‘Write this down’
It was the end of a long day. We’d run out of time and the guards needed to get us
How participation won, and why it matters
It was the end of a long day. We’d run out of time and the guards needed to get us
Today will see the third performance of O Tempo (Somos Nós) , “Time (It’s Us), this time at the Gulbenkian Concert
Between the Traction opera performances in the prison last week, and those that will take place in Lisbon at the
A few days ago, I happened to see a media article from a senior cultural figure in which they wrote
Over past year or two, I’ve had a series of conversations with people about books they’ve been working on. Some
In late January 2021, in the depth of winter and the midst of lockdown, a small group of people gathered
How do you judge a work of art? Even asking the question implies a series of judgements and beliefs. The
The other big difference for WBOS is that they are enacting a production created by others – by professionals. They
In the previous post, I outlined a range of resources that professional artists can draw on in their work, including
What does ‘professional’ mean? Like many words, professional has changed its meaning over the course of history, adapting itself to society’s evolving
This photograph of the artists working on Irish National Opera’s Out of the Ordinary project was taken on 20 August 2021, at
Last night I sat in a Dublin B&B for watching a performance unfold in Leeds Playhouse through a laptop screen. It was
In January 2021, for the first time in my life, I wrote a long, detailed outline for a community art