http://www.candt.org Subscribe to the latest news from theatre company C&T. It stands for more than just theatre en info@candt.org Copyright 2011 2011-03-30T08:48:36+00:00 http://candt.org/index.php/news/entry/national-portfolio-status/ http://candt.org/index.php/news/entry/national-portfolio-status/#When:08:48:36Z   PRESS STATEMENT Wednesday 30 March, 10am   National Portfolio Funding Decision The Board is relieved that C&T is able to carry on its work with young people across the country with the support of Arts Council England and is pleased to be selected to be in the portfolio of nationally funded organisations. We look forward to working with them, with partner organisations, schools and colleges and with young people over the next four years. Of course we are aware that for many organisations the news has not been positive and our thoughts are with them as they absorb the implications of reductions in funding.    Notes: 1. Arts Council England has made its funding decisions for cultural organisations for the period of 2012-15. C&T has been awarded the following:            2012-13         £70,972            2013-14         £72,604            2014-15         £74,492 2. C&T is receiving £70,972 from ACE for the financial year 2011-12. 3. ACE funding represents 20% of C&T’s total income. The remaining 80% C&T either earns, or secures from project partners and independent grant-making trusts.    You can download this Press Statement here.   2011-03-30T08:48:36+00:00 http://candt.org/index.php/news/entry/new-strategic-partnership/ http://candt.org/index.php/news/entry/new-strategic-partnership/#When:14:38:26Z   We’re please to announce that from April 2011 C&T begins a 2-year strategic partnership with Worcestershire County Council. For the first time the County Council will be a funder and direct stakeholder of C&T. The partnership comes from the County Arts Team , led by County Arts Officer Stephen Wilson. The strategic partnership is an investment by WCC into C&T’s development of Wisdom of Crowds. Wisdom of Crowds will be a powerful new way for members of the public to collaborate and cooperate and to take ownership of making improvements to their community. Paul Sutton, C&T’s Artistic Director: “C&T and the County Council have always been friendly, and occasionally we’ve delivered small projects for them. This however signifies a closer relationship, with the Council buying into the very things that make C&T globally distinctive - our original thinking and world-class standards.” 2011-03-10T14:38:26+00:00 http://candt.org/index.php/news/entry/nairobi-and-ct/ http://candt.org/index.php/news/entry/nairobi-and-ct/#When:17:21:00Z   C&T was honoured to be invited by Child Peace Africa to work with children and young people living in some of the most deprived parts of Nairobi in Kenya. It’s the start of what we hope will be a long-term and important partnership for both C&T and our partner schools across the UK. Over a week of factfinding and practical participation in drama, C&T’s Artistic Director Dr Paul Sutton and Assistant Director Max Allsup met key development workers and some of the children living in one of the toughest urban environments in Africa. Korogocho is in the north east of Nairobi, and borders onto the Dandora rubbish dump, recently brought into the headlines by Bill Nighy, who has challenged British bankers to go there and see how children are having to live. It’s normal for Korogocho’s children to scavenge the dump for scraps of food, either for their own consumption or for selling on. Child Peace Africa is one of the few NGOs actually working within Korogocho, helping people of all ages handle the problems of poverty, education, health and employment. Child Peace Africa know that imaginative ways of interacting and helping children and young people will be the most effective, and drama is a powerful tool for communicating stories and experiences that will help children and young people to survive and thrive. Paul and Max worked with over a hundred young people on pieces of wasteland within Korogocho, sharing with them well-established drama techniques and some of C&T’s more personal developments, such as LipSync. One of the smarter streets of Korogocho: 2011-03-03T17:21:00+00:00 http://candt.org/index.php/news/entry/ct-keynotes-in-new-york/ http://candt.org/index.php/news/entry/ct-keynotes-in-new-york/#When:16:52:37Z   We’re thrilled to have been invited to be the keynote speaker at the American Alliance for Theatre & Education’s New York conference on Broadway. The American Alliance for Theatre and Education connects and inspires a growing collective of theatre artists, educators, and scholars committed to transforming young people and communities through the theatre arts.  Entitled, “At The Crossroads - what is the future of theatre education?”, C&T’s Artistic Director Dr Paul Sutton, will deliver the keynote address at the American Airlines Theatre. The American Airlines Theatre is the home of Roundabout Theatre Company, whose education programme has made it one of the undisputed leaders in theatre in schools in America. C&T has a burgeoning partnership with Roundabout, which we look forward to deepening over the coming years. 2011-03-03T16:52:37+00:00 http://candt.org/index.php/news/entry/upload7-newsletter-available/ http://candt.org/index.php/news/entry/upload7-newsletter-available/#When:15:41:42Z   Our most recent newsletter is now available for download. Click on the link below. 2011-02-22T15:41:42+00:00 http://candt.org/index.php/news/entry/latest-research-at-ct-labs/ http://candt.org/index.php/news/entry/latest-research-at-ct-labs/#When:12:15:09Z Young people in C&T’s partner schools will be soon be at the cutting edge of motion gaming technology as a learning tool. On November 4 2010 Microsoft released Kinect, a device allowing gamers to interact with their Xbox simply with gesture. C&T has already created proof-of-concept work that demonstrates how a Kinect camera, attached to a regular PC, can translate live movement into a virtual environment. The potential is massive: Gesture interaction – learners use technology but stay active and out of their seats Avatars (computer characters under human control) become an option for young people playing in role Disability – the keyboard and mouse are no longer a barrier for interaction.   2010-12-22T12:15:09+00:00 http://candt.org/index.php/news/entry/ct-2010-13/ http://candt.org/index.php/news/entry/ct-2010-13/#When:10:40:22Z   We’re pleased to be able to share an exciting, new vision for C&T’s creative development for the next three years. Paul Sutton, C&T’s Artistic Director and Chief Executive says: “C&T has always planned and worked strategically, but for the first time we’ve captured our big ideas and our broad vision in a way that all our friends, partners and stakeholders can really get to grips with. We’d love to hear feedback, and hope that, in clearly articulating where C&T is going, we’ll be able to attract even more partners to collaborate with C&T and benefit from our unique way of working. We’re bursting with good ideas, and we want to see them come to life everywhere.”  Ambitions 2010-13 summarises C&T’s five main goals: 1. Create amazing intellectual property 2. Grow our network of partnerships in the UK and internationally 3. The West Midlands at the centre of our practice 4. To shape the next generation of practitioners 5. Become an undisputed world-class organisation leading its field To download Ambitions 2010-13, follow the links at the bottom of the page. 2010-10-21T10:40:22+00:00 http://candt.org/index.php/news/entry/boroughbridge-high-school-joins-ct/ http://candt.org/index.php/news/entry/boroughbridge-high-school-joins-ct/#When:15:09:55Z   We’re pleased to announce that Boroughbridge High School will be working with C&T from September 2010.   2010-06-08T15:09:55+00:00 http://candt.org/index.php/news/entry/ct-and-australian-university-in-international-collaboration/ http://candt.org/index.php/news/entry/ct-and-australian-university-in-international-collaboration/#When:10:56:19Z   Children and young people in both the UK and Australia will soon be involved in a collaborative project created by C&T and Central Queensland University. In the UK, schools and colleges who are part of C&T’s British network of schools will have access to TreeMappa 2.0.  Using drama, art and new media to engage with local history and stories (indigenous, post-settlement and contemporary) children will work with artists, museums, pre-service education students and local community members to create and share their work, both live and online. The project is called TreeMappa 2.0 because it combines many of the social and cultural aspects of the ancient mappa mundis (such as to be found in Hereford) and the user-generated content online resources (such as Photosynth and Google Maps). You can find out much more about TreeMappa 2.0 here. (left to right) Max Allsup (C&T), Amanda Frost (CQU), Paul Sutton (C&T), Sue Davis (CQU), Lyndon Davis (Gubbi Gubbi Dancers) and Kate Greenwood (Treeline) TreeMappa 2.0 has been sponsored by CQUniversity, The Eumundi & District Historical Association and the Sunshine Coast Regional Council RADF fund. Tree Mappa 2.0 has also been endorsed by the Noosa Biosphere Cultural Sector Board.   2010-02-22T10:56:19+00:00 http://candt.org/index.php/news/entry/upload6-for-download/ http://candt.org/index.php/news/entry/upload6-for-download/#When:16:47:56Z   Upload6, the latest edition of C&T’s newsletter is available as a PDF download. Click on the link below. 2009-11-04T16:47:56+00:00 http://candt.org/index.php/news/podcast/verb-lizi-patch-drama-animateur/ http://candt.org/index.php/news/podcast/verb-lizi-patch-drama-animateur/#When:21:00:05Z Young people in the rural community of Pocklington participated in +Verb – part of the Arts Council England's Young People's Participatory Theatre project. Lizi Patch, Animateur, reflects on the experience with Paul Sutton. 2009-01-16T21:00:05+00:00 http://candt.org/index.php/news/podcast/verb-al-pagan-digital-artist/ http://candt.org/index.php/news/podcast/verb-al-pagan-digital-artist/#When:15:20:47Z What are the performative, technical and learning issues raised by involving video game technology in drama practice? Paul Sutton talks to digital artists Al Pagan who has developed a Nintendo Wii game for C&T. 2009-01-16T15:20:47+00:00 http://candt.org/index.php/news/podcast/verb-greg-foster-drama-animateur/ http://candt.org/index.php/news/podcast/verb-greg-foster-drama-animateur/#When:15:18:39Z How did a young theatre practitioner take to using digital media as part of his drama practice? Greg Foster talks to Paul Sutton about his experience of Arts Council England's Young People's Participatory Theatre scheme. 2009-01-16T15:18:39+00:00 http://candt.org/index.php/news/podcast/marc-prensky-part-2-challenge-to-educators/ http://candt.org/index.php/news/podcast/marc-prensky-part-2-challenge-to-educators/#When:15:13:31Z On a flying visit to the UK, Marc Prensky, the noted thinker and educator famous for popularising the term "Digital Native", talks about the digital challenge facing educators. What must we do to prepare young people for a future we can barely imagine? 2008-10-27T15:13:31+00:00 http://candt.org/index.php/news/podcast/marc-prensky-part-1-digital-natives/ http://candt.org/index.php/news/podcast/marc-prensky-part-1-digital-natives/#When:15:12:05Z Part1. On a flying visit to the UK, Marc Prensky, the noted thinker and educator famous for popularising the term "Digital Native", talks about the digital challenge facing educators. What must we do to prepare young people for a future we can barely imagine? 2008-10-27T15:12:05+00:00 http://candt.org/index.php/news/podcast/drama-and-performance-aiding-health-education/ http://candt.org/index.php/news/podcast/drama-and-performance-aiding-health-education/#When:15:11:30Z Katharine Low talks to MoreThanTheatre at the 2008 Theatre and Performance Research Association conference in Leeds about "Our place, Our stage", an exploration of how performance can play a role in sexual and reproductive health education. 2008-10-27T15:11:30+00:00 http://candt.org/index.php/news/podcast/serious-gaming-video-games-and-drama/ http://candt.org/index.php/news/podcast/serious-gaming-video-games-and-drama/#When:15:08:37Z Australian research and academic David Cameron talks with Dr Paul Sutton at the international IDEA conference in Hong Kong about the potential impact of video games and 'serious' gaming on drama and applied theatre. 2008-08-06T15:08:37+00:00 http://candt.org/index.php/news/podcast/young-peoples-participatory-theatre-verb/ http://candt.org/index.php/news/podcast/young-peoples-participatory-theatre-verb/#When:15:06:57Z +Verb is a pilot project for Arts Council England's pioneering YPPT scheme to find new ways of engaging young people in drama. 2008-07-24T15:06:57+00:00 http://candt.org/index.php/news/podcast/creative-training-with-applied-theatre/ http://candt.org/index.php/news/podcast/creative-training-with-applied-theatre/#When:15:05:25Z What benefits can the processes of applied theatre bring to the world of business, especially through creative training? 2008-02-20T15:05:25+00:00 http://candt.org/index.php/news/podcast/young-peoples-participatory-theatre/ http://candt.org/index.php/news/podcast/young-peoples-participatory-theatre/#When:15:04:41Z This Arts Council England initiative is finding new ways of encouraging young people to participate in youth theatre and progress to employment in the theatre industry. 2008-02-18T15:04:41+00:00