A wealth of opportunities
Simon Coates from National Theatre Wales went to Korea with the British Council. He discovered some surprising similarities in terms of touring work...
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Blast Theory blast off to Japan
Ju Row Farr shares some of Blast Theory's tips and experiences from their trip to Japan
Where from Edinburgh?
Alexander Kelly from Third Angel explains how the British Council's 2001 Edinburgh Showcase helped his company not only put on a show at the Edinburgh Fringe, but also take their work abroad.
Forest Fringe goes International
Forest Fringe's Co-Director Andy Field blogs about taking the spirit of the Edinburgh Fringe beyond the UK to brand new audiences in Thailand and Japan.
International conversations
The Artists' International Development Fund allowed Jethro Compton to take a show to Australia. He explains how the trip broadened his horizons
Play it again (and again!) in Casablanca
Billy Cowie exhibited at the Casablanca International Festival of Video Art where he made connections with artists from Morocco, Tunisia, Wales, the Netherlands, Columbia and Thailand, as well as with some of Casablanca's gin bars...
An intra-cultural approach
In February, Tamasha's Artistic Director Sudha Bhuchar and Marketing Manager Clare Callan spent 11 days in India, supported by the British Council, to make creative connections and to network. Here, Clare shares her diary of the trip.
Camels for Candoco – memories and mud in the Middle East
Candoco Dance Company has been performing in Palestinian Territories and Jordan. Dancer Kostas Papamatthaiakis shares some memories.
In search of 'Bolero'
Michael Pinchbeck on his journey to Sarajevo and Paris to make his new piece, inspired by Ravel's Bolero: "The story I am now telling travels between Paris and Sarajevo, and begins and ends with two wars."
Rio: an inspirational city
A Q&A with Marc Brew in Brazil as part of the handover of the cultural legacy from London 2012 to Rio 2016
