April 30
We’ve all had those moments when worlds collide at an event or in discussions with another artist or teacher. ISTA has the amazing ability to create connections in an instant and those stories are what make us the fantastic community of artists,...
April 30
Alumni school: Alexander Pushkin School, Russia ISTA alumni events: Bahrain MS festival 2009, Istanbul MS festival 2010, Geneva MS festival 2011, Switzerland MS festival 2011 and Hong Kong HS festival 2014. What are you doing now? I started my...
April 2
We all understand the immense impact that an ISTA festival has on everyone involved – artists, teachers and of course most significantly, students. This impact is personal, social, cerebral, theatrical. One impact that we consider less is the...
April 2
Living in Singapore I’m really lucky about how many ISTA artists and teachers I get to interact with on a regular basis. The other day at a social event someone asked me how I’ve used guest artists in the past to enhance the work I do in my own...
April 2
I think all of us who have devoted ourselves to this art form believe the answer to this question is ‘Yes’. There have been a handful of productions I’ve seen or been involved in the last 40+ years which have fundamentally changed my view...
April 2
Samuel Kidd had heard his mother speak about her ISTA experiences for years. After all Debbie has run so many workshops and been artistic director and SEL at numerous events it was only natural that Sam wanted to experience what ISTA really was and...
April 2
Alumni school: Overseas School of Colombo ISTA Alumni events: Bangkok TaPS 2008 and Hong Kong HS festival 2008 What are you doing now? I am currently the high school theatre teacher and theatre manager at the American International School of...
March 3
Everyone has heard stories of the current Coronavirus (COVID-19) global crisis that is affecting over 80,000 people in countries around the globe. We have heard of quarantines on cruise ships and border crossings closing but what do we know of what...