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As the name implies, physical theatre is more like a contact sport. Actors have to constantly engage physically on stage as they create, rehearse and perform their work. There is even greate…
In these uncertain times, as distance has taken on special meaning, the screen has gained a renewed primacy. Through an online portal at Mixer, 12 artists enter the void where experience mee…
The "ironic, but reliable" version recreates the theater experience in the finest details. The Tovstonogov Bolshoi Drama Theater in St. Petersburg (not to be confused with the Bolshoi Theate…
Nils Haarmann " dramaturg at the Schaubühne " respond to Grzegorz Jarzyna. The discussion focuses how Schaubühne responded the COVID-19 pandemic and the impact it had on its immediate and …
ArtsLab explores the phenomenon of 'light' in its first module through theatre, art, music, and dance. Light reflects and refracts; it creates drama and gives birth to shadows. Textbook defi…
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…
Funding in Zimbabwean Theatre is a key challenge. There is no doubt that if one were to do an assessment of the state of Zimbabwe's creative and culture industry, they would arrive at the co…
A doctor speaks about events they think will put public health at risk. Instead of responding with gratitude, political officials seek to silence and discredit the doctor. Is this in China, …
As the new reality of daily life amid a global pandemic settles in, many people are getting accustomed to somewhat isolated lifestyles as they abide by social distancing measures and work re…
From classic Andrew Lloyd Webber plays to the release of a recording of the original cast of Hamilton, theatre lovers have been able to stream the best of the stage at home during the lockdo…
This is the age of marketing, not the age of criticism. To give an example, I'll start with a small incident that has a wider symbolic value. In November 2013, a new show called Gastronau…
Award-winning disabled documentary filmmaker, photographer, artist, published writer, and investigative journalist Richard Butchins has been exploring the word of epidemic theatre through a …
The executive director of Manchester's Royal Exchange Theatre, Steve Freeman, could have been speaking for the whole performing arts industry when he said recently: "The current economic lan…
Saudi Arabia's Minister of Culture, Badr bin Abdullah bin Mohammed bin Farhan Al Saud, announced that the Kingdom is preparing to add music, theatre, and art departments in its universities.…
Hamilton Disney+ "The world turned upside down", proclaim the cast of Lin-Manuel Miranda's Hamilton (2016) after an epic retelling of siege of Yorktown, which led to the British surrender an…
This article is part of the Dramaturgs' Network's Invisible Diaries series. In a moment of freedom from time and gravity. Noticing information entering my body As if there is nothing e…
Lorraine Hansberry's debut, A Raisin in the Sun, was the first drama written by a black woman to be produced on Broadway, where it opened in 1959. It is now an American classic, but it's …
"They've locked us in here and they're going to wait for the virus to finish us off." Thus goes a caption on a WhatsApp GIF Dalen sends to fellow retail workers. The workers have just found …
The performing arts and celebrations domain of the South African creative industries is severely impacted by the national lockdown. The lockdown regulations meant that the jobs many performi…
Theatre Artist Inside look Morgan Grambo, recent MFA graduate of Dramaturgy from the University of Iowa, gives us her perspective on the current climate in the field and the impact of the th…
As many have already said, the best streamed performances seem to be those that are made for the online venue. This is opposed to shows that originally debuted for live audiences and happene…
Qassem Amin, a dance performance staged by the Egyptian Modern Dance Theatre Company, has been released on Egypt's culture ministry's YouTube channel. The performance was first staged bac…
Pressure on the German theatre and cultural landscape has increased significantly since the right-wing populist Alternative for Germany party won seats in parliament. The institutions have d…
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 whe…
Maja Kleczewska's and Åukasz Chotkowski's Berek is like a dive into a dark spot of history, a confrontation with facts that are not so much denied as viewed as irrelevant in the Polish hi…
