Performing Arts
& learning disability
What's in a name?
Coventry-based performing company The Shysters have been together
since 1997, and Richard Hayhow reflects on what shysterism has developed
into since then.
Round Robin
Formed around the same time as The Shysters, Round Robin Theatre,
based in Sussex, has its own particular ethos. Pat Keynsell explains.
Community Theatre
InterUrban
InterUrban is an international prroject, a partnership between Glasgow
and Turin. Benno Plassman of Glasgow-based The Working Party looks
at how the link has worked so far, and where it is going next.
Arts and older people
Daisy makes you feel lovely
Gill Melling describes a sensory garden project she developed with
older people with dementia in Hampshire.
Humour flowers North of the Border
A different take on working with older peole with dimentia - through
humour. John Killick of the University of Sterling looks at a project
ran by Heardt&Minds.
Community Music
Women in Tune
It's clear that the music world is more of a man's world than it
needs to be, and Women in Tune was set up to help redress the balance.
Miramda Betts explains how other issues of access climbed WiT's
agenda.
Art and architecture
Hush House
OccasionallyMAiLOUT looks at art and architecture links. The recycling
of an anonymous Chester office block into desirable apartments needed
a public art intervention to unlock it. Four stakeholders explain
how it came about.
International Links
Holding onto the tiger's tail
Martin Gill of North Wales project Artslinc looks at the complexities
of trying to develop EU-funded partnership working with arts projects
on the western side of the Irish Sea.
Training & professional development
a:w:p
Arts Work with People is a programme delivered by Salamanda Tandem
and the University of Leeds to build skills in deleivering arts
projects, both for artists and for people working with them in the
field.
Strange Bedfellows
Responding to the inequalities and anomolies thrown up by the new
Licensing Act, and the 'claims-culture' which makes health and safety
an even more vital issue for arts projects. H&S consultant Abigail
Cheverst argues for common sense.
Making an imPACT
Beth Noble of City Arts in Nottingham reports on another work-based
route into learning the essential skills of working creatively with
communities.
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EAR TO THE GROUND
…in Newton Abbot, Sing and
Play 9 - the annual extravaganza where musicians of all ages and
abilities can join in with professionals from Bournemouth Symphony
Orchestra. Sat 29 Nov 2003 at Teign School. 9.00am-6.30pm. £10/£5.
Final application date: 7 Nov 2003. Forms available from Ms D Pollard,
Teignbridge District Council, Forde House, Newton Abbot
…in Southwell, Southwell Poetry Festival,
bringing together the best of local poets and poetry, with major
names from the UK and world-wide. 14-16 Nov 2003. Details: T: 0115
977 4435 W: www.southwellpoetryfestival.co.uk
…in Huddersfield, Full Body and
the Voice present Knock Knock - a grand fantasy, a series of dreams-come-true,
created, enacted and directed by an integrated company of non-disabled
and learning disabled performers. At Lawrence Batley Theatre 12
& 13 Nov 2003. BOX: 01484 430528 W: www.fullbody.org.uk
…in Kendal, the Kendal Mountain
Film Festival - the best in mountain sport and culture. 8-16 Nov
2003. W: www.mountainfilm.co.uk
…in Barnet, Texterritory version
2.3, be a part of a dynamic and influential audience in this truly
unique multimedia, interactive text messaging performance at The
Bull. 23 Oct 2003, £9/£7. BOX: 020 8449 0048 W: www.artsdepot.co.uk
…in Brighton,. AVIT - a live audio
visual arts festival including live video performances & international
VJs and DJs, AV installations, AV experimental performances, workshops
and multi-format projections. 23-26 Oct 2003. W: www.avit.info
/ www.avit.org.uk / www.avit.us
/ www.vjcentral.com / www.vjforums.com
…in York, Marco Polo and the
Silk Road - An exploration of the sound world of the famous 13th
Century Venetian explorer from the silk road to China to his journeys
across Europe. 1 Nov 2003 as part of the Early Music Christmas
Festival. BOX: 01904 658338 W: www.ncem.co.uk
…in Cambridge, Opera in Pubs 1
as part of The Cambridge Music Festival. 20 Nov at Pure, The Cloisters,
Ely. Free. T: 01223 350544
…in Covent Garden, Halloween Special!
Write your own ghost story - learn about the basic ingredients
of a ghost story or play and write or draw your ideas for a spine
chilling scene. 28 Oct 2003. 13.30 - 15.30 at the Theatre Museum.
W: www.theatremeuseum.org
…in Somerton, The Unocorn Workshops
- a weekend of traditional music, song and dance. 24/26 October
2003. T: 01458 273663 E: pennywhistel@musician.fsnet.co.uk
…in West Devon, Baring-Gould Folk
Festival and Study Break, organisaed by the Wren Trust. Study
Break - 27/31 Oct 2003. Festival - 31 Oct/2 Nov 2003. T: 01837
53754 E: sbg@wrentrust.co.uk
W: www.wrentrust.co.uk
…in Gateshead, 4REEL - a trans-European
weekend full to bursting with ceilidhs, concerts, club nights
and jam sessions from Folkworks. 7 - 9 Nov 2003 at The Sage. BOX:
0191 443 4555 W: www.musicnorth.org
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