ARTS - The Bear Educational Theatre

Guest: David Fisher, artistic director & founder of the Bear Educational Theatre

David Fisher has gone from being at the fringes of the theatrical to having his own theatre company - but he considers himself a teacher more than anything else. he talks about how the Bear came about, how it works, why it's different from "evening theatre", and how they are adapting and adjusting to an online world due to the pandemic.

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SECTIONS

01:49 - Storytelling through teaching & theatre

05:36 - Early Prague Theatre: Misery Loves Company & Black Box

07:13 - The Bear begins

10:53 - The Bear hits the road, bare bones; the perfect English lesson

22:56 - Overlapping skill sets

28:22 - Drama Therapy & other variations

30:20 - Going online & interactive

38:56 - I don't really want actors

• Music by Fanette Ronjat

Lapsus Linguae: 2016 was the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death, not his birth.

Related Info:

• The Bear Educational Theatre website
• The Bear online program
• The Bear on Patreon
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• Prague Shakespeare Company website
• Prague Film School website

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