Theatre
Highlights
The sonic barricades of Minsk
Pavel Niakhayeu created Political Soundwalks as an audio-essay to document what Minsk sounded like during the political protests of 2020-2021. His field recordings provide a starting point for a discussion on the multifaceted role of sound in claiming the urban and political space.
Theatre Walks
Theatre doors are no longer sealed nowadays and performance often ventures outside. It embraces walking as a “theatrical scenario” and goes in quest of new, mobile, non-material or outdoor spatialities to replace or amplify the conventional stage. Site-specific and site-generic theatre events, walking performances, audio-guided drama, mobile theatre(s) and performance interventions, all flesh a theatre
Secrets of the Stour
A promenade, site-specific theatre performance that engages the audience in traversing a floodplain near the River Stour in Wimborne, on a quest to find out the rivers secrets. On the way, you will meet a series of colourful characters who can open portals and allow glimpses into the secret world of a river, provided you
Women’s Work Festival: I believe her (walking tour)
As part of Women’s Work 2022, join us as we walk through the streets of Belfast’s Cathedral Quarter together to experience the beautiful and hard hitting audio journey ‘I Believe Her.’* After the 30 min audio piece we will end at The Oh Yeah Centre where we will have a discussion about night time safety,
• Making theatre in a time of COVID-19: an audio tour
Why does live performance matter? How does it help us to connect with others? Has living through a pandemic changed it? In March 2020, the doors of theatres and other cultural venues closed. During this period of crisis, theatre makers and theatregoers alike began to reflect on what is lost when live performance cannot take
Bingara Soundtrail
Bingara, a township on the Gwydir River in northern inland New South Wales, has a rich history rooted in its Aboriginal heritage, early European exploration, and agricultural development. The Bingara geo-locative Soundtrail offers an audio walking tour that highlights the town’s diverse cultural stories, including community histories, veteran accounts, and local landmarks.
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Danzar o Morir on the Sierra Tarahumara paths
The long-distance running and ritual dance among the Ralámuli of Mexico’s Sierra Tarahumara is a practice that holds the power to heal and sustain the world. Author Sylvie Marchand has lived among them for years and reflects on this ritual through a dialogue of perspectives: that of Erasmo Palma, Ralámuli poet and cultural guide, and
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Terminalia 2026 Walking Sticks of Rock in York
The walk started from the theatre cafe and across the road was the Rock Garden. This rock garden was full of specimens of rocks around the region and theres a Rock Map in the middle. From there it was on the search for rock sticks, but I first passed a hippy shop selling rocks, minerals […]
2026 will mark the 20th Anniversary of ALDD, and we need your help to keep going for the next 20 years!!!
Dear Friend, Reaching out to you… I am writing to extend my immense gratitude for your support of Anabella Lenzu/ DanceDrama over these last 19 years! 2026 will mark the 20th Anniversary of ALDD, and we need your help to keep going for the next 20 years!!! 2025 was full of amazing accomplishments and challenges: […]
Stations like Stroud (and Macbeth)
Stations like Stroud (and Macbeth) They’re great theatre, railway stations, don’t you think? The platform as the stage with Life and Existence itself in the limelight. For it’s almost as if a state of beatitude is attained whilst sitting on that plat...
Polaroids, Podcasts and Perambulation: a walking podcast
Sat in a coffee shop in May, Julia O’Connell, artist and co-artistic director of independent, Coventry-based cross-discipline performance company Theatre Absolute, propositioned me with a brand new commission for their new work Project:Public. I don’t know about other artists, but when I’m offered a new commission my entire being floods almost instantly with nerves and […]
Events
One For The Rook
A Nature Art Trail With A Difference – One For The Rook! One For The Rook is an exciting Nature Art Trail brought to you by the team who produced the Bergh Apton Sculpture Trails, and inspired by the books, Lost Words and Lost Spells, by Robert MacFarlane and Jackie Morris. One For The Rook
