IDIERI 9: Day 7 Twitter Roundup
The last day of 9th International Drama in Education Research Institute was no less exciting than those that came before it - with some excellent presentations, a vote on the host city for the next IDIERI,...
Wendy Mages: Theatre-in-Education, Language, and Perspective Taking in Early Childhood Education
At the nexus of three disciplines— educational theatre and drama, language development, and cognitive development—this mixed-methods study investigates the effect of a preschool theatre-in-education (TIE) program on the perspective-taking and emergent literacy skills of...
Interviewing Endre Sannes Hadland – Faces of the ASSITEJ Artistic Gathering 2019
Endre Sannes Hadland is Kilden Theatre’s resident Dramaturg. He has a Master's Degree in Dramaturgy from the University of Aarhus. Endre has worked with Theatre groups and projects in Oslo, Stavanger, and...
Packing Up My Memories
As part of the ASSITEJ Artistic Gathering 2019, we enjoyed a treat of a show titled, Memory In The Bag which was directed by Kenjiro Otani and presented by Company Ma, a...
Snippets from the ASSITEJ Cradle of Creativity
My third day at Cradle of Creativity was spent focusing on the sharing of stories.
Firstly, during the morning plenary at City Hall, I listened to Dr Vicensia Shule (University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania)...
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...
The Closing Ceremony at the Cradle of Creativity
A Closing Ceremony was held on Saturday, 27th May, 2017 to mark the end of the 19th ASSITEJ World Congress and International Theatre Festival for Children and Young People. Performances by a local Youth Orchestra and Dance...
Beviol Swartz and Rozanne Holland Discuss Their Training at Magnet Theatre
BS: My name is Beviol Swartz and I graduated twice, actually. I was in the group 2014-2015, and then I graduated that year, and the third year I was for one year...
Rachel Rhoades: Ethnodrama of Intersectionality: Neoliberalism & Youth Resistance in Toronto
The 12 Toronto youth in my ethnodrama study strive to survive neoliberal individualism that distances them from intimate peer connections and from knowledge of and strategic resistances toward the systemic injustices within the world....
Heads Held High – A Podcast
On Tuesday 3rd July 2018, delegates of the International Drama in Education Research Institute were treated to a performance of Heads Held High, a production by Black Friars that brought together 60 young leaders from 9 South Auckland schools...