Originally published in print, September 2021. One of my more embarrassing traits, that I tend to keep under wraps until I get to know someone better, is that I am a former theatre kid. I don’t mean this in … Continue reading Broadway and the Problem with Financial Elitism
Quite speechless… that would be simply an understatement of mine. I personally have seen theatre performances multiple times per week for the past few years — before the pandemic, of course — and attempts at ‘online theatre’. As one can … Continue reading iGirl // Review
Originally published in print March 2021. Despite a year of empty auditoriums, the past twelve months have seen an explosion of innovation within the realm of theatre. The notion of what a play is, or has the potential to be, … Continue reading What have we learned from a year of remote theatre?
Originally published in print March 2021. Ursula: First, can you tell me a little bit about Playback? Robert: Playback is a podcast play consisting of three different episodes of three different podcasts and it follows one person who hosts all … Continue reading Interview with Robert Gibbons writer and producer of podcast play Playback
Tragedy as a form of drama developed during the early 5th Century BC in Athens, where it died in the space of one hundred years. Despite the limited space and time in which tragedy flourished, it has influenced hitherto the … Continue reading The Tragedy of the Future
Originally published in print December 2020. December 2020, what a year for the arts sector… Theatre-makers and drama students and professors had to adapt to the digital forms of performance making; final year debuts were held as online … Continue reading 2021: A New, Better Year for Theatre?
Originally published in print November 2020. Illustration by Lola Fleming. (A note for the reader, this is not a bash against any artist or organization in this industry. These are just an amalgamation of thoughts and observations over the … Continue reading Exhausted // Opinion
Originally published in print November 2020. Trailer of “The Man on Wire”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cz6oddi0mts The city is a discourse, and this discourse is actually a language: the city speaks to its inhabitants, we speak to our city, the city where … Continue reading A Psychogeographical Voyage Through the Cities and their Theatremakers
The leadup to Christmas is daunting. Now the question of which business to support is as vital to many as which gift to buy. With the economic devastation the arts have suffered through the pandemic, an exclamation has loomed large … Continue reading 5 Gift Suggestions for Christmas Time
Originally published in print September 2020. When I was eighteen years old, the thought of going to college seemed like the biggest undertaking of my life. I had applied to do a TSM in Drama and Classical Civilisations, and … Continue reading How Studying Theatre in Trinity has Prepared Me for the Future
Originally published in print September 2020. August 2020. Live performances. Enclosed (or open) spaces. Following government restrictions, the theatre groups planning to perform live again have had to be cancelled or postponed once more. In the midst of … Continue reading Live Theatre Rebirth (?)
Originally published in the Summer Issue 2020. Theatre. Online. [Pause.] The pandemic circumstances left many artists wondering about ‘what is theatre?’ ‘Is this the death of theatre?’, ‘what is the difference between theatre and film when theatre is … Continue reading Theatre. Online.