Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “Theatre and Politics”
The 1st Edition of the Dhofar International Theatre Festival in Oman – first post This October (2024) I was fortunate to be invited to represent the UK on the jury panel for the Ensemble production at the first edition of the Dhofar International Theatre Festival (DITfest) taking place in the beautiful city of Salalah in Oman. It was 10 days …
A Relatively Short Sojourn in Egypt My unexpected invitation from Mazen El Gharabawy, president of the Sharm El Sheikh International Festival for Youth (SITFY) to represent the UK on the Jury for the Ensemble Production proved to be an enlightening, inspiring and transformational experience for me. Like most people, I was feeling the heavy load of my impotence regarding the …
Navigating Sentient Performativities Symposium Dartington Hall June 2022 (Part Three). We got drenched with Sarah Hyde leading a Participatory Movement Ritual in another meadow. We were drenched in dreaming and the silence of grasses. It reminded me of times as a child when I just gave in to the rain and got wet through. The session was a deep work …
Navigating Sentient Performativities Symposium Dartington Hall June 2022 (Part Two). In Part One I wrote mainly covered Sunday and Monday of the Symposium with an extension into the rest of the period to account for the Amerta thread of work running through from the Animate-in-Animate Collective. Tuesday morning was focused on getting through my Disrupted Meadow presentation in Studio 6. …
The man is in his counting-house counting out his money J:“… Data Protector/Accountant in The House…. emerged from your exploration of the pressure to perform value inside a system that is squeezing the life out of you. The figure of the Data Protector/Accountant echoes my experiences of trying to support social theatre practice in various ways as an evaluator by …
Please note that I updated this post in November 2021. I originally produced the entry as part of a contribution to some Sefton Borough of Culture research in early 2020. I was thrilled to discover the original blog post was used as a major source of research for a Southport Visiter article by local historian Susan K.Stacey. I am glad …