About Us
Performing Dialogue is the trading name of Dialogue Community Performance, a Non-Profit Limited by Guarantee Company registered in England & Wales with company number 10676296 (Registered office address: 34 North Street, Bridgwater, Somerset, United Kingdom, TA6 3YD). Performing Dialogue is a a non-profit social enterprise. We aim to support and build the capacity of organisations and individuals worldwide who use Community Performance in their work.
Featured Posts
Space Rocks
Space Rocks, produced by Flying House (South Africa) and directed by Athena Mazarakis, follows the characters of JoJo and Jinks as they journey into Space from their bedroom, in...
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...
Dialogue at the ASSITEJ Cradle of Creativity
This project has now ended. You can see all of the resulting posts (over 100 multimedia resources) here.
Dialogue is proud to announce its partnership...
Little Sparrows Flying at Baxter
Sparrow is a wonderful, sweet performance for the Early Years by Teater Fot (Norway), directed by Lise Hovik. It follows a little sparrow on its journey from the...
Kelly Freebody: Distance through critique: Moving beyond the ‘common-sense’ of drama for social change
This paper urges us to use a critical lens to distance ourselves from common-sense understandings of what we do and why. It unpacks key...
After School Game Changer Programme
I met up with Mandisa Qwosha, from Amoyo Performing Arts Foundation, along with Marius Mama, Errienne Matwan and Harrington Tiny Ngaleka, from the South African Department...
Elizabeth Anderson and Marsha Finlay: But that’s not right, is it Miss? Colonisation and...
This paper tells of collaborative research in which two primary school teachers designed drama work to help their students navigate challenging journeys. From safe...
Chilla Tamas and Erika Piazzoli: Who’s Culture Is It Anyway? An exploration of DiE...
International schools are a melting pot of students from a diverse range of cultures. They afford students unique opportunities to experience cultural immersion in...
Natalie Lazaroo and Izzaty Ishak: The tyranny of (emotional) distance?: Emotional labour and safe...
This paper takes as its theoretical starting points two ideas:(1) Sheila Preston’s (2013) discussion of emotional labour; and (2) ‘safe space’ as explored by...
IDIERI 9: Day 4 Twitter Roundup
Day 4 of IDIERI 9 was a particularly busy one - with panels, papers, and panels aplenty. There was also an Emerging Scholars Panel, as...
Ragnhild Tronstad: Artistic Quality and Audience Participation in Theatre for Young Audiences
A Paper by Ragnhild Tronstad, Kulturtanken – Arts for Young Audiences NorwayPresented at the Conference of the International Theatre for Young Audiences...
