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Monday, February 21, 2011

There's nothing funny about putting racism on stage | Andrew Haydon by Andrew Haydon

In Germany, I saw a white woman dress as a gorilla to play Othello. Yet the best that Britain seems to do is Clybourne Park – a play which aims for laughs rather than a serious examination…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:42PM
Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Why does size matter to theatres? | Andrew Haydon by Andrew Haydon

Some say that theatre is all about liveness and intimacy, others that it needs to be epic in scope. Both can't be right, surely?Does size matter? It strikes me that the biggest single issue …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:39PM
Thursday, January 13, 2011

Arts cuts: money talks while principles whisper by Andrew Haydon

By focusing on economic arguments in defence of the arts, we've swallowed the coalition's lineI've been noticing a trend in articles by young theatre-makers addressing the forthcoming cuts i…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:36AM
Thursday, January 6, 2011

Subversion on stage: can theatre change the world? by Andrew Haydon

Recent events in Hungary, Belarus and Iraq show that governments find theatre dangerous enough to think it's worth banning. So what should we be doing in response?In the past month, three ra…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:13AM

Subversion on stage: can theatre change the world? by Andrew Haydon

Recent events in Hungary, Belarus and Iraq show that governments find theatre dangerous enough to think it's worth banning. So what should we be doing in response? Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:13AM
Thursday, November 26, 2009

The sorry state of stage photography by Andrew Haydon

Theatre photography normally operates via two angles: the ubiquitous close-up or the mid-torso action shot. But what can the photos really tell us about a play? Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:19PM
Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Andrew Haydon: Is La Ronde too risqué for the 21st century? by Andrew Haydon

Sex and scandal are integral to this classic Viennese play, but British directors seem to be shy of telling it like it isIf most new openings seem to be about communism at the moment, it's s…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:30PM

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