It feels fair to say that there has always been something of a strained relationship between politics and the arts. Whether it is in the form of brilliant disregard or manipulation, it somehow remains a relationship that doesn’t quite work. Maria Miller, the Cabinet’s latest Culture Secretary, made an argument for the arts that appears [...]

This week we were lucky enough to be able to send a member of Filskit Theatre along to a very exciting event happening at our old Drama School. Every year Rose Bruford College holds a symposium event, a week-long festival made up of workshops, talks and performances which we loved as students, so were thrilled [...]

Whilst perusing Twitter and Facebook, looking for a good topic to spark this week’s blog we discovered a piece by AYT’s own Jake Orr, in which he poses the question “What is the purpose of Theatre? Who is it for?” and this got us thinking… We totally agree that theatre must be made with the [...]

“Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will make me go in a corner and cry by myself for hours.” – Eric Idle Words. Funny things. They have the power to describe, to wound, to flatter, to conjure visions before your eyes and stir the emotions. They are the bones of our daily communication [...]