Exploring New Voices: Future Practice in Applied Theatre

Exploring New Voices: Future Practice in Applied Theatre Conference aimed to extend and refresh practice amongst a creative community of theatre-makers, academics and world-class practitioners. At the conference questions were asked to address challenges and share ideas that explore how Applied Theatre can bring ‘New Voices’ into our work and revolutionise the way we co-create with diverse communities. To this end, teachers, academics, students, and theatre-makers explored new ways of developing and exploring their practice by exchanging invaluable insights with practitioners working in a variety of fields within Applied Theatre and participating in workshops led by the nation’s leading Applied Theatre specialists, each of whom guided participants on a different area of practice under the umbrella concept of shared agency with communities. As part of the event InDialogue, (2019) Dr Rhiannon Jones (University of Derby) and Dr Heather Connelly (University of Lincoln) - Co Founders of InDialogue presented their artistic research & collaboration which focuses on the use of dialogue to generate practice across all creative disciplines. They also announced the call for participation for InDialogue 2019; the international symposium hosted by one of the InDialogue partners for 2019; Derby Theatre.
The 4thiteration of InDialogue will bring together UK and International based artists and researchers to push the boundaries in thinking about the use of DIALOGUE and SITE within PRACTICE, across the disciplines of art and design.
Inviting proposals that activate the temporary occupation of a variety of regional cultural venues Derby Theatre, Déda, S.H.E.D , Mansions of the Future, Nottingham Contemporary. The call seeks to harness the potential movement of InDialogue through the region in a variety of contexts to afford further examination of dialogic practices.