Friendship and the community artist
When I talk about community art practice with younger or less experienced artists, I often warn against offering friendship to
How participation won, and why it matters
When I talk about community art practice with younger or less experienced artists, I often warn against offering friendship to
The problem of opera Opera is a problematic art. It’s not just the extravagant cost of producing it, or the
As the pandemic recedes—or perhaps becomes normalised—it is becoming hard to recall the strangeness of those lockdown months, and the
It is a surprise, in my sixties, to find myself working on opera, as part of the Traction project. This prestigious art
Suddenly, we are there. In the next six months, a series of performances will test everything we have imagined, planned, organised and created. There are dates. There will be audiences
In the new episode of ‘A Culture of Possibility’, Arlene and I spoke with two old friends, David Slater and
In another time, I was asked by Fuel Theatre to write the introduction for a book called Signal Fires, collecting
Some personal news on my other site:
Regular readers (thank you for your interest) will know my admiration and affection for John Fox, Sue Gill and the
For decades, longer even, cultural policy in Europe has been imagined as a conflict between two ideas. The first is
In January, I began an experiment in podcasting, following an invitation from Owen Kelly and Sophie Hope, who host an
BBC Radio has just broadcast a programme entitled ‘Everyone is an Artist’. It’s part of Archive on 4, a series
Many professional artists believe that working with non-professionals leads to an unavoidable decline in quality. That conviction is so integral