Network of Independent Critics exists to champion quality arts coverage outside the mainstream press & facilitate opportunities for independent critics/bloggers
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We had a great model before the pandemic, but now we're older, poorer and far more tired. Has the NIC project come to a natural end? We're thinking hard on this, so do get in touch if you have thoughts/energy/vision xxx
One of the most dangerous ideas in the arts is that once you start something - a building, a company, a festival - it has to go on forever.
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My point is that this is wh Black journalists are important.. I don’t know if I could have roamed & made ppl feel comfortable enough to talk to me if I was white.
But I didn’t do this, a bunch of brave Black women did this.
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Love love these collages of ekphrastic responses from fellow PhD-er @CreatedtoRead, created from #audienceresearch at @Museum_Cardiff ❤️
Currently on display at Urban Crofters in #Roath
ALT Two framed black squares on a gallery wall. Inside the squares are rough circle shapes, crated like sun's rays radiating out from a central photo of an eye. The left one's rays are in alternating shades of pastel pink and blue. The right one's in pale lime and violet. Fragments of image are printed on the rays, painted portraits and plant leaves. There are also snippets of handwritten text, in different languages, styles and mediums on each ray. They are incomplete, with no beginnings or endings, suggesting new ways of connecting the words and the images.
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🧵Theatre Criticism! I've written, featured in and am a reader of it. This is not about me or aimed at anyone. I'm observing recurring patterns and yearn for quality. This is a thread nobody asked for- take it with a pinch of salt, get stuck in, consider it, or scroll on.
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Arts writing workshop for those around Bristol (UK). Explore tips and techniques for reviewing circus
#CircusArts
Ever wondered how we start pulling our thoughts together to write a review? Our #Bristol workshop at @CircusCity1 next week gives you the chance to find out & try it yourself! (And you get to see the intriguing #SawdustSymphony into the bargain!)
Book via bristolcircuscity.com/#group…
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Pantomime fans/bloggers/reviewers, make yourselves known!
RT to share for me please 🫶
#journorequest #prrequest
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Today is an @edfringe planning day. Is anyone is interested this is how I plan. I am still one of those who uses pen and paper diary's and I find something satisfying filling in the pages. Now to decide which day I go to which venue @theSpaceUK @Gildedballoon @AssemblyFest
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i reckon i can offer 25 companies - taking a show to edinburgh or any other fringe this summer - a 30min zoom for free, if youd appreciate thoughts/advice on how to market it or just want to bounce ideas around 🙏 dm me if that appeals
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I wrote some audience thoughts on Blackout Performances and The White Gaze in UK theatres kimprovised.wordpress.com/20…
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I had a great day at the #MetamodernCircus symposium Cardiff today @NoFitState @CircusDiaries - such an eclectic mix of thinkers and artists and practitioners. Can’t quite stop thinking about audiences, falling, and juggling (for) plants. Thanks to @BustingFree @ThomHamer et al!
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This week's the week! Join us for our 10th birthday party slash #circademic geek out, exploring how and where circus connects with the current cultural moment of #metamodernism
Get ready for another edition of The Metamodern Festival! What can circus offer to deepen our understanding of the times we’re living in? Join us on Friday 26th May 2023 at NoFit State Circus. ✨
Get your free tickets here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-metam…
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Hi @whitepube, could you give us a shout if you know any BIPOC artists/writers who might be looking for a place to post their thoughts about @ibokwe_albert's 'The Black Circus of the Republic of Bantu’ at @Biennial in Liverpool next month?
eventbrite.co.uk/e/albert-ib…
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Lapping up @SignyLynch and @LMichelleMac's article on 'Critical Disengagement: The Epistemic and White Supremacist Violence of Theatre Criticism in Canada and the USA'
#TheatreCriticism
#ArtsCriticism
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Brilliant stuff here from @maddydeliqette on establishing community based theatre writing practices bac.org.uk/moving-roots/how-…
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We announced this exciting event over the #BankHoliday weekend, doh! For those of you back to the Tweets today, here's what we've been cooking up! #circademic #metamodernism #PHDLife
Get ready for another edition of The Metamodern Festival! What can circus offer to deepen our understanding of the times we’re living in? Join us on Friday 26th May 2023 at NoFit State Circus. ✨
Get your free tickets here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-metam…
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What better way to celebrate our 10 year anniversary than throw a #circademic party? Delighted to be partnering on this one-day symposium in #Cardiff. Free tickets available now!
#MetamodernCircus
Get ready for another edition of The Metamodern Festival! What can circus offer to deepen our understanding of the times we’re living in? Join us on Friday 26th May 2023 at NoFit State Circus. ✨
Get your free tickets here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-metam…
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I have posted this before but ..
26 years ago, a gunman entered
Dunblane Primary School in Scotland,
killing 16 kids and a teacher. The UK
govt responded by enacting tight gun
control legislation. In the 9400+ days
since, there have been a total of O
school shootings in the UK.
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Life is different if you don’t depend on our NHS or state schools. If you don’t need to travel by train or bus to get to work. If you swish through airports in private lounges. If you’ve never worried about losing your job, or paying the rent. Their Britain isn’t broken. Ours is.
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Equip yourself for a career in arts journalism 💪
Diverse Critics is an accessible development opportunity offering a cohort of disabled and/or BPOC writers the chance to gain skills for a career as a professional arts writer
🗓 6 February 2023
ℹ️ disabilityarts.online/jobs/d…
ALT Diverse Critics. The Skinny. gal-dem. Disability Arts Online. Creative Scotland.
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