Sylvan Baker - Changing the Resonance

Published: May 10, 2024, 9:12 a.m.

Practitioner and researcher Sylvan Baker examines listening within applied theatre practices.

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Sylvan has worked across applied theatre, socially engaged arts and education for the past 30 years, and is currently a Senior Lecturer at the Central School of Speech and Drama.

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He describes a process of using \u2018headphone verbatim\u2019 to share testimonies with care-experienced young people, and shows how playback and performance change the resonance of the spoken word.