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28 October 2015
I can do both! Is the multi-skilled artist a good thing?
With a specific focus on the backstage theatre industry, is being a multi-skilled practitioner a help or a hindrance within the industry today? Can someone market themselves as having skills in multiple departments? And how important is it for someone who has chosen to specialise to have a knowledge of other departments?
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28 October 2015
The Great Train Songery at TakeOver Festival
The Great Train Songery, produced for TakeOver Festival in the National Railway Museum, is a different but brilliant was to bring some life to the artifacts of the museum.
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27 October 2015
Coal in the Garden at TakeOver Festival
Coal in the Garden, produced for Takeover Festival is a heart-warming exploration of childhood emotions and the difficulties of saying goodbye.
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27 October 2015
A Journey with Maude at TakeOver Festival
A Journey with Maude explores ideas of life while simultaneously exploring one of the National Railway Museum's treasured train carriages in a wonderfully interactive, family-friendly performance.
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27 October 2015
What's Happening for the Young - Subjectivity UK
As part of the What's Happening for the Young Festival that took place at the Southbank Centre this weekend, Subjectivity UK held a talk entitled "Crime and Punishment Vs. the Youth". This discussion incorporated performance and specialist speakers to look at issues inspired by an article from the UN Convention.
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24 October 2015
Volunteering at festivals: my experience at Durham Book Festival
Getting involved in festivals can be a great way of getting experience in the industry and getting access to events, as I found out reviewing and volunteering at this year's Durham Book Festival.
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24 October 2015
WHY? What's Happening for the Young? 2015
WHY? Festival celebrates the rights of children and young people and uses the arts to confront difficult issues.
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23 October 2015
Hairspray Review
This is my review of Hairspray The Musical, which is currently touring the UK!
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21 October 2015
Hamlet at The Barbican Theatre
The Barbican Theatre's new production of Hamlet has been highly anticipated for Benedict Cumberbatch's lead role and the star did not disappoint.
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21 October 2015
An open letter to photography
To my camera: I like it best when we are as one. My eye against yours.
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19 October 2015
Are wooden instruments potentially a biohazard?
The destruction of a musician's wooden instruments at the hands of US customs, on the grounds that they are agricultural products and thus pose a biological hazard to native species, poses a grave question to musicians the world over: is there any justification on which an instrument that forms a key part to someone's livelihood can be destroyed because of what it is made of?
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19 October 2015
Being an Apprentice – 1 Month later…
Just over one month after I joined Unit Twenty Three as an apprentice, and so far it's gone pretty well!
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18 October 2015
An open letter to the gaming industry
It's not me, it's you. I want more from this relationship, I want to start seeing women, and diversity, and I think I should be treated with respect.
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13 October 2015
Why we need to bring the Lush ‘Go Naked’ advert back
Cosmetic company Lush's new adverts have been labelled pornographic and banned in Australia, but body positive campaigns like this are exactly what we need.
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12 October 2015
Get Gold with Arts Award's 10th Birthday
I'm taking a slightly new slant this month. Partly because I've been terrible over the summer and ashamedly got out of the habit of my regular blogging. But I hope that this blog becomes a useful resource for our exciting new Gold Hub - a dedicated collection of resources and support on Voice to help you complete your Gold Arts Award - so I'm going to improve the regularity.
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9 October 2015
An Open Letter To Modern Hip Hop
My opinion on the current state of Hip Hop today.
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8 October 2015
BBC Music’s Ten Pieces Secondary Film Screening in Salford
The BBC filmed ten pieces of classical music for Arts Award's tenth birthday! Well no, they didn't. But Ten Pieces? Tenth birthday? It's meant to be. They made the BBC Music Ten Pieces film in order to inspire young people of secondary school age to embrace classical music and filmmaking.
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8 October 2015
Case Study: Sally Trivett, Voice Community Coordinator and Silver Achiever
This month, we're celebrating Arts Award's 10th Birthday. We've called on the Arts Award Youth Network to discuss the impact that Arts Award has had on them. Today, it's our Voice Community Coordinator, Sally Trivett.