Opera – Thinking about participatory art

‘Just watch, and listen, and take in their story.’

Don’t feel guilty. Don’t feel sorry. Don’t look away. Just watch, and listen, and take in their story. This Is

When we met on Friday morning, there was a cheerful determination to get on with what was still to be

Well. Today was a challenging day. First of all, I had to dance, or at least move in roughly the

The last post was about trusting the process. I didn’t expect things to happen so quickly, but a morning’s work

This is often the trickiest stage of a workshop – somewhere towards the end of the first half. The novelty

The five day community arts summer school in Kaunas got off to a prompt start at 9am this morning. Twenty

The Cabbage Field is part of a former barracks in Šančiai, a suburb of Kaunas (Lithuania). The site was established by

The end of Welfare State Ulverston is a country town a mile or two from Morecambe Bay, in North West

This text and its photographs are taken from ‘Where We Dream: West Bromwich Operatic Society and the Fine Art

Heba El-Cheikh is a creative producer and arts manager based in Cairo who has been working with young people and communities