Chris Blois-Brooke: Documenting ‘Otherness’: The Tyrannical Construction of Knowledge about Theatre for Development?

With Applied Theatre practitioners continuing to work in disparate corners of the world, the documentation of practice is important to allow ideas to travel and be exchanged across borders. Whilst the documents may be...

Quotes of the Day from the ITYARN Conference

Presenters in the International Association of Theatre Critics’s ‘Mature Criticism in Children's Theatre’ keynotes panel. L-R: Dr Octavian Saiu, Dr Manon van de Water, Tracey Saunders and Professor Emmanuel Dandaura. On Socially Conscious Theatre ....
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Workshop in Movement

Check out the video above for some workshop highlights from the session delivered to Youth Delegates at the ASSITEJ Artistic Gathering 2019 in Kristiansand. This was not an ordinary dance class...
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Can the Norwegian Model Inspire a New Direction for the Future of Presenting Professional...

Scenekunstbruket is the largest nationwide provider of Performing Arts for Young Audiences in Norway and is a competence centre for distribution and dissemination of Theatre for Young Audiences. Through their network (in...

Tracey-Lynne Cody, Janinka Greenwood, Sharon Mazer, Christian Penny, and Jo Randerson: Aotearoa / New...

This locally focused panel was truly an inspiration - what follows is a selection of the panel’s words from the session… “I’m going to position as a good thing because it allows people...

Speaking with Mfundo Zono

MF: My name is Mfundo, and my surname is Zono. I’m from Eastern Cape, Port Elizabeth. I first studied at Magnet since 2014 and then I finished in 2015. In 2016, I applied for...

Christine Hatton: Drama as a ‘pedagogy of connection’: crossing epistemological and relational boundaries through...

This paper will explore the use of Heathcote’s rolling role system in a series of drama teaching and research projects which aimed to connect different educational sites, participants and disciplines in shared drama processes....

How Small Children Meet the Arts in Different Parts of the World

Professionals from across the globe came together to discuss how Early Years Children encounter Art. This seminar was led by Ieltxu Ortueta (Brazil), Margot Wood (South Africa), and Hisashi Shimoyama (Japan). Each...

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...

Sitting Down with Kay Smith

KS: I graduated from Magnet Theatre in 2015 How has Magnet helped me? Magnet is amazing. It has challenges especially for young people coming from disadvantaged and impoverished communities. It has its...