A brilliant artist asked me this last week. First came the sinking feeling in my stomach, caused by hearing out loud the question I had asked myself a thousand times. Then came the tightening in my chest as my heart tied itself in knots, trying to contain my rage at hearing someone with so much to give feeling solely defined by what has been taken from her. Then I realised I should probably say something - and surprised myself with the realisation that I didn't have a ready-m

Shout-out to anyone who is feeling deeply impacted by the state of the world right now. We're all feeling it on a level we haven't noticed for a while. With so many vital topics competing for media attention (or desperately trying to avoid media attention, as the case may be), we’ve noticed in our community that post-traumatic stress activation seems to be coming from all directions, whatever the original source of our traumas. With so much in the air, so many different point

It’s been a while, friends! Starting the year with a two-week festival took a lot of our attention, but it’s far from all we’ve been doing. Before we reflect in detail on that whirlwind, we wanted to share with you an update on how a much slower, more reflective part of our work has been going. Our first year of RAT LAB is off to a great start, with each of our four first cohort artists now having delivered their first workshop for the rest of the community. They design thes

Happy new year, everyo - ... Right, enough of that nonsense, time to get back to work ;) We teased you with the first little bits of information about the festival at the end of last year, and now we have the full programme announcement for you . And with just under two weeks to go, you'll want to get your 2026 diaries out now and start planning what you want to attend! This year (because our friends at ODAC put us in charge...!) there are more theatre- and storytelling-relat