XpoNorth Podcast
XpoNorth Podcast
XpoNorth Podcast #019 – Sadie Dixon-Spain of The Walking Theatre Company – sense of place in performance
Sadie Dixon-Spain is artistic director and founder of The Walking Theatre Company. Based in Argyll, Sadie founded The Walking Theatre Company based on a love of movement, storytelling, history and the environment. She talks to Dougal Perman about all of those things including her passion for and fascination with Scotland’s stories. They also discuss how Sadie grew her theatre company as a commercial concern without relying on funding, how the work her company makes responds to its situation and surroundings and what they did to innovate during the pandemic; especially in reference to their successful project for children called Zippedy Zoom Club and the company’s first film production Macbeth The Red.
Show Highlights:
- Commercial theatre
- Digital storytelling
- Site specific/responsive creative work
- Theatrical filmmaking
- Audience interaction
Participants:
Interviewee: Sadie Dixon-Spain
Host: Dougal Perman: Dougal is director of content company Inner Ear, chair of the Scottish Music Industry Association and an advisor at XpoNorth Digital.
Date Recorded: 30 June 2021
Date Published: July or August 2021
Resources:
https://thewalkingtheatrecompany.com
https://www.facebook.com/TheWalkingTheatreCompany