"Having just seen the best performance of Macbeth I've ever seen - and it was performed by 12 year olds - I can wholeheartedly say, Shakespeare and children YES! This was part of the Shakespeare in Schools Festival, and my children's…"
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Samantha Butler Apr 3.
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Kate Cross commented on David Harradine's blog post Evaluation with Children"We tried something similar, although not with very young children, where we worked with a Bristol based organisation called New Generation Documenters. The idea is that the children are given a skill, that of 'live documenting'. This is…"
David Harradine left a comment for Kate Cross"Hi Kate
So great that you're here. Thanks for joining.
David x"
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- the egg , Bath
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- I am the director of the egg theatre for children and young people. I programme and produce plays and festivals for young poeple and families and seek out interesting ways of creating engagement between young people and the arts.
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- At 12:29 on November 22, 2011, Philip Hardy said…
Hey Kate - how's it all going?
Philip
- At 21:47 on November 21, 2011, David Harradine said…
Hi Kate
So great that you're here. Thanks for joining.
David x
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Scribble Ink posted an eventRoyal Docks Spring Festival at Britannia Village Hall
June 1, 2012 from 4pm to 8pm
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A discussion started by David Harradine was featuredMANIFESTOS (or, Tell Us What You Really Think)
There's a venerable tradition of artists' manifestos, which always seem to pop up especially at times of great cultural and political change (post WW1 dadaists; them 60s experimenters...) so, given that we are living through times of extraordinary change right now, I thought I'd start a thread for MANIFESTOS RELATING TO MAKING ART FOR CHILDREN.Don't have one? Nor did I until 24 hours ago, then I decided I'd write one.So get going, and it'd be grand to see them here...See More
A blog post by Samantha Butler was featuredOn encouraging young audiences (or their parents) to take risks
http://www.itstheforest.comWhy should parents bring their children to see something like my company's dance piece 'The Forest'?When it’s half term and I scan the pages of the ‘what’s on for children’ sections of magazines I want to know that the experiences I choose for my children will be, to be honest, worth the effort, that they will enjoy it, that they will be enriched in some way, in any way, by what they’ve seen.I want to take them…See More
A blog post by David Harradine was featuredSome Thoughts on "Acting Like Children"
This blog is based on the text of a talk I gave today at Rose Bruford college, as part of the Acting Like Children project organised by Polka Theatre, Travelling Light and…See More
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