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WE CELEBRATE THE DIVERSITY OF PERFORMANCE DESIGN AND MAKING PRACTICES TODAY

Richard Cooper
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INSPIRING YOUNG PEOPLE TO INVENT NEW PRACTICES FOR THE FUTURE

Adele Keeley

THE HIERARCHIES ARE DISSOLVING

Hayley Grindle

OUR CREATIVE BORDERS ARE POROUS

Alex Eales

WE BUILD THE CONTENT

Alex Marker

WE MAKE THE MEMORIES

Jacqueline Trousdale

WE ARE ALL THE STORYTELLERS NOW

Claire Lyth
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Pamela Howard Appreciation

It was with great sorrow and shock that we heard of Pamela Howard’s very recent, but peaceful death on Monday 26th October.  She had just returned from the Bucharest Biennial where she was celebrating the translation into Romanian of her...

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Pamela Howard Appreciation
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