Sue Moffat is the Director of New Vic Theatre and a Research Fellow at Keele University. As part of her work she manages New Vic Borderlines – the theatre’s award-winning outreach department, which responds directly to the needs of the local community, and to national and global issues that have an impact on ordinary people’s lives. As a theatre director, Moffat’s work focuses on collaborating with individuals, groups and communities who exist on ‘the borders’ and are marginalised for various reasons. Natasha Sutton Williams spoke to Moffat about her role as community co-investigator for the D4D project, her cultural animation workshops, and collaborations with researchers across D4D’s workstreams.
Project:Now You See Us
Ableism and Scholar Activism: Researcher Lucy Burke on her D4D project Now You See Us
Dr Lucy Burke is a Principal Lecturer for the Department of English at Manchester Metropolitan University. She identifies as disabled and teaches literary and cultural disability studies, critical medical humanities, critical and cultural theory, and contemporary literature and film. Her primary area of research explores cultural responses to dementia and representations of learning disability in contemporary society. Natasha Sutton Williams spoke to Burke about ableism, scholar activism and her D4D project stream Now You See Us.
Journey to an alien planet in an ill-fitting spacesuit
Paul Leyland gives a short introduction to a planned project working with stroke survivors following his own stroke 2 years ago.
D4D Network Conference
D4D Network Conference, at Bath Spa University, for all Community and University partners to outline early ambitions and aims of the D4D project.
What Is Cultural Animation?
At its outset, Cultural Animation came out of two specific theatre traditions. The New Vic Theatre (Newcastle under-Lyme) has 50 years of a documentary and…
Summary of ‘Now You See Us’
Urban Tensions by Colin Hambrook. Acrylic on canvas Now You See Us explores issues of integration and marginalization in schools, youth zones and the workplace.…
Martin Levinson: out and about
On 10th February, 2017 I attended a networking event set up by PLUSS at the Imperial Hotel in Torquay. The event presented an opportunity to…