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The Future Playground is a community of people who are creating the future of art for children. It's a place for debate, for exchanging ideas, sharing knowledge, asking questions, and spreading information.

It's a place where we can come together and talk about how to ensure that art for children - whether in theatre, dance, visual art, music, writing or any other form - can always be as brilliant, challenging, rigorous and beautiful as art for anyone else.

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  • Annie Cusick Wood
  • David Roots
  • Rob Evans
  • Vicky Ireland
  • Liminal State Theatre
  • Philip Hardy
  • Scribble Ink
  • St Marks Community Centre
  • Sarah Howells
  • Kate Cross
  • Cat Moore
  • Jean hutchison
  • Philip Lowe
  • David Harradine
  • Helene Hugel
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  • Adel Al-Salloum
  • Amber-Rose May
  • Juliet Forster
  • Sophie Eustace

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Annie Cusick Wood is now a member of The Future Playground 9 hours ago
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Evaluation with Children

We're just embarking on a research project to explore how children, especially very young children, can give feedback on their experience of performance without that feedback having to be mediated by adults.  We had our second brainstorming conversation today and realised what a very very steep learning curve we're on.  If you have any thoughts or experiences in relation to all this, we'd love to hear more...See More
A blog post by David Harradine was featured Wednesday
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Liminal State Theatre shared their discussion on Twitter

Advice Needed - would love to pick your brains!

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Advice Needed - would love to pick your brains!

Hello allI just wondered if I could pick your brains really. We have recently developed a not for profit community theatre side to our company as it has become apparent to us that there is a need for theatre to move forward to making theatre WITH people instead of just FOR them, and that theatre and drama can be such a wonderful tool for all sorts of character building, diversionary activity, and for strengthening and building communities. This is an area we want to go into and I personally…See More
Discussion posted by Liminal State Theatre Wednesday
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Half Term Happiness Storytelling Workshop at St Marks Community Centre

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February 17, 2012 from 10:30am to 12:30pm
Join us for our first interactive storytelling workshop inspired by Aesop's Fable, 'The Hare And The Tortoise.' Please note, this is a family event. All children are welcome but any child under 12 must be accompanied by an adult. The event will also be filmed and photographed. See More
Event posted by Scribble Ink Tuesday
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Half Term Happiness Storytelling Workshop at St Marks Community Centre

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February 17, 2012 from 10:30am to 12:30pm
Join us for our first interactive storytelling workshop inspired by Aesop's Fable, 'The Hare And The Tortoise.' Please note, this is a family event. All children are welcome but any child under 12 must be accompanied by an adult. The event will also be filmed and photographed. See More
Event posted by St Marks Community Centre Tuesday
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Helene Hugel commented on David Harradine's blog post 'Evaluation with Children'
This might be of interest? Developing an age appropriate consultation methodology forinvolving children under 5 years of age in decision making are available in the ‘WOW! This is Big’ publication.The findings challenge thinking about…
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David Harradine

Evaluation with Children

We're just embarking on a research project to explore how children, especially very young children, can give feedback on their experience of performance without that feedback having to be mediated by adults.  We had our second brainstorming conversation today and realised what a very very steep learning curve we're on.  If you have any thoughts or experiences in relation to all this, we'd love to hear more...

Posted by David Harradine on November 7, 2011 at 5:44pm — 3 Comments

Clare Halstead

New E-book about early years creative practice published!!

Here is a link to a new e-book for early years practitioners and artists that showcases work from the Hastings and St Leonards Early Years Change School Project in East Sussex and the Open Sesame Early Years project in West Sussex.
The book includes illustrated practical guides to a wide range of creative themes that can be used every…
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Posted by Clare Halstead on January 16, 2012 at 3:33pm

Nina Hajiyianni

Call out for a programme of activity for younger and emerging professional artists interested in international collaboration within the TYA field

NEXT GENERATION Call Out

The Next Generation Network is a new network connected to a programme…

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Posted by Nina Hajiyianni on January 5, 2012 at 12:47pm

Dorcas Pye

TAKEOFF FESTIVAL 2012: NOW RECRUITING

Would you like to be the guest programmer for Takeoff Festival 2012?

We are now recruiting! If you think you've got what it takes, please apply by December 12th 2011.

Download an application form here - http://www.theatrehullabaloo.org.uk/takeoff-festival-downloads.asp

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Posted by Dorcas Pye on November 15, 2011 at 12:30pm

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Liminal State Theatre

Advice Needed - would love to pick your brains!

Hello allI just wondered if I could pick your brains really. We have recently developed a not for profit community theatre side to our company as it has become apparent to us that there is a need for…Continue

Started by Liminal State Theatre on Wednesday.

Liminal State Theatre

Public Liability Insurance 4 Replies

Hello everyone :) We are a national touring theatre company, performing our show in schools and theatres. We are seeking quotes for public liability insurance which seems a bit of a minefield. I…Continue

Started by Liminal State Theatre. Last reply by Liminal State Theatre Dec 9, 2011.

Peut-etre Theatre

Databases / Contact management information for small theatre companies 4 Replies

Hello all We at Peut-etre are reassessing the way we organise all of our data and I was wondering if anyone out there used a particularly good piece of software that was simple and effective? I've…Continue

Started by Peut-etre Theatre. Last reply by Peut-etre Theatre Dec 9, 2011.

Emma Higham

Three Tiny Seeds - R&D advice

Hello thereI am developing a new piece of devised theatre for young audiences exploring the relationship between light and dark through the story of Persephone and the Underworld. The working title…Continue

Started by Emma Higham Dec 6, 2011.

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