Rachael Jacobs, Robyn Ewing, Juliana M. Saxton and Carole Miller: Embracing tyrannies?: Critical moments...
Assessment is often thought to be the enemy of creativity, with its tyrannical hold over teaching and learning, and its friends ‘quality assurance’ and ‘accountability’. Yet in educational spaces, drama assessment must take place....
Gaenor Stoate: The tyranny of affective distance in the devised drama ensemble
This paper explores the concept of the devised drama ensemble, specifically students in their final year of secondary school curriculum drama in New Zealand’s National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA) programme. Ensembles are established...
A Platform for “Local Talent and Local Stories”
Having received training from the Clowns Without Borders South Africa team, four young facilitators from The Seven Passes Initiative visited nine local schools, in the final part of the ‘Our Story, Your Story’ project.
Having...
Eivind Haugland & Louis Valente Discuss Theatre for Young Audiences – Faces of the ASSITEJ...
Eivind Haugland is a Dramaturg, Essayist, and Translator currently working at the Badisches Staatstheater in Karlsruhe. He holds a Master Degree in Drama and Theatre from NTNU in Trondheim and a Master’s...
Reviving the Art of Storytelling
Storytelling can be traced back through the ages. Prior to written text and literature, communication of stories, traditions, customs and values was often through the oral traditions of voice and song. Yet, despite the...
Meeting with Yonela Sithela and Maggi Fernando
YS: My name is Yonela, and my surname is Sithela. I am a Magnet Theatre ex-trainee. I did my training in 2012 and graduated in 2013. I’m a performer. I’m an artist. I can sing....
Making Theatre With Jennie Reznek
Myrto Papoulia and Tegan Arazny sat down with Jennie Reznek, Director and Trustee of Magnet Theatre, on Thursday, 22nd June 2017.
You can watch the full video (32 minutes) of their conversation here, or you...
Theatre for Young Audiences and Migration
The Association of Theatre for Children and Young People (ASSITEJ) in France, Italy, and Spain are collaborating on a project that focuses on migration and the Performing Arts for Children and Young...
Sarah Woodland: Heterotopias in Performance: Participatory theatre in a women’s prison
Our Ancestors, Our History, Our Lost Culture was a devised performance given by women inside Brisbane Women’s Correctional Centre in 2017. The performance dealt with the forced removal and institutionalization of Indigenous Australian children...
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 search of a better planet.
The video below (6 minutes) gives...