The Mechanics of Crafting Transitions
For ensemble pieces in theatre, where actors never once leave the stage, what becomes...
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Uganda’s Elvania Namukwaya Who Broke the Glass Ceiling of Theatre
The African theatre scene in the 1960s and the 70s was mainly peopled by men. But there were women...
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Feminisation, Democracy, Labour: Towards a Socialised Cultural Institution
The below essay is the programme document of a research project Porozumienie (Agreement) at the...
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Shadow Theatre: Performance and the Imaginary in Contemporary Egypt
An essay by Nora Amin that traces the presence of shadow theatre within the modern and...
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The Fundamental Profanation
Stabat Mater is the most recent work by Brazilian actress, playwright, and director Janaina Leite,...
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Demystifying The Magic Of Theatre
In the play, Colors of Trans 2.0, when the transgender performer Living Smile Vidya bares her...
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As Fates Would Have It – What We Learn From Minor Players In Greek Tragedies And Hollywood Films
Many will be familiar with the looming presence of Oedipus or Antigone in Classical Greek tragedy....
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Why You Don’t See Many Black and Ethnic Minority Faces in Cultural Spaces – And What Happens if You Call Out the System
Have you ever been to the theatre, looked around, and thought about how predominantly white the...
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Brexit Revisited
“Fetch me ’ammer.” (Edward Bond, Saved) “Art is not a mirror held up to reality, but a hammer with...
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Bard or Blockbuster
Theatre is a business as well as a craft. And surveys about theatre often have a business side to...
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Doyen of Marathi Theatre Shriram Lagoo Left Behind A Mark Few Could Rival
A staged legacy: Doyen of Marathi theatre, Shriram Lagoo gave life to political plays, worked in...
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Bodies and Bodies and Bodies of Work: A Feminist Perspective on the Notion of ‘Oeuvre’
What does it mean to build an oeuvre as a woman? There are still obstacles on the road that are...
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Broadway: Does “The Great White Way” Live Up to Its Name?
Ntozake Shange, author of the famous Broadway play For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide /...
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Between Freedom and Manipulation: The Situation of Actors in “Factory 2
Since I will be recalling many other voices, I will start, somewhat pretentiously, with my own, in...
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The Dramaturgy of “The Banquet at elBulli”
This excerpt of the article is originally written in Chinese by the author. Full article will be...
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Willy Tsao: Hong Kong’s Dance Pioneer Embraces the Mainland
If anyone is responsible for Hong Kong’s contemporary dance scene, it’s Willy Tsao. Forty years...
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Augmented Reality or Augmented Space?
Architectural mapping, façade projection, 3D projection videomapping, display surfaces,...
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Contemporary Dramaturgies in the Performing Arts in Denmark: Report from a Conference Celebrating 60 Years of Dramaturgy at Aarhus University, Denmark
In The Routledge Companion to Dramaturgy (2016), Magda Romanska argues that if the twentieth...
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Shakespeare’s “The Tempest” Explores Colonialism, Resistance and Liberation
Last winter, at the Studio Theatre at Ryerson University in downtown Toronto, Canadian actor...
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“Augustine’s Dream:” A Work in Development
Augustine’s Dream was presented in July 2019 at the Providence Fringe by AnomalousCo. An...
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