Well, I've been wanting to keep the FP team and members abreast of our experiment in creating interactive, installed extended voice work for children, Uluzuzulalia. We've just emerged from a few weeks of R & D and had some really useful feedback on the work. It is an attempt to put my manifesto - both video and written - into action in the 'work-for-children' paradigm. If you would like to have a look at the end result of the work, check out our just-edited trailer at…

Calling all artists/producers/programmers! We want your One Minute Video Manifesto on Making Art for Children. Have a look at the 3 Video Manifestos posted on the videos page, and following the brief set out below film your own and upload it there. We want to start a conversation about art for children, to inspire other brilliant artists - those who usually make work for children and especially those who don't/won't - to make excellent work for children and to share their art with…

Notes from the discussion in the artists/makers group - these are the views of the group, not of Fevered Sleep.

"What We Want From Producers & Programmers & Venues"

More opportunities to see more work, and more international work.

Someone who can make it happen, and who doesn't start by identifying the problems.

Hard interrogation at every opportunity.

Partners, simply.  And for potential partners to think about working more…

We want Artist's to:

Be as ambitious with your work for children as you are with your adult work

Have the ability to put ego aside and be open to learning and collaboration during the creation process

Be open to changing the structure of touring work e.g. to offer workshops and residencies ahead of tour weeks

Create more work for the outdoors

Think BIG and create work for the large scale and main stages

Be open to debate image and title of work with…