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Actor on stage performing in a production of Confessions of a Shinagawa Monkey. The stage background is blue and the actor is wearing a long tail. Another actor can be seen in the background.
Date
03 February 2025 - 15:00

Creating theatre across cultures - how Scotland and Japan came together

Confessions of a Shinagawa Monkey is a new UK/Japanese play. Matthew Lenton, Artistic Director of the theatre company Vanishing Point in Glasgow, tells us how it was made.

Tags
Arts and culture, Performance, Theatre
Water droplet
Date
16 December 2019 - 16:06

Where do art and science meet?

Engineer, scientist, performer and aspiring astronaut Niamh Shaw tells us where art and science meet. 

Tags
Science, Theatre
Jonny Cotsen holding hearing aids
Date
12 August 2019 - 11:58

I am Deaf, but I was raised to be hearing

Theatre-maker Jonny Cotsen's parents raised him as though he were hearing, but when he became a teacher he realised the extent of his Deafness.

Tags
Theatre, Equal opportunities and diversity
Travis Alabanza during BURGERZ performance
Date
07 August 2019 - 14:37

'Fear masks other emotions' – Travis Alabanza, artist

Artist and performer Travis Alabanza wrote their play, BURGERZ, after they were targeted in a transphobic attack. They tell us why we should be responsible bystanders.

Tags
Theatre, Equal opportunities and diversity
Theatre group performing in the street
Date
18 December 2018 - 17:13

Three low-preparation drama activities for the English language classroom

Don Merritt, a performing arts teacher in Boston, Massachusetts, and former British Council teacher, has adapted improvisational theatre techniques for the English language classroom.

Tags
English language, Theatre
Neon box office sign in cinema
Date
27 September 2018 - 07:57

One documentary filmmaker's advice for beginners

Baby Ruth Villarama is a documentary filmmaker whose recent film follows domestic workers competing in a beauty pageant. She shares her advice for new documentary makers.

Tags
Theatre, Study in the UK, Universities and higher education
Wesley Enoch at Sydney Festival
Date
13 August 2018 - 09:08

'If you remove language, you’re also removing knowledge of landscape' – Wesley Enoch

Artistic Director of the Sydney Festival Wesley Enoch is an Indigenous Australian whose language, Jandai, is vanishing. He talks about how to keep a language alive.

Tags
Festivals, Theatre, History
Date
02 October 2017 - 13:16

Hijabi Monologues director on what makes audiences laugh, cry or gasp

Sahar Ullah, founder and creative director of Hijabi Monologues, talks about the show’s ten-year international run and what makes an audience laugh, cry or gasp.

Tags
Theatre, Arts
'Edinburgh is a beautiful city so take some time out to experience its glories.' Image (c) Omar Yassen, used under licence and adapted from the original.
Date
31 July 2017 - 20:46

An experts' guide to the Edinburgh Fringe

This year is the 70th anniversary of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Four Fringe experts give tips on surviving the world's biggest arts festival.

Tags
Theatre, Creative Economy, Performance, Festivals, Dance
'The more I took the journey of transition, the happier I felt as an actor and performer.'
Date
09 December 2016 - 15:30

Jo Clifford: 'I see writing as a way of resisting prejudice'

We asked playwright Jo Clifford to tell us about her creative process and how her experience of transgender issues has influenced her writing.

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Theatre, Arts, Equal opportunities and diversity
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