Feed The Art is Polyglot's approach to appraising, critiquing and valuing our work, creating and fostering a holistic culture of outstanding theatre making.

Feed the Art requires an attitude of exploration. It is a conscious approach to embedding dialogue with artistic peers and audiences within the developmental journey of a project. Artistic Conversations are invited and embraced, the Puppetry Catalyst opens up exploration of our art form and Critical Evaluation continues to add provocation to our theatre making.

Ultimately the work itself drives these conversations; with all the invited participants from within and outside the company committed to the aim of producing as robust an artwork as possible.

Our model addresses some of the issues faced by Artistic Directors in the small to medium sector - issues of artistic isolation, relentless schedules for creating new work and a head-down-bum-up organisational culture. We believe this practical approach could well serve to encourage others in the industry to open up their practice in the same way.

Feed The Art is a way of becoming accustomed to seeking feedback on all levels of company activity; habitually examining all outcomes of the company for their quality and with an eye on improvement.

Feed the Art supports the need for replenishment within arts practice, stimulus at every stage of project development and connection within the arts community and it provides a wide range of ways of achieving this.

For details of the Feed the Art menu, see Artistic Conversations.