The Sights & Sounds of Sandscape
The beautifully playful production, Sandscape, was incubated within the training programmes of Magnet Theatre (South Africa). The production was a truly international initiative, having been supported by the Goethe-Institut and Helios Theater (Germany), and with trainee participants joining the production from Nigeria...
Talking with Sanja Tropp Frühwald – Faces of the ASSITEJ Artistic Gathering 2019
Sanja Tropp Frühwald studied Contemporary Dance at the Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance (SEAD). She has collaborated with numerous artists and, in 2007, she founded the VRUM Performing Arts Collective and worked...
Takahiro Watanabe: How can drama change learning of both teachers and children at school?
Introducing drama into school curriculum can impact how teachers learn during in-service training programs at school as well as how children learn in lessons. Not just discussing lesson plans or events in lessons but...
Moe Gregorzewski: Interventions of Otherness? Developing a Critical Transcultural Pedagogy through Applied Theatre
I will explore how postcolonial perspectives on culture and migration can inform the development of a process drama-based Applied Theatre practice that encourages social responsibility and critical citizenship amongst young people. Developing such pedagogical...
Talking with Ieltxu Ortueta – Faces of the ASSITEJ Artistic Gathering 2019
Ieltxu Ortueta was born in Bilbao, Basque Country in Spain. He is the father of Gorka and Lua and is also an Actor, Performer, Art Historian, and Graphic Artist. Living and working...
A Patchwork for Every Age
Patchwork (Dir. Joanna Evans) is an award-winning Early Years Production, created in 2014 with a seed-funding grant from the European Small Size Network. Centred around a bed, the show sees pillows learning to fly,...
Education, Education, Education
The following podcast (8 and a half minutes) explores my reflections on the Arts in Education seminars held at the Cradle of Creativity on Friday, May 19th, 2017. These seminars delved into the many...
Whiteout: Audience Responses
Described as a piece which "gives resonance to the complexities of bi-racial relationships", Barrowland Ballet's production of Whiteout (choreographed by Natasha Gilmore), exploded onto the stage with distorted music and movement.
The Dancers began the performance clouded in...
Diversity of Practice at IDIERI 9
One of the great privileges of documenting conferences such as the International Drama in Education Research Institute is being able to partake in diverse practical workshop sessions. On Day 2 of the 7-day event,...
Panali Panali
Panali Panali, presented by Zambia-based Dinaledi Expressions, combines both storytelling and theatre.
“Panali panali” is a Nyanja phrase, roughly equivalent in English to “once upon a time” or “do I have your attention?” Indeed, the...