Researchers
Dr Alison Jeffers, Drama
School of Arts Languages and Cultures, University of Manchester.
Alison is a Senior Lecturer in Applied Theatre and Contemporary Performance at the University of Manchester. She has researched and written widely on the subject of participation in creative activities, particularly on applied theatre and community arts practices. In 2017 she co-edited Culture, Democracy and the Right to Make Art: the British Community Arts Movement with artist Gerri Moriarty which is freely available here – https://www.bloomsburycollections.com/book/culture-democracy-and-the-right-to-make-art-the-british-community-arts-movement/
You can find our occasional blog here – https://communityartsunwrapped.com/
Dr MaoHui Deng, Drama
School of Arts, Languages and Cultures, University of Manchester
MaoHui Deng is Lecturer in Film Studies at the University of Manchester. His research is interested in the ways in which films about dementia and ageing can help further and/or complicate our understanding of time in cinema, gerontology and the wider society. He has published in the journals Asian Cinema and Imagined Theatres, and is currently working on his first monograph (under contract with Edinburgh University Press), provisionally titled Ageing, Dementia and Time in Film: Temporal Performances.
Organisations mentioned
81 Acts of Exuberant Defiance: https://81actsofexuberantdefiance.com/about/
ACE: Arts Council England: https://www.artscouncil.org.uk
The Albany: https://www.thealbany.org.uk
Artschain: https://artschain.co.uk
B Arts: https://www.b-arts.org.uk/abouts
Battersea Arts Centre: https://bac.org.uk
Born and Bred Dance Theatre: https://www.bornandbreddance.co.uk
Cartwheel Arts: https://www.cartwheelarts.org.uk
Manchester Camerata: https://manchestercamerata.co.uk
CAN (Community Arts North West): https://can.uk.com
The Change Collective: https://www.thechangecollective.com
Contact Theatre: https://contactmcr.com
Counterpoint Arts: https://counterpointsarts.org.uk
DIY Theatre: https://www.diytheatre.org.uk
Emergency Exit Art: https://www.eea.org.uk
Future’s Venture: http://futuresventure.net
Heads Together Productions: https://www.chapelfm.co.uk/about/our-organisation/
Live Art Development Agency: https://www.thisisliveart.co.uk
Metal Culture: http://www.metalculture.com
Octagon Theatre Bolton: https://octagonbolton.co.uk
Outside Edge: http://edgetc.org
Participatory Arts London Network: https://www.halfmoon.org.uk/participate/creatives/participatory-arts-london/
Razana Afrika: https://www.razanaafrika.com
Slung Low: https://www.slunglow.org
Small Performance Adventures: https://smallperformanceadventures.com
Sour Lemons: https://sourlemons.co.uk
Spare Tyre: https://www.sparetyre.org
Strike a Light: https://strikealight.org.uk
String of Hearts: https://stringofhearts.co.uk/about.html
TiPP (Theatre in Prisons and Probation): https://www.tipp.org.uk
Utopia Theatre: https://www.utopiatheatre.co.uk
Walk the Plank: https://walktheplank.co.uk We Are Not Saints: https://www.wearenotsaints.co.uk