Traction – Regular Marvels

Reflecting on ‘El Cabaret de la Gata’

A long journey needs resting points It is a surprise, in my sixties, to find myself working on opera, as

As the pandemic recedes—or perhaps becomes normalised—it is becoming hard to recall the strangeness of those lockdown months, and the

It’s just over two years since I met the people involved in the Traction co-creation opera projects, in Donostia, at

For decades, longer even, cultural policy in Europe has been imagined as a conflict between two ideas. The first is

There are moments in every good community art project when you watch, suspended between wonder and terror, as it takes

This photograph of the artists working on Irish National Opera’s Out of the Ordinary project was taken on 20 August 2021, at

In March, I posted a question on Twitter about co-creation. What do artists mean by ‘co-creation’? I’m writing about the

The lockdowns and physical distancing measures introduced to contain the spread of Covid 19 have had a devastating impact on

‘Inis Meáin Island is where you’ll find a more authentic escape from the modern world. With a population of 200

It began with open workshops in community halls across County Durham, from ancient places sheltered in mountain valleys to younger