Written by Julian Meyrick, Julianne Schultz, and Justin O’Connor National crises, like the pandemics that can provoke them, come in stages. Each stage presents leaders with unique problem…
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 11:15PMFollowing a question on a Facebook forum for drama teachers, I thought I’d share my experience of making stage blood. In rep, there were several...
SOURCE: creatingtheatre.com at 04:28AMI'm not such a fan of 'pretending' any more. The style of naturalism in performance, that prevails particularly on TV is ultimately deceitful, in that it cloaks its own artifice. While it's …
SOURCE: creatingtheatre.com at 12:57PMIf you’ve visited this site before, you’ll notice a change of theme. The time has come to make some changes; the old VLE site is...
SOURCE: creatingtheatre.com at 12:26PMIn Defense of Stage Managers; by Al Franklin - December 2012 issue of Equity News (USA) This article was reproduced on Tumblr, with the additional editorial explanation: On November 5, 201…
SOURCE: creatingtheatre.com at 01:56PMA recent query on LinkedIn by Jen Sumner asked for examples of hard evidence of the impact of drama programmes. In the light of current campaigns around the EBacc and the national curric…
SOURCE: creatingtheatre.com at 03:04AMThe Centre for Economics and Business Research has just published research into the economic value of arts activity, entitled Arts & culture’s economic contribution – An analysi…
SOURCE: creatingtheatre.com at 04:11PMFollowing the post about BSL, I’ve been alerted to a site dedicated to advice on theatre access: The See a Voice project was set up by the charities STAGETEXT and VocalEyes, who provid…
SOURCE: creatingtheatre.com at 02:06PMJust came across this performance, Imogen Heap using sensing gloves; close mics; a Kinect to control Ableton. Very impressive – two years of mapping to create a ‘human instrument…
SOURCE: creatingtheatre.com at 12:25PMA great project has just been published online, which is to translate some of the most important terms from technical theatre into British Sign Language (BSL). Lead by Ali Pottinger and fund…
SOURCE: creatingtheatre.com at 01:38AMThe latest report on the state of arts education in the UK. Glad to see it supports the special funding for drama schools; but more importantly its recognition of the importance of the role …
SOURCE: creatingtheatre.com at 10:19AMAlways a sucker for a dramatic management metaphor, I was delighted to come across this article about Star Wars. Having been suspicious about the Darth Vader approach to motivation, I stand …
SOURCE: creatingtheatre.com at 04:08PMThe arts are one of the main drivers of industry innovation, through design, presentation and merchandising of product; in education delivering crucial interpersonal and collaborative skills…
SOURCE: creatingtheatre.com at 02:27PMGreat article from the USA about theatre for young audiences. Thanks to Chris Elwell for bringing it to attention. Why Children's Theater Matters | Education.com.
SOURCE: creatingtheatre.com at 06:52AMJust love this as a visual essay, combining some quite complex ideas: The Society of the Spectacle Part Two
SOURCE: creatingtheatre.com at 11:28AMI’ve been following with interest a project from the great Ed Berman called the Fun Art Bus. This is a redevelopment of a community project from the 60′s, where the bus transport…
SOURCE: creatingtheatre.com at 11:16AMJust heard from my mate Paul, who’s been the driving force behind a wonderful concept, the Anywhere Theatre Festival. The video: </p>Anywhere Festival
SOURCE: creatingtheatre.com at 05:27PMLearning is no longer a linear commodity, and – like it or not – traditional skills that rely on memorisation and repetition are becoming obsolete in the era of instant information retri…
SOURCE: creatingtheatre.com at 03:30AMI’ve just come back from a fascinating day at TAPRA, the Theatre and Performance Research Association, where we were discussing reaction to Richard Sennett’s analysis of aspects …
SOURCE: creatingtheatre.com at 02:51PMThis video provokes many ideas – and not just about the content, also about the structure of information communication in the digital age. Ken Robinson on RSA Animate
SOURCE: creatingtheatre.com at 04:02AMPatriarchy Gets Funky by Naomi Klein. This excerpt makes a useful contribution to the issue of marketing and identity, that also applies to the world of theatre-making. Written in 2001, some…
SOURCE: creatingtheatre.com at 03:51AMHelp campaign for the arts, and against savage cuts: I Value The Arts .
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