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| Title | Pub. Date | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Making SideWays: what a sensory show made for homes taught us about creativity, access & connection | 17 Sep 2026 | 01:21:38 | |
We have more than five senses. Access can be a creative starting point. And theatre can happen in your home.Ā Join us behind the scenes of InSideWays to discover what happened when more than 100 collaborators - artists, makers, researchers and families ā came together across two countries to reimagine how theatre is made, where it happens, and who it is for.Ā Ā Host Flo OāMahony (Artistic Director of Zoo Co and director of the 5 star, award-winning āPerfect Show for Rachelā) joins Oily Cartās Artistic Director Ellie Griffiths, and researchers Aaron McPeake and Elspeth Clark, to discuss what making a sensory show for peopleās homes taught them about creativity, access and connection. Their conversation includes: š¬ How many senses we really haveĀ š¬ What happens when a home becomes a stageĀ š¬ How sensory and At Home theatre remove barriers for audiences, and create new possibilitesĀ š¬ Where the idea of āsidewaysā came from, and how it led us to the taste of soundĀ š¬ Co-creation, co-occupation and the magic that happens between peopleĀ š¬ Why access belongs at the heart ā and the start ā of the creative processĀ š¬ The value in asking impossible questions (even when you wonāt get an answer)Ā š¬ Why time might be the final frontier of access practiceĀ š Digital and physical copies of Making SideWays are available at ā www.oilycart.org.ukā šĀ TIMESTAMPS: 00:00:00 INTRODUCTION What are 'Sensory Theatre' and 'At Home theatre'? 00:09:56 DRAWER 1: All about At Home theatre 00:26:18 DRAWER 2: Thinking, making and growing 'SideWays' 00:37:45 DRAWER 3: Making the show 00:50:19 DRAWER 4: Play as a radical act 00:58:39 DRAWER 5: Endings 01:15:10 CONCLUSION Further reading and references from this episode:Ā š āThe Empty Spaceā, a book by Peter BrookĀ š āā Not 5 but 33 sensesā ā, an online blog by Dr Merle FairhurstĀ š āNo Straight Road Takes You Thereā, a book by Rebecca SolnitĀ š Fanny Ambjƶrnssonās writing on queer theorist Kathryn Stockton, included in ā Kollaborativetās anthology āJag Ƥr tid, jag Ƥr rumāā (I am time, I am space)Ā Ā This podcast was recorded at 5A Studios and produced and edited by Flossie Waite. The music was composed by BK Sannerud. InSideWays is an international collaboration between Oily Cart (ā @oilycartā ) in the UK, and Scen:se (ā @scen_se_ā ), Folkteatern GƤvleborgĀ (ā @folkteaternā ) and Estrad Norr (ā @estradnorrā ) in Sweden.Ā Ā Find the full credits for InSideWays at ā www.oilycart.org.ukā Ā --Ā Ā Find out more about Oily Cart here: ā https://linktr.ee/oilycartĀ ā You can also follow us on... Ā Instagram: ā @oilycartā Facebook: ā @oilycartā LinkedIn: ā @oily-cartā Youtube: ā @oilycart4685ā Ā And why not subscribe to our newsletter? ā https://oilycart.us5.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=3c6b97f92c86e7184e83ee17b&id=4b5d31b0d8 Ā ā | |||