Today let’s meet AnnMarie Thomas, who I’ve called The Playful Engineering Professor! AnnMarie has been doing some brilliant work with The Playful Learning Lab at The University of St. Thomas Minnesota, USA. The Quest: How to make Learning more Engaging? Dr. AnnMarie Thomas is the director of the Playful Learning Lab at the University of […]

Laughter is… The Best Medicine and this is the name of the project that Katie Rose White is fully engaged in right now. Katie went to Art school and got a BA with a dissertation about “moments of play and how it informs creativity in performance art”. How to spread moments of rapturous joy and […]

Peter Duncan, one of the founders of Circus Eruption in 1992, Peter is a playful soul, works all sorts and particularly loves working with 5 year olds and over 65 bringing fun and joy through Circus activities and games. He is now trainer of social circus trainers and makes a case for play. Peter noticed […]

Beautiful conversation with Holly Stoppit from Bristol, UK (34’32”) Clown-o-therapy Holly Stoppit is a facilitator, clowning and fooling teacher, theatre director and dramatherapist, specialising in live, interactive, improvised and devised performance. At the heart of all of Holly’s work is a desire to promote creative discovery and connection through play. Holly Stoppit was a weird kid from a […]

Fitness can be Fun – and it may just be the only motivator to keep fit. A conversation with Darryl Edwards from Primal Play about making movement more playful. Darryl is author of the book “Animal Moves” writes articles on his “Primal Play” website and has an inspiring Tedx talk. Darryl discovers play when recovering […]

Looking at Play and Democracy Mathias Poulston is founder of the International Playfulness Festival Counterplay, held in Aarus Denmark. Counterplay is a blend of academia play research with the spirit of a playfulness festival. www.counterplay.org Mathias describes it as a prototype of a playful society. Mathias is a Play Activist and is particularly interested in […]

Lovely conversation with lots of playful food for thought with Maaike de Jong from the Netherlands. Maaike is a philosophical practioner, researcher, trainer and educational developer. She thinks of ways to apply philosopy in our daily lives and make room for playfulness in work, education and society. Bernard Suits,  “[Play] is a Voluntary attempt at […]

Excellent Podcast you may want to listen to twice or more! Ivan Brett, Author, podcast The Floor is Lava (Check it out, he plays games with the people he has on his show). Ivan is an exceptional playful soul and has lots of wise nuggets for all of us. Lucky aren’t we? Together we look […]

Play and Art, Art and Play Last panel session from Giocosamente 2020 How can play make art more accessible and less pompous/serious? Facilitated by ​ Anthea Moys​ with Natasha Blok, Benjamin Lee Martin, Francesca Antonacci. Looked after by Bart Durand. Play and art are (potentially) like brothers and sisters. Coming from a playful mindset what […]

Play and Social Distancing How to keep playing while keeping physically distant? Facilitated by Robbie Foulston with Darryl Edwards, Pete Duncan. Under the care attention of Bart Durand The Panelists talk about what they have been doing to balance online and offline sessions. Where is the future of Play going? What new play has come […]