January 2012
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Music and theatre
Music and Theatre can be a wonderful combination. In The Listeners, we’re combining live singing and movement in order to characterise and express the troubles of Magz, something that’s far more achievable through choruses and expressive singing than straight acting alone. Of course, it helps when you’ve got great songs like ‘Message in a Bottle’ or...
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Blue Monday →
The third monday of January is often described as ‘the most depressing day of the year’. But psychologists say depression isn’t as small or simple as that.
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“During depression the world disappears. Language itself. One has nothing to say....”
– Kate Millett
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ICT is boring and lessons are useless, say... →
The Listeners imagines a future where technology is far more advanced than today, but where people and computers still struggle to communicate. But today, many schools’ ICT lessons are being criticised for not teaching young people enough about technology or what it can do - and are often trying to teach simple tasks that pupils have often learnt on their own.
This article collects some...
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A post-apocalyptic world
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