Shifting the dial: the impact of Storytelling on Home-Start Oxford
Katharine Barber is the CEO of Home-Start Oxford, and talked about how Storytelling had not only helped them learn, but also shifted the dial fundamentally in how they approach their work, changed their organisational...
Read MoreDRY: Gaye Poole
Gaye Poole, co-director of Human Story Theatre and author of DRY tells us more about the show. ‘Human’ stories were precisely what we wanted to collect and portray when we started Human Story Theatre...
Read MorePeople Of The Eye: Erin Hutching
Erin Siobhan Hutching, writer/performer with The DH Ensemble, tells us about People of the Eye. I first had the idea for this piece just after my sister’s wedding in 2014. My sister is Deaf...
Read MoreHummingbird: Adam Gordan
Adam Gordon of TOOTH+NAIL theatre company tells us more about Hummingbird. Hummingbird was born from a curiosity about crime. It’s the dark side of the perennial question, “What makes people tick?” What pushes people...
Read MoreTeam Viking: James Rowland
Hello! I’m James Rowland, and I’m going to tell you a story. I’m a performer and writer and on the 14th of September I will be performing my first show, Team Viking, at the...
Read MoreThe Diary of a Hounslow Girl
From traditional Pakistani weddings to fights on the night bus, The Diary of a Hounslow Girl is told through the eyes of a hooped-earring, headscarf-wearing 16 year old British Muslim girl growing up in West London....
Read MoreIt’s Crumpled, Needs Ironing/Presto And Clown
Sparky Buddy Productions bring two plays to the Old Fire Station on 22 & 23 September: It’s Crumpled, Needs Ironing/Presto And Clown. Rehearsals are underway, and we caught up with director David Pustansky to find...
Read MoreThe Unhallowed Master
Implexa Dance Company bring new show The Unhallowed Master to the Old Fire Station on Saturday 3 September at 7.30pm. We tracked down Louise Hague, Artistic Director, to see if she could tell us...
Read MoreFABRIC: interview with Abi Zakarian
Raw, poignant and unflinching new play FABRIC is here on Tuesday 5 July, brought to us by the Marlowe Theatre Canterbury and theatre company TREMers. The show questions the shifting roles and expectations of...
Read MoreInterview: Simon Tavener, director of Season’s Greetings
‘Tis the Season to be jolly…. well, for most people! Christmas should be a time for family and friends to come together and enjoy each other’s company. But peace and goodwill don’t last long...
Read MoreInterview: Cate Nunn, director of Blue Stockings
Victorian Cambridge: at the first women’s college, a group of brilliant young women are fighting for the right to an equal education, and for the chance to determine their own futures. Jessica Swale’s feminist...
Read MoreInterview: All Roads Lead To Rome
Chris Dobrowolski has been Visiting Artist at the British Antarctic Survey, has created sculptures from planes, trains and automobiles, and has been described as ‘the greatest living artist in the UK’. He’s visiting us...
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