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Acting Like Children was a research event held in 2011 examining approaches to the performance of child characters by adult artists, involving Polka Theatre, Action Transport Theatre, Travelling Light, Early Years Theatre expert Jo Belloli, director Sally Cookson, Vice Chair of Action for Children’s...

On The Edge of Training was a research project initiated by the Rose Bruford College TYA Centre and led by Lead Researcher Jeremy Harrison, in collaboration with Half Moon Theatre, London and Artrix Arts Centre, Bromsgrove. The project was part of the research and symposia strand of the ASSITEJ On T...

The political crises and technological accelerationism over the past two decades have made the possibility in a secure and stable future feel unimaginable (Žižek 2024). This has manifested as a crisis of belief that democratic politics can build a more just world. However, individuals are paradoxica...

As a plastic, immaterial medium, the use of light on stage is challenging: how to experiment, test, develop and communicate lighting intentions in advance of the performance? How, in other words, to model light? And for lighting practitioners, how to acquire, hone and reinvent techniques and a desig...

Niamh Dowling's practice research explores how Systemic Constellations can inform Contemporary Movement Practice. Niamh's work is established internationally as a movement practice with its underpinning in the principles of the Alexander Technique. Her training in Systemic Constellations over the pa...