CREATING JUSTICE – RAPID EVIDENCE ASSESSMENT
In October 2019, London Bubble Theatre commissioned independent researchers Sophie Reid and Ellie Mendez Sayer to complete an evaluation of the Creating Justice programme. This programme includes three projects which use theatre to work with children and young people in (or at risk of being in) the criminal justice system. This rapid evidence assessment forms part of […]
A FLAVOUR OF VERNACULAR THEATRE
CLICK HERE to download the pdf Articles, blogs, comments & feedback on Bubble’s recent vernacular theatre projects.
Speech Bubbles – an evaluation
Speech Bubbles – an evaluation of the extended Speech Bubbles Programmes Full Report HERE Executive Summary HERE Dr Jonathan Barnes, Sydney De Haan Research Centre for The Arts and Health. Canterbury Christ Church University, 2015.
Speech Bubbles Year 6 Report
Speech Bubbles Year 6 Report written by Adam Annand, London Bubble, September 2015.
AN INTRODUCTION TO VERNACULAR THEATRE
Written by Jonathan Petherbridge, November 2014. In 2011 London Bubble started making new theatre pieces with groups of volunteer performers of all ages and backgrounds. People found the work powerful but difficult to describe – it wasn’t necessarily professional or polished, but it had an authentic voice and human approach that was refreshing. In 2013 […]
CATHEDRALS AND BARNS
CATHEDRALS AND BARNS – a paper given by Jonathan Petherbridge to the Turning The Page Conference, held at Reading University, Sept 2013.
CREATIVE HOMES PILOT – EVALUATION REPORT
EVALUATION REPORT written by Imogen Slater, Centre for Urban & Community Research, Goldsmiths University March 2014, covering the pilot project in Frank Wymark House & Ronald Buckingham Court from August 2012 – September 2013
A YOUTH THEATRE MEMBER SPEAKS
An interview with Rowena Russell, London Bubble Youth Theatre Member. This interview took place in October 2003, and Rowena has since participated in several Bubble projects and worked as a steward on the summer parks tour. How were you first aware of the Bubble Youth Theatre? I noticed an advertisement in the programme for the […]
ESCAPE FROM THE BLACK BOX
A look at site-specific and promenade theatre by Jonathan Petherbridge, Artistic Director of London Bubble A high flying and influential Chief Executive of a regional theatre once explained to me that they weren’t interested in producing site specific work in their town, as “we’ve got a perfectly good, well equipped theatre, we don’t see the […]
INTERGENERATIONAL WORK FOR A COHESIVE COMMUNITY
by Louise Owen, ex Marketing Officer, London Bubble Theatre Company This article was published in Drama Magazine How can theatre be made to work for the community? It is a question that South London-based arts organisations Entelechy Arts and London Bubble Theatre Company explore in all their work. A belief in the capacity of arts […]