Digital Theatre
A valuable resource for artists interested in making digital theatre. Theatre Uncut, 2020.
Making Digital Participatory Theatre
A video resource exploring the work of those making participatory theatre using digital means and platforms both before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Introductions around key themes by Maya Chowdry followed by case studies by five very different artists. Collective [...]
Black Theatre: Making a Movement
Documentary film from the civil rights movement exploring how the arts might be used to awaken pride in Black culture and as a means to develop Black consciousness. Dir. Woodie King Jr, 1978
Case Study: Lord Big Bug And Lady Flea
An extract from the 2007 play 'On Common Ground'. Commissioned to mark the 75th Anniversary of the Kinder Trespass, and produced by High Peak Community Arts and it was performed at the art deco Art Theatre in New Mills. This [...]
Trading Faces
This extensive digital resource explores Black British performance histories, including the legacy of the African Slave Trade through narratives and aesthetics of resistance represented on the British stage in theatre and dance performances. Future Histories, 2021
The Routledge Companion to Theatre of the Oppressed
Collection of writings on TO from practitioners and academics, outlining the range and breadth of both the form and the practice. Kelly Howe, Julian Boal, José Soeiro (ed), 2019
Case Study: NDTV India Matters Feature: Theatre of the Oppressed
This Theatre of the Oppressed piece was born of the experience of 25 rural women in West Bengal who created it at a workshop. It depicts a woman who is treated as a commodity at the time of marriage. Later [...]
The Arts Britain Ignores: The Arts of Ethnic Minorities in Britain.
A classic publication highlighting the vast wealth of arts being created in BAME communities that was going under the radar of the mainstream arts sector. Naseem Khan, 1976
Digital Storytelling, Applied Theatre, & Youth: Performing Possibility
Digital Storytelling, Applied Theatre, & Youth argues that theatre artists must re-imagine how and why they facilitate performance practices with young people, and presents practitioners, scholars, and educators with innovative approaches to devising and performing digital stories. Megan Alrutz, 2014
Theatre of the Oppressed in times of Multiple Crisis
An interview with Sanjoy Ganguly, Artistic Director of Jana Sanskriti. (25:17) Location: West Bengal
