Opera – A Restless Art

Understanding community music – can you help?

About five years ago, a group of musicians and academics set up an international research platform to foster understanding of the social

Intellectual property rights have rarely been an issue during my life in community art. The projects I’ve worked consciously rejected

Suddenly it’s October, and Fun Palaces weekend is here. Since its invention in 2014, the Fun Palaces idea has burst

In February, I participated in the kick-off meeting of TRACTION, a Horizon 2020 project researching how digital technology can support

Last night, Streetwise Opera replayed the film of their 2016 production, The Passion, on YouTube, for a world in the grip

Part of the adventure of the Traction project is working with people from very different disciplines to mine. I knew

This is another unusual post. (I seem to be making a habit of that just now, but normal business will

The publication of A Restless Art, long-delayed, is now almost a year in the past. Time has flown, and the

In the heart of midwinter, people in Kaunas shared their community opera as a work in progress, a 40 minute celebration of

‘A Fun Palace is not a fete. It’s not about coming along and having a lovely time. It’s not audience