When we were in the streets
With everything that is happening to us, I’ve rather neglected this site recently, writing elsewhere about community opera and how
Category: Theatre
ICAF is cancelled
The speed and depth of the events we are all now living through takes my breath away. Just a month
None of this is easy
A couple of days ago, I gave a lecture about art in criminal justice contexts. It’s not a field in
Anne Peaker Memorial Lecture
Tomorrow evening at the Young Vic Theatre in London, I will give the 10th Annual Anne Peaker Memorial lecture, on
‘Trans nature is diverse’ – a theatre project in Uruguay
Jussi Lehtonen, whose community work at the National Theatre of Finland features in A Restless Art, got in touch to
Work in progress
In the heart of midwinter, people in Kaunas shared their community opera as a work in progress, a 40 minute celebration of
Restless Research: Confessions of a Confused Community Art Scholar
If you’ve read some of the material published on this site, I hope you’ll understand why I describe participatory
‘It’s given us permission to play, to take part, to engage.’
‘A Fun Palace is not a fete. It’s not about coming along and having a lovely time. It’s not audience
Who gets paid – and why?
Like a lot of freelance artists, what I get paid ranges from a lot to nothing, according to the commissioner’s
‘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
