Hello, lovely people! We have tentatively launched our website auralia.space with the first Issue of audio-visual resources we have been gathering together since March 2020 about aural/oral dramaturgies. Do have a browse and tell us what you think!

With thanks to Arts and Humanities Research Council Research@Central BatterseaArtsCentre Digital Theatre+ V&A

Featuring the work of BAC Beatbox Academy Conrad_Murray RashDash Q Brothers Urok • أوروك • Ωρώκ Sleepwalk Collective @DocKendrick @BeatrizCabur

‘Auralia Salon’ - a selection of The Salon conversations from the Aural/Oral Dramaturgies project - airs on Wednedsays at 15.30 GMT on Resonance FM online (resonancefm.com) and on FM in London on 104.4 FM, repeats Saturday at 7 AM GMT. Kicking off 3 March 2021.

We're excited to announce the launch of auralia.space, the digital home of dushka’s Aural/Oral Dramaturgies project funded by Arts and Humanities Research Council in collaboration with BatterseaArtsCentre Digital Theatre+ V&A and Research@Central. Find out more: ow.ly/W8Ub50EoxaE

In this interview, auralia.space artist in residence Silvia Mercuriali discusses her work in autoteatro, a form of headphone theatre that happens solely in the interaction between spectators and their environment, as well as with #CSSDAlumni gemma brockis ow.ly/BrQC50Eosvf

In this video for auralia.space, @DocKendrick discusses her book Theatre Aurality and conceptualises the use of sound in theatre, presenting it as a key performance tool intrinsically related to the act of theatre-making: ow.ly/xg6q50Eotr0

In The Making of Hearty, an auralia.space documentary, #CSSDAlumni @elbfrankland discusses making her final solo show in the None of Us is Yet a Robot cycle, a series of works about her gender transition and about the politics surrounding trans identity. ow.ly/s3TI50EotwK

In this video for auralia.space Central’s Farokh Soltani discusses his book Radio/Body: Phenomenology and Dramaturgy of Radio and argues that, having long been labelled the theatre of the mind, radio drama should become a theatre of the body Research@Central ow.ly/69On50EovJw

In her interview for auralia.space, #CSSDAlumni Melanie Wilson discusses her boundary-pushing work, described as ‘not just a performance, but a state of mind’, which privileges atmosphere over storytelling and experiments with soundscape: ow.ly/zVM750EovR3

In their Salon for auralia.space, Central’s Jane Boston and Matthew Mills discuss how we come to sound 'ourselves', how we vocally switch between the public and the private, what happens when we go unheard, and how we can build resonant communities: ow.ly/SAuK50EovZn

How have mythologies, pop culture, art and commerce shaped the audible world as a form of theatre? Professor Ross Brown explores this and more in this oral introduction video for auralia.space, as he discusses his book Sound Effect: The Theatre We Hear: ow.ly/2wyS50Eowhk

In their interview for auralia.space, Wildcard discuss gig theatre as a form and the ethos of diversity, inclusion and authenticity that determined the musical identity and subject matter of their show Electrolyte, directed by #CSSDAlumni Donnacadh O'Briain ow.ly/kzCU50EownG

In their interview for auralia.space the makers of the play Misty, designed by #CSSDAlumni @RajhaShakiry, discuss how it invented a language to approach London’s relentless gentrification - through a mix of grime, autobiography and abstract visual theatre: ow.ly/8EMu50EowzT

In their Salon for auralia.space Anne Washburn & Research@Central Fellow Robert Icke discuss ‘the pandemic apocalypse' and what the responsibilities of creatives might be at a time when sociality is banned and the circulation of ideas increasingly mediated ow.ly/RGwn50EowDl

#tbt To the Voice Monologues which happened back in 2018! Recently we teamed up with the Central to create a podcast regarding the impact that AAC has had on communication and speech in drama and theatre auralia.space/laboratory3-th… @duskarados

On behalf of my team dushka auralia.space Central we are delighted to announce that 'Decolonising the Voice' has been selected as a finalist for the Music & Drama Education Awards 2023!🎉🗣️ Congrats to all finalists in the 'Outstanding Drama Education Resource' Category!

You can listen to the digital launch of dushka’s new book Aural/Oral Dramaturgies: Theatre in the Digital Age (2022) here: stagingsound.podigee.io/7-book-launch-… with Maaike Bleeker, Vânia Gala, Silvija Jestrovic, Lynne Kendrick, Seda Ilter and Flora Pitrolo, chaired by David Roesner. TY!

An experiment in open access. I’ll share a page a day from the 2023 book Aural/Oral Dramaturgies. See how far we get: