Who is family theatre for?

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11 Sep 2014

Creating and producing family theatre has led Harper Ray to reconsider his audience and cast aside some misconceptions.

Theatre is for everyone

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08 Sep 2014

Within the past year the RSC has integrated relaxed performances into its season planning. Jacqui O’Hanlon tells how this has come about.

A playful outdoor world

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08 Sep 2014

Kazzum stopped creating work for young audiences in indoor spaces to focus on the outdoor arts sector. Daryl Beeton explains why.

Preparing to relax

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08 Sep 2014

Hosting relaxed performances requires thorough staff training and partnership working to target audiences, say Karen Townsend and Zoë Briggs.

Small children rocking out!

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08 Sep 2014

When Terry O’Donovan presented his latest musical show as a work in progress to five year olds they looked bored. Now it’s a manic and absurd experience for all, just as he wanted it to be.

Access to the visual arts

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08 Sep 2014

Visual arts activities for young people are more important than ever, since the decline in the teaching of arts subjects in schools, says Jane Sillis.

Shakespeare to suit

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08 Sep 2014

Patrick Spottiswoode outlines how the Globe Theatre in London is continuing a long tradition in adapting Shakespeare’s plays for the young.

Passion, ambition and vision

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08 Sep 2014

Peter Glanville is passionate that children’s theatre should be of the highest quality attracting the best actors and creative teams.

Trusting the artists

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08 Jul 2014

The Prison Arts Foundation employs artists-in-residence in prisons in Northern Ireland. Alison Smyth explains their approach and achievements.

Inspired to learn

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08 Jul 2014

The Prisoners Education Trust is celebrating 25 years of working with offenders and contributing to reduced reoffending rates, says Susannah Henty.

Changing young lives

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08 Jul 2014

Finding out what young offenders are good at and drawing it out of them can change their lives. Jane Bryant discusses Artswork’s programmes based around the Arts Award.

Beating bad behaviour

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08 Jul 2014

Offence-focused group work has been used to reduce re-offending. Louise Heywood explains two key techniques that help offenders to understand and ultimately change their behaviour.

Taking the next step

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08 Jul 2014

Louise Ridley looks at the research indicating that arts projects can encourage prisoners to take part in formal rehabilitation programmes.

Working with women

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08 Jul 2014

Naomi Joseph talks to Lucy Perman about how Clean Break works with female ex-offenders not just in theatre-making but also offering pastoral care.

Pausing for thought

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08 Jul 2014

Hannah Hull believes in the importance of critical thinking for socially engaged arts practitioners, now the subject of one of the modules on Cred-ability’s training programme.

Bold and ambitious ideas

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12 Jun 2014

Hayley Skipper is pleased at the response to an open brief for the Jerwood Open Forest initiative.

Going seriously green

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09 Jun 2014

As the first arts venue to be awarded a 3* Industry Green rating, the Lyric Hammersmith is a model of best practice. Kim M Grant describes the work of its green team.

Environmental art in the city

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09 Jun 2014

Laura Coleman explains why she went ahead and set up an arts organisation to explore environmental art, despite the advice of many people.

Creating arts managers

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26 May 2014

Bethany McDonald Shepherd believes that students must develop their business knowledge and practice, and the Commercial Education Trust Entrepreneurs’ Award is helping them to do just that.

Painful progress?

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12 May 2014

Louisa Davies asks if England’s funding structures are hampering the development of our emerging artists.

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