Paul Sutton

Congratulations on a well earned rest - well at least for part of the week! I’m sure your new schedule will just allow you to pack twice as much into half the time! Here’s to 2025!

Four students sat on the floor in front of a tablet. Three wearing black, the fourth in jeans and a green jacket and matching cap.

On Monday it was win, win. The MA Applied Theatre @cssdlondon students were thinking about combining digital technology & drama teaching with @candttheatre.bsky.social and then @paulsutton.bsky.social and I had time do some plotting for new projects. A great start to the week!

Train to London for work with @selinabusby.bsky.social at Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. It’s wet out there.

@gwruk.bsky.social what is ‘ticket easement?’ You say it’s in place on Hereford-Oxford tomorrow but don’t explain anywhere what that actually means…

@bbcnewsnight.bsky.social great to see Nicholas Watt presenting tonight. Direct, engaging, sensitive and a bit charming. More opportunities for this guy please.

New board member induction for @candttheatre.bsky.social on Friday. Getting new trustees is always nuanced but rewarding process. We’re a small arts organisation and I like to think of board members as colleagues, extending our team’s skills and experience. Looking forward to welcoming new faces.

Great start this morning talking with healthcare and theatre practitioners in UK, New Zealand and Australia about designing resources for palliative care in our @prosperodigital.bsky.social digital platform. More to come.

These theatre legends deserve a party.

My essential Theatre books which I use all the time :

2: Theatre of The Oppressed - Augusto Boal

This, with Boal’s Games For Actors and Non Actors, has been my guide to practical, democratic theatre making. This year, I’ve used Boal as inspiration in my playwriting classes and workshops

I hate printers.

ITC is all about supporting the independent sector.
As some feel that moving away from twitter will reduce their ability to interact with similar organisations, let's do what we can to connect the industry in these uncertain and isolating times.
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A word on the Allison Pearson free speech row, and what she describes as a ‘Kafkaesque’ threat to it. We asked her on @thenewsagents.bsky.social to discuss.
She said: ‘No. And if you get any aspect of the story wrong my lawyers will be watching.’
Gotta love a free speech warrior 🤷🏻‍♂️

We’re thinking about ways of using AI in theatre education which don’t infringe copyright or cause headteachers to melt down. If AI could be a magic wand for what we all do what would you like to see it conjure up?

We should talk about this. Just starting down the road of developing AI translation functions into @prosperodigital.bsky.social. Captioning would be logical next step.

Good to see you!

Good to see you! We're all about fusing drama, creativity and digital tech to make a difference to learning and engagement. We love to work with others who want to make a difference. Follow us and We'll keep you up to date with what we are doing - and big news coming in January!

C&T (@candttheatre.bsky.social) Theatre, learning, engagement and digital technology.

My day job is with this company: candttheatre.bsky.social. We're about fusing #drama, #learning and #digital #technology. We work in schools, community settings, museums, arts centres, hospices, hospitals. We're partners in developing a new arts and digital centre in our home city of Worcester UK.

Young working-class people being ‘blocked’ from creative industries, study finds Sutton Trust calls for improved access to creative education and industry dominated by upper middle-class

Sutton Trust report: 'The charity said access to creative degrees in subjects such as music and art was skewed towards those from upper middle-class backgrounds at the most prestigious institutions. ' Link to report is: www.suttontrust.com/our-research...

Just received an email as co-editor of RiDE asking “How much plagiarism is acceptable to the journal, 15% or 20% ?”

Love it!

Off to a meeting to think over how drama might play a role in palliative care. Potential project on the cards. Timely given current potential legislation on assisted dying.

So here I am. Looking forward to meeting you. #theatre #education #digital #worcester