Opportunity: Apply for the Emerging Producers Development Programme
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Get an insight into hotly discussed issues in theatre and dance and hear from some of the inspiring people we work with – plus our latest opportunities
Opportunity: Open call for UK BAME and disabled artists
Looking for help to take work to the Edinburgh Fringe and build international links? Apply to join our Artist Development Programme in Edinburgh this summer, open to artists who identify as black, Asian, minority ethnic or disabled
"There's a lot of easy rhetoric about art and changing the world"
Where do artists’ ideas come from? Can art really create change? In Between Time 2017 artists Tim Etchells and Martin O’Brien discuss performance, politics and zombies
Video: Birds of Paradise reimagines The Tempest as a trial by TV
Can you skype a performance? Birds of Paradise performed its new reworking of Shakespeare’s Tempest with a live video link between Hong Kong and Glasgow. Exploring reality TV and social media, the production uses four different languages, including sign language. Watch the artists describe how they made the work
Video: James Cousins’s new dance production explores Shakespeare, gender roles and Korea
What would happen if the characters from Shakespeare’s As You Like It were living in Korea today? In this day and age, what does it mean for a woman to disguise herself as a man? As its UK tour kicks off, watch our video about the making of Rosalind
Opportunity: We’re looking for a consultant to research how the British Council can improve its support for BAME theatre and dance in the UK
Are you a researcher with specialist knowledge of the BAME (black, Asian and minority ethnic) performing arts sector in the UK? We’re seeking consultancy proposals by 14 March to help us evaluate and extend our inclusion programmes
What stops culturally diverse artists in the UK from working internationally?
What problems do black, Asian and minority ethnic artists face when they want to work overseas? What steps can we take to address these problems? We asked you to help us answer these questions. In the first of a series of two blogs, read the rich range of responses we received from artists and producers
What does punk mean to today’s young theatre makers?
Is punk relevant for UK performance makers in their 20s and 30s? How does this generation view DIY practices and their relationship to technology, race and class? In the second of our two features on punk and performance, Hannah Nicklin speaks to Rachael Clerke and Selina Thompson – both of whom appear at In Between Time 2017 – and to genre-fluid performers Action Hero
Video: The Yard Theatre – “Our role in culture should be to disrupt”
As The Yard’s NOW17 festival opens, we speak to Jay Miller, Artistic Director of the pioneering east London venue, about his support for artists, strong links with the local community and his concerns for the future of London
How punk inspired my work in live art
2016 is the 40th anniversary of punk. Here, Lois Keidan and Anthony Roberts remember coming of age during punk’s heyday and tell us how the movement inspired them to become trailblazers in live art
