When objects are more than a prop: Antonino Giuffré reflects on the secret life of the silent stars of the show Standing here long before beginners’ call, I watch the audience enter and murmur rather awkwardly. They sit, they chat. Some of them look at me – just a glance most of the time, while […]

We’re taught in school that there are five main senses: sight, sound, taste, smell and touch. So why the belief that only the first two count in theatre? Sascha Goslin argues that there are far more sensory possibilities to explore in the live experience Traditionally, when we think of theatre and performance, we think of […]

Performer, director, producer, enabler: Anne Langford explores artist development for community theatre-makers of co-created work  We’ve all had a bit more time to think over the past year. Or maybe you haven’t? Maybe you work in the part of theatre and performance that never stopped. The deep, creative and ongoing work with young people and […]

A flow-form of physical and visual theatre, circus, and site-responsive performance weaves its way through the diverse landscapes of Brazil, as told by Marilia Ennes, co-founder and co-director of ParaladosanjoS Let’s follow the journey of ParaladosanjoS – a performing arts group I created in partnership with actor and director Marcos Becker, in 2001, in the […]

What happens when crisis takes centre-stage? Lila Robirosa reflects on the challenges of making autobiographical work based on your own trauma The past year for me has been one distinctly lacking in crisis. (Now there’s a first line to an article you didn’t expect to read in 2021, a year on from the first UK […]