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...
Read MorePosted by Sylver Kyagulanyi | 18th Oct 2020 | Essay, Theatre and Politics, Uganda
The entertainment or creative arts industry is as old as humanity. It is one of the ways through...
Read MorePosted by Sarah Bay-Cheng | 12th Oct 2020 | Covid-19, Essay, Participatory Theatre, United States of America
“I’m so glad I saw it live!” That’s what I said after the nerve-wracking Game 6 of the NBA...
Read MorePosted by Lola Proaño Gomez | 26th Sep 2020 | Argentina, Covid-19, Dramaturgy, Essay, Transmedia
The pandemic, like the tragedy of the 21st century, has a theatrical mode, and the social response...
Read MorePosted by Alexander Mantush | 19th Sep 2020 | Belarus, Essay, Theatre and Politics
100 years ago the first-ever professional theatre in the modern history of Belarus opened its...
Read MorePosted by Ian Kiyingi Muddu | 13th Sep 2020 | Covid-19, Essay, Uganda
Moses Tumwebaze is a full-time actor in the Ugandan Theatre industry. He is a member of The...
Read MorePosted by Tonderai Chiyindiko | 7th Sep 2020 | Adaptation, Covid-19, Essay, South Africa
After the unforeseen Covid-19 induced a public events hiatus where all forms of public gatherings,...
Read MorePosted by Anton Sanatov | 18th Aug 2020 | Dramaturgy, Essay, Russia
“If you say in the first chapter that there is a rifle hanging on the wall, in the second or third...
Read MorePosted by Marié-Heleen Coetzee | 16th Aug 2020 | Covid-19, Essay, South Africa
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.
Read MorePosted by Vassili Schedrin | 16th Aug 2020 | Acting, Essay, Russia, Theatre and Politics
Solomon Mikhoels, the beloved star of the Soviet Yiddish theater, was once asked how long he...
Read MorePosted by Gayatri Sinha | 11th Aug 2020 | Essay, India, Transcultural Collaborations
Alkazi was not just the father of modern Indian theatre, but a pioneer who pushed the frontiers...
Read MorePosted by Kate Lovell | 5th Aug 2020 | Essay, Japan, Theatre and Dance, Theatre and Disability, Transmedia, United Kingdom
Digital dance piece tells the never-before heard stories of deaf survivors of the A-bombs dropped...
Read MorePosted by John Drew | 25th Jul 2020 | Essay, Theatre and Politics, United States of America
A doctor speaks about events they think will put public health at risk. Instead of responding with...
Read MorePosted by Sarah Price | 23rd Jul 2020 | Directing, Essay, Producing, United Kingdom, United States of America
From classic Andrew Lloyd Webber plays to the release of a recording of the original cast of...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 22nd Jul 2020 | Essay, United Kingdom
This is the age of marketing, not the age of criticism. To give an example, I’ll start with a...
Read MorePosted by Hannah Robbins | 20th Jul 2020 | Essay, Musical Theatre, Theatre and Film, United States of America
Hamilton Disney+ “The world turned upside down”, proclaim the cast of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s...
Read MorePosted by Miranda Laurence | 20th Jul 2020 | Dramaturgs’ Network: Invisible Diaries, Dramaturgy, Essay, United Kingdom
This article is part of the Dramaturgs’ Network’s Invisible Diaries series. In a moment of freedom...
Read MorePosted by Elleke Boehmer, Zimpande Kawanu and Archie Davies | 15th Jul 2020 | Essay, South Africa, Theatre for Young Audiences, Transcultural Collaborations
Across cultures, the self-making powers of storytelling are widely recognized. Steve Biko, the...
Read MorePosted by Miranda Laurence | 15th Jul 2020 | Dramaturgy, Essay, United Kingdom
This article is part of the Dramaturgs’ Network’s Invisible Diaries series. At the moment, my...
Read MorePosted by Ian Kiyingi Muddu | 13th Jul 2020 | Essay, Playwriting, Uganda
If you want to understand a nation and its people, look no farther than its art. Through a...
Read MorePosted by Colleen Renihan, Ben Schnitzer, and Julia Brook | 13th Jul 2020 | Canada, Essay, Theatre and Politics
Artists are crucial to the futures we’re imagining beyond the COVID-19 pandemic. The vitality of...
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