Participatory & Community Arts

With profiles on Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic (BAME) theatre companies, tours, resources, research a blog and archive, this is an excellent resource. Hosted by Tara Arts

Conversations Over A Brew is the podcast series from Heart of Glass - intimate recorded conversations exploring the stories of the people they make art with. So much goes into the making of a new artwork, that you might not ever get to see or experience. So these conversations are a window into the process of making work. Heart of Glass, 2021

The Guide is designed to support organisations offer the best hybrid programme possible to ensure they maintain access to people who have found online programme vital for their connection to the world. Although developed for programmers of literature events, workshops and festivals there's lots of learning for arts organisations here. Criptic Arts & Spread the Word, 2022

This book talks about relationship, democracy and collective action that theatre can engender and how theatre can script power within and outside us. Jana Sanskriti was founded over 20 years ago as a small theatre group in West Bengal. Now it's work has spread all over India and this book records some of this work. Sanjoy Ganguly, 2010

This fully illustrated book by the Bengali company's founder and artistic director collects and explains their programme of workshop exercises, placing them in the context of their social and activist work; and includes interviews with Ganguly unpicking key aspects of the work. Sanjoy Ganguly, edited by Ralph Yarrow, 2020    

Chapter Five of Collective Encounters' Digital Participatory Theatre Series, curated and introduced by Maya Chowdhry: How do different digital distribution methods engage audiences? With a case study of New Worlds by Forest Tribe. (21:23) Location: England

Chapter Four of Collective Encounters' Digital Participatory Theatre series curated and introduced by Maya Chowdhry: Digital platforms and production methods: Why and how? With a case study of Ethical People Movement, Virtual Migrants. (17:24) Location: England

Chapter Three of Collective Encounters' Digital Participatory Theatre series curated and introduced by Maya Chowdhry: Who is the audience and how can they participate? With a case study of The Delegation by Coney. (24:27) Location: England

Chapter Two of Collective Encounters' Digital Participatory Theatre series curated and introduced by Maya Chowdhry: What is the message and how does the medium reflect this? With a case study of Toybox by Humble Been Creative. (17:42) Location: England