Lucy Lott: Social support for young people transitioning from care to independence: revealing the...
This presentation will explore how a participatory drama process might provide insights about how young people transition from care to independence in Queensland, Australia. Gaining knowledge around social support for young people exiting care...
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,...
Thando Doni Discusses His Career
TD: My name is Thando, surname Doni. I studied the training programme in 2008 and finished 2010.
I’m a Theatre maker now. I’m more into directing but I also do a bit of acting as...
Embracing “Good Crazy” at Coming Full Circle
I went to see Coming Full Circle, a talk and documentary screening delivered by Jenny Anne Koppera. During her speech, Koppera spoke of establishing herinternational Theatre company, Spinning Dot Theatre. She began with the...
Speaking with Rhona Matheson – Faces of the ASSITEJ Artistic Gathering 2019
Rhona Matheson has been working in Children’s Theatre & Arts since 2002 when she joined Wee Stories. She began working with Starcatchers on its pilot project in 2006 and since then has...
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...
Robyn Ewing and John Nicholas Saunders: Bridging the literacy-arts divide in Australian primary education:...
In neo-liberal times the distance between traditional understandings of literacy and the Arts has lengthened dramatically. A partnership between Australia’s largest theatre company and Australia’s oldest university has developed, School Drama, a co-mentoring teacher...
Exploring the Producers’ Bazaar
Janni Younge, the multi-award winning South African Puppeteer, facilitated the Cradle of Creativity’s Producers' Bazaar on 22nd and 23rd May 2017 at The Masque Theatre in Muizenberg, Cape Town.
The Bazaar emphasised the importance of making interpersonal connections...
Carol Carter, Richard Sallis and Warren Nebe: Investigating the role of drama in the...
There have been research contributions identifying the efficacy of drama as a method of teaching and learning and for the creation of dialogical spaces. However, these contributions have not been within the field of...
Finding Commonality through Formal Pitches
It seems more important than ever for all involved in the Community Performance field to come together and share their ideas and experiences. Therefore, I was really excited when Monday, 22nd May, 2017 saw...