21st Century Dreamin’: Theater — a Major Job Sector
Once the COVID-19 pandemic finally relinquishes its control of the world economy, the impact of...
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Experimental Forms and Performative Research: When the Classroom Learns to Fly
In his 1993 work A Flying Classroom, the German author Erich Kästner created a vision of a...
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Vsevolod Meyerhold: The Revolutionary Communist Director Executed By Stalin
Vsevolod Meyerhold was a personality of great contradictions, and one of the movers and shakers in...
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Cambodia is an Inspiration for the Healing Power of Art After a Crisis
Even though history has seen different disasters and humanitarian crises, one fact remains: we try...
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Privileges of the Imagination
When, nearly three years ago, I wrote about the first Teatroteka (Didaskalia, No. 142), I looked...
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On Screen And On Stage, Disability Continues To Be Depicted In Outdated, Cliched Ways
The #MeToo and Black Lives Matter movements have forced Hollywood and other artists and filmmakers...
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Ghana’s Politics Has Strong Ties with Performing Arts: This is How it Started
Towards the end of the Kwame Nkrumah era in 1966, a number of highlife artists wrote songs...
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New European Drama Repertory for Young People: Age of Rage
As a documentary theatre maker, I am typically interested in individuals and characters whom I...
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“Parts of Life Will Be Damaged Forever” — Arts Workers Describe the Pandemic’s Impact on Their Mental Health
The arts industry is among the most devastated by the pandemic. Artists and arts workers often...
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“Señor Ruiseño (Monsieur Rossignol)”: Ce Commentaire Féroce Sur la Politique Catalane Actuelle Ouvre Une Nouvelle Voie de la Critique au Canada!
La compagnie catalane Els Joglars, crée en 1962 par Albert Boadella, Carlota Soldevila, propose...
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Hamlet is Shakespeare’s Greatest Villain
Who is Shakespeare’s greatest villain? Richard III? Iago? Macbeth? They all have a claim to the...
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Accessibility in the Time of Corona: An Overview
There’s no denying that COVID-19 has been a financial and connectivity nightmare for artists....
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Uganda’s Creative Industry Under Siege Again
The entertainment or creative arts industry is as old as humanity. It is one of the ways through...
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4 Lessons from the NBA Bubble for the Future of Live Arts Performance
“I’m so glad I saw it live!” That’s what I said after the nerve-wracking Game 6 of the NBA...
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From Social Theatricality To Stage Theatricality: A Continuous Pandemic Script
The pandemic, like the tragedy of the 21st century, has a theatrical mode, and the social response...
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The Kupałaŭski’s Century
100 years ago the first-ever professional theatre in the modern history of Belarus opened its...
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Ugandan Theatre Grappling With The Pandemic
Moses Tumwebaze is a full-time actor in the Ugandan Theatre industry. He is a member of The...
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Joburg Theatre Stages Zakes Mda’s “Dead End” as First Live Audience Production
After the unforeseen Covid-19 induced a public events hiatus where all forms of public gatherings,...
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Loud Words – Chekhov, The Doctor With A Gun
“If you say in the first chapter that there is a rifle hanging on the wall, in the second or third...
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COVID-19: Can The Show Go On?
The COVID-19 pandemic undoubtedly hit the cultural and creative industries sector (CCI) very hard. UNESCO called the situation a “cultural emergency” on a global scale.
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