Another Standard: How to judge community art
How do you judge a work of art? Even asking the question implies a series of judgements and beliefs. The
Tag: Community theatre
Better together
Last night I sat in a Dublin B&B for watching a performance unfold in Leeds Playhouse through a laptop screen. It was
Community opera in a pandemic
In February, I participated in the kick-off meeting of TRACTION, a Horizon 2020 project researching how digital technology can support
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
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
‘I hope it was a slight jolt for the public.’
We’re here Choked by this #Somme100 commemoration. At a time when being British makes little sense, just beautiful. #wearehere Tweet
‘We want to be remembered.’
‘Sometimes you’ve got to take risks for the unknown. You don’t know what you are going into but you’ve got
‘Brave people with big eyes’
The end of Welfare State Ulverston is a country town a mile or two from Morecambe Bay, in North West
Talking about community
Community is such a complicated word because it points towards a profound yet contested aspect of human experience. Most people
‘A gift for fiction’
Theatre changes people. Mostly, it does so in small ways by rearranging our mental furniture, hanging around for a bit
