Ways to Do Opera and Write Plays? Guardian Culture Professionals Address the Issues

The Guardian Culture Professionals Network is a great blog to follow - there's always good material there.  This week:-

• "There is no Traditional Way of Doing Opera", says English Touring Opera's chief. 
• And for the theatrically-minded, "Playwrights in Search of Characters"

These are just two of the subjects raised - there's also tech talk about 3D printers, virtual reality in film, and more.  Take a look!

SPACE - open-source 3D design software

SPACE - a place to spread your wings

We thought our technical students and staff might be interested in open-source software called SPACE.

SPACE is 3D design software developed for performing arts students.  More about it here ...

In addition to the user guide and the software itself there are also a series of resources available from Jorum that can be built into a Moodle course as learning resources on using the software, building virtual environments (such as stage venues), lighting setup, etc.

Spotted by our educational technologist, Gordon McLeod, who  says he could build a course in the new version of Moodle (our virtual learning network) on using SPACE, if our community thinks it would be useful.