Today we'll be discussing the 2.0 manifesto of the Movement for Cultural Democracy. We have one of the founders Nick Mahony to discuss democratising culture, and how this manifesto could help.
Reading Material http://colouringinculture.org/manifesto-v-2
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Discussing what "radical solutions" might be for drama schools to tackle issues such as underrepresentation, outdated training, and mental health crises.
Reading Material https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2019/feb/28/sarah-frankcom-to-leave-manchester-royal-exchange-for-london-drama-school-lamda https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2018/jul/08/british-theatre-working-class-actors-waiting-in-the-wings https://www.digitaltheatreplus.com/education/news/lyn-gardner-on-theatre-and-performance-theatres-class-ceiling Next Socialist Theatre Workers Reading Group is gunna be on Sunday 10th March. We'll be discussing the structures of production and our experiences of them as workers - and then what we'd change. Reading materials are the below thread, and a short extract from Andrew Ross' 'The Mental Labour Problem.'
Reading Material https://twitter.com/SamGSwann/status/1098706995157389314?fbclid=IwAR1qFibh23FJRStxQVEMgh3BvCQJWV_b9RKl7gze87eMQv5IqrumqjjEFn0 https://twitter.com/SamGSwann/status/1102317268216758272 The reading to provoke discussion is Nathan Lucky Wood's article 'The Trouble with Outreach.' We will be also discussing Chapter Three of A Good Night out by John McGrath
Reading Material http://exeuntmagazine.com/features/trouble-outreach-work/ https://twitter.com/SamGSwann/status/1089953174214053889?s=20) The reading to prompt some discussion is Chris Jury's piece 'The Cult of Shakespeare: a provocation.' We will also be discussing an excerpt from Augusto Boal's 'Theatre of The Oppressed.'
Reading Material http://culturematters.org.uk/index.php/arts/theatre/item/2718-the-cult-of-shakespeare-a-provocation |
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