Sunday, October 25, 2020
In September 2019, the UNESCO Cities of Literature Short Play Festival took place in Dunedin, New Zealand. One of the major events marking the University of Otago’s 150th anniversary, the …
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 06:35PMTuesday, October 13, 2020
After 27 years and more than 2,500 reviews, The Times’s co-chief theater critic reviews his own tenure and talks about why he’s (quietly) making an exit.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:03AMSunday, October 11, 2020
Enjoy a reading from Marilynne Robinson’s new book, attend the opening night of a film fest and take the kids on a virtual tour of a museum for musical instruments.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:33AMSaturday, October 10, 2020
Even though history has seen different disasters and humanitarian crises, one fact remains: we try to understand what is happening by seeing how others coped, comparing our reaction to their…
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 02:20PMWednesday, October 7, 2020
In a few minutes or a full show, these performers capture heartbreak, fury and laughs. For the words of Samuel Beckett, a disembodied mouth did the trick.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:24AMTuesday, October 6, 2020
And so to a real press night, an event now as rare as a mystical apparition , a shining sword rising from a dark lake. . The gallant Southwark Playhouse offers a miniature musical, Jason Rob…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 07:19AMTWO MORE FROM ALAN BENNETT One of the darkest and one of the merriest. PlAYING SANDWICHES is an even more than usually sombre one of Alan Bennett’s Talking Heads.�…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 04:30AMSunday, October 4, 2020
This week, dive into the British Museum’s artifact collection, make art out of leftover veggies and revisit the myth of the Loch Ness monster.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:03AMWednesday, September 30, 2020
Arts workers draw attention to lack of panto season this year and demand more help
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Hundreds of protesters– including about…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:12PMTuesday, September 29, 2020
Critics argue prioritising non-creative jobs will not be enough to save theatres and nightclubs
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The government has been accu…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:54AMSaturday, September 26, 2020
Friday, September 18, 2020
In the era of Covid 19, when our theatres have been forced to close throughout Aotearoa/New Zealand, we find ourselves unable to rehearse or to present our work to a live audience. This has …
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 03:10PMFriday, September 11, 2020
How are local arts groups and musicians holding up and what do they have planned this fall, despite the restrictions? Here, they tell us in their own words, offering a snapshot of how some a…
SOURCE: www.seattletimes.com at 09:00AMEnd unpaid internships. Set term limits for leaders. Get real about inclusion. Take performances to the streets. Say yes to joy, and no to couch plays.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:18AMSix months dark. Thousands of artists out of work. Could this disaster have a surprise ending? Five critics on what must change, onstage and off.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:18AMTuesday, September 8, 2020
Impresario warns theatres at point of no return as Royal Albert Hall appeals for £20m to help weather Covid
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Andrew Lloyd We…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:24AMThursday, September 3, 2020
BACK IN THE STALLS! AND A VERY FIENNES START After nine months’ exile – my chemotherapy ended slap bang at the start of lockdown – I felt like the Ancient Mariner, goo…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 09:15AMFriday, August 21, 2020
Among the performances you can catch online are a one-woman show about sexual assault and riffs on “Heart of Darkness” and “Rocky.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:06PMTuesday, August 18, 2020
Written by Julian Meyrick, Julianne Schultz, and Justin O’Connor National crises, like the pandemics that can provoke them, come in stages. Each stage presents leaders with unique problem…
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 11:15PMMonday, August 17, 2020
Two critics square off to determine how well this body slam of a comedy, about stereotypes and storytelling, made it to the very small screen.
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Writer Ryan Calais Cameron hopes film about black veteran dying in police custody will ignite conversation about racism
A play about a notorious case of a black man dying in police custody i…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:54PMThursday, August 6, 2020
Vikki Stone and Natasha Barnes’s new show celebrates comic songs for actresses – here are their favourites from musicals
From Sweeney Todd by Stephen SondheimMrs Lovett is the sort of ro…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:24PMSaturday, August 1, 2020
A SINGING, SEASIDE, STRIKING DEFIANCE OF THE NEW SEPARATION Theatrecat remains dark, as it has been since December when chemotherapy began and then ran seamlessly, in March, into loc…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 11:38AMThe following review is based on the Snowdrops and Chlorine script, which differs slightly from the play’s hybrid recording. To watch the Snowdrops and Chlorine recording, please visit Sta…
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 12:14AMThursday, July 30, 2020
Biggest employer in UK theatre to terminate contracts at end of coronavirus furlough scheme
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The Ambassador Theatre Group (AT…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:18PMSaturday, July 25, 2020
Now more than ever, it is essential that post-secondary nursing programs train students to deal with real-world scenarios. The sudden onset of COVID-19 has further highlighted the critical r…
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 10:48PMThursday, July 23, 2020
Critics say redundancy proposal ‘unfathomable’ and could damage future of theatre in the south-west
The Theatre Royal Plymouth has been criticised for proposing to make its entire creat…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:12PMSaturday, July 18, 2020
Plans for 1 August reopening criticised by industry figures as not enough to keep many venues open
Theatres and venues in England will be able to host socially distanced performances and gig…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:54AMThursday, July 16, 2020
Shakespeare in the Park and other outdoor venues are shut. But for performers and directors, open-air memories are as sharp as the bite of a mosquito.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:48PMWednesday, July 15, 2020
Across cultures, the self-making powers of storytelling are widely recognized. Steve Biko, the South African Black Consciousness thinker, once said that we need to speak from where we st…
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 04:41PM 
