Jump First, Ask Later on Wednesday night, I was captured by the creative use of real-life stories from Young Immigrants in Fairfield, Australia. Devised by Powerhouse Youth Theatre,...
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Free Voice Improvisation with Aita Vaher

A fascinating workshop - with lots of tips and tricks on display from Aita Vaher!

Ceren Oran’s Soundpainting Workshop

Listen to the soundscape above for a sense of this fascinating workshop that took place at the ASSITEJ Artistic Gathering 2019 in Kristiansand. For more information about...

Wendy Lathrop Meyer, Kristin Runde and Øystein Vestre: Communication within a cultural sensitive perspective...

‘When Tragedy embraces the Farce’ ‘See me – a double glance’ 'A journey through time and space – storytelling as a meeting between cultures' Meyer aims to show how “The Gogol Project”, involving both Tanzanian and Norwegian...

Catalina Villanueva and Carmel O’Sullivan: Challenging distances: Navigating the waters of critical pedagogy in...

Drama’s potential for critical pedagogy has been explored in recent years (Freebody & Finneran, 2013; O’Connor, 2013), but seldom in Latin American settings. This case study analyses the experiences of Chilean teachers when learning...