Dissemination of knowledge via the arts
 Around the Well is based within The Pasalo Project and the  Department of Film, Theatre & Television, University of Reading.  In 2018, Beverley Costa and  Teresa Murjas (Associate Professor in Theatre & Performance) co-founded Around the Well, a performance group of interpreters, and other practitioners.
https://research.reading.ac.uk/exploring-archives/about-us/

Around the Well performed Between - stories about migration, identity, languages, loss and transformation,  in partnership with European Commission Representation in the UK, Europe House, London on  March 15th, 2019
Watch a short film about Between  here  https://vimeo.com/395281388/9e7320a956
Read the review by Josefina Komporaly here

Latest performance of Between in Listen to me: Stories of Interpreter-mediated Connection
at the University of Reading, on the evening of Tuesday, April 21st, 2020

Frequently findings from research into multilingualism, psychology and therapy become known amongst academics but it can be difficult to disseminate the ideas to the general public.  The Pasalo Project aims to convert those findings into creative ventures - plays, creative writing etc. in order for members of the public to have a chance to share in new ideas and knowledge.

Beverley Costa has already commissioned two plays, with support from Arts Council England, based on findings from research. She executive produced The Session at The Soho Theatre in 2015. She produced an initial anthology of Interpreters’ stories, called “In Other Words” in 2015 and in 2017, she produced a second international anthology called “In More Words”.

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