TaPRA 2019

City Conversations: preparing participants for embodied dialogue in urban sited performance  Writing about applied performance projects, Helen Nicholson reminds us that applied performance practices can ‘create a sense of belonging through the social networks and friendships... Read More →

Truths on whose terms? The significance of beginnings in theatre and performance work with refugee and asylum seekers in the UK  When arts practitioners begin theatre and drama projects in social or applied theatre settings, the language used to state their aims can be simultaneously... Read More →

In terms of the theatres of learning disability, there are only new beginnings.  Writing in 2009, Palmer and Hayhow state that ‘[w]hilst there is an admirable and growing body of literature on learning disability, and also on drama therapy and other therapeutic applications... Read More →

‘I passed through 24 countries to get here’ Storytelling and creative practice: Applied theatre for the Creation of New Communities Amongst Conflict.  In November 2017, 30 refugees and asylum seekers made their way from Nottingham to Loughborough. With the help of the British... Read More →

‘You can’t walk down the wings without hearing Shakespeare now’ The Gallowfield Players in HMP Gartree    What possibilities can be opened up when a drama group is formed inside a prison filled with men serving life sentences? Since March 2018 I have worked weekly... Read More →