ARTS - The Bear Educational Theatre Guest: David Fisher, artistic director & founder of the Bear Educational Theatre David Fisher has gone from being at the fringes of the theatrical to having his own theatre company - but he considers himself a teacher more than anything else. he talks about how the Bear came about, how it works, why it's different from "evening theatre", and how they are adapting and adjusting to an online world due to the pandemic. See a video version on our YouTube channel. Like what we do? Then buy us a beer or three via our Buy Me a Coffee page! SECTIONS 01:49 - Storytelling through teaching & theatre 05:36 - Early Prague Theatre: Misery Loves Company & Black Box 07:13 - The Bear begins 10:53 - The Bear hits the road, bare bones; the perfect English lesson 22:56 - Overlapping skill sets 28:22 - Drama Therapy & other variations 30:20 - Going online & interactive 38:56 - I don't really want actors Music by Fanette Ronjat Lapsus Linguae: 2016 was the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death, not his birth. Related Info: The Bear Educational Theatre website The Bear online program The Bear on Patreon The Bear on Facebook Prague Shakespeare Company website Prague Film School website For events in Prague, go to the Facebook page The Prague Haps  Follow us on social for extras: Facebook Twitter YouTube Instagram Other Podcasts by Derek DeWitt DIGITAL SIGNAGE DONE RIGHT - Winner of the 2021 Silver Davey Award and AVA Gold Award, the 2020 Communicator Award of Excellence and on numerous top 10 podcast lists.  CONSPIRACY CLEARINGHOUSE - A rather skeptical look at conspiracies and mysteries. Each episode will examine conspiracy theories, most of which are not true, a few of which might be a little bit true and even a couple that turned out, in fact, to be true. This is the podcast that dares to look behind the curtain that’s behind the curtain.