ASSITEJ Magazine 2019
This is the annual ASSITEJ magazine, launched during the ASSITEJ Artistic Gathering 2019 in Kristiansand (Norway). It contains high-quality articles on theatre for young audiences from all corners of the world!
This is the annual ASSITEJ magazine, launched during the ASSITEJ Artistic Gathering 2019 in Kristiansand (Norway). It contains high-quality articles on theatre for young audiences from all corners of the world!
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CHRISTIAN LEAVESLEY AND JOLYON JAMES ARE<br />
THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR AND ARTISTIC ASSOCIATE<br />
RESPECTIVELY, AT ARENA THEATRE COMPANY WORKING<br />
OUT OF BENDIGO, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA.<br />
I was dropping my son at<br />
school the other day, when<br />
I noticed up on the wall the<br />
famous Picasso quote,<br />
“All children are artists,” an<br />
abbreviation of the full quote<br />
that ends with, “The problem<br />
is how to remain an artist once<br />
he grows up.” This is an idea<br />
that we have been confronting<br />
at Arena in recent years.<br />
Photo by Arena Theatre Company<br />
Arena Theatre Company is over 50 years old. For<br />
the majority of that time, our brief has been to<br />
make theatre for young people. Some years ago,<br />
we acknowledged that there were opportunities<br />
for enriching our understanding of our audience<br />
by engaging them in more of the creative process.<br />
We felt that opening up more moments in the<br />
creative process to young people to share in the<br />
work would benefit its development. Furthermore,<br />
we were missing opportunities for young people to<br />
be involved in our processes in ways we knew they<br />
would enjoy and benefit from.<br />
24 Towards the Unknown – Confronting the Present
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