In her research with students at the Independent Elementary School of Art in Bratislava (Slovakia), Daniela Evjáková observed differences as well as common factors between the work of a director and work of an educator. These commonalities and distinctions varied over the course of different stages of production and creation. Following a period of…

This dialogue contributes reflections on the "theatre laboratory" to the scholarly debate surrounding methodologies of drama education and applied performance. The co-authors suggest that the experimental and ensemble-led approach of the Samuel Beckett Laboratory, founded at Trinity College Dublin in 2013 as a space for research into…