January 16
By Keriann O'Rourke Lost? Lonely? Drama department of one? I can relate. A common issue that drama teachers face is feeling isolated within their own school. We hear this sentiment often in discussions with teachers at ISTA events. These drama...
December 13
As part of ISTA’s 40th birthday celebrations we are putting together lists of resources and things we love – and here you’ll find 40 novels loved by different people from the ISTA community. Enjoy! The Secret History by Donna Tartt I...
December 10
By Sally Robertson, Executive Director of ISTA Story [noun] An account of imaginary or real people and events told for entertainment. Anyone you speak to who tells you about ISTA will have a different story. A story that is dependent on their...
November 1
Our executive director, Sally Robertson, and assistant executive director, Ian Pike, chat about ISTA - the organisation they call home. Ian: What are the most significant changes within ISTA you have seen over the years? Sally: The obvious...
October 28
As part of ISTA's 40th birthday celebrations we are putting together lists of resources and things we love - and here you'll find 40 fantastic films that should go straight on to your 'must watch' list. We asked members of the ISTA community what...
October 14
By Daphne Said This article was originally published in the September 2017 edition of Scene – Theatre to Change the World “The first step towards change is awareness…” N. Branden Theatre allows individuals to get in touch with...
October 7
By Julie Pasqual This article was originally published in the May 2016 edition of Scene - Storytelling It is not often that saying something is boring is a compliment but when I tell you that my upbringing was boring – I mean it in the...
October 1
No birthday celebration is complete without cake and (preferably) a lot of it! We want to kick off the celebrations for ISTA’s 40th year in style and we need your help. In a perfect world we’d get the whole ISTA community together for a great...
September 27
As part of our 40th birthday celebrations we’re delighted to launch the first of ten ‘40th lists’. Ranging from 40 films to holiday pearls, recipes to songs and music for the theatre classroom – this will be an insightful, useful and...
September 13
How can you put the experience of a festival into words? How can you capture the magic, joy, learning, excitement, friendships, adventures, laughter, and heart-warming glow that we know our festivals bring? From the shores of a tropical island...
August 7
As we kick off our 40th year we'd like to welcome and introduce you to our two new event coordinators. After receiving over 20 applications and a rigorous selection process we are delighted to announce that Sophie Galton and Helen Abbott have now...
August 2
In 2017, our tri-annual publication Scene turned 15 and to mark the occasion (in the 55th issue) we had contributions from students, teachers, artists, staff, heads of school and many more who shared with us some of ISTA’s ‘best...
July 21
In 2017, our tri-annual publication Scene turned 15 and to mark the occasion (in the 55th issue) we had contributions from students, teachers, artists, staff, heads of school and many more who shared with us some of ISTA’s ‘best...
July 14
In 2017, our tri-annual publication Scene turned 15 and to mark the occasion (in the 55th issue) we had contributions from students, teachers, artists, staff, heads of school and many more who shared with us some of ISTA’s ‘best...
July 7
In 2017, our tri-annual publication Scene turned 15 and to mark the occasion (in the 55th issue) we had contributions from students, teachers, artists, staff, heads of school and many more who shared with us some of ISTA’s ‘best...
June 21
By Patrick McGowan This article was originally published in the January 2018 edition of Scene - Digital Theatre When I was in school I dreamt of the days when we would have hoverboards, transformable fighter planes and starships that could...
June 14
By Julia Roberts This article was originally published in the September 2017 edition of Scene - Theatre to Change the World. Don’t be afraid of new beginnings. Don’t shy from new people, new energy, new surroundings. Embrace new chances at...
June 7
By Sherri D. Sutton The following article is from the May 2018 edition of Scene and was first published in the December 2006 Scene issue “Writing”. My thoughts on this article in 2018: I need to take my own advice. I have found myself stuck...
June 7
We are delighted to announce that Jillian Campana and Rob Warren have joined ISTA’s board of trustees as of 1st June. We received so many applications from the community which was heartening. We are committed to having at least one member...
June 1
We are now 12 months in to our event review and have gathered some fascinating data from teachers, artists and students about the festival experience. “ISTA is committed to providing best practice at all our events. As such we have a...