Building a bridge
Suddenly, we are there. In the next six months, a series of performances will test everything we have imagined, planned, organised and created. There are dates. There will be audiences
How participation won, and why it matters
Suddenly, we are there. In the next six months, a series of performances will test everything we have imagined, planned, organised and created. There are dates. There will be audiences
In another time, I was asked by Fuel Theatre to write the introduction for a book called Signal Fires, collecting
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
At the beginning of the year, The Lawnmowers premièred the movie that we’ve been working on. I wrote about how
What the world of podcasts shows, above all, is that anyone can make good radio, if they put their mind to it.
Now that I don’t have to write, I’m rediscovering the pleasure of reading, especially around the subject that has occupied
In my view community arts must still be regarded as an experiment—an experiment in ‘cultural democracy’ of great importance not
Cultural democracy is an idea that emerged in the mid 1970s, in response to the challenge of the cultural revolution
‘A Fun Palace is not a fete. It’s not about coming along and having a lovely time. It’s not audience