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The IATC journal/Revue de l'AICT – December/Décembre 2020: Issue No 22
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Essays
National Reports
Critics on Criticism
Interviews
Performances
Books
In Memoriam
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Arts Journalism and Theatre in the Pandemic Era: Mutations, Redefinitions and Challenges
December 11, 2020
December 14, 2020
Zoe Ververopoulou
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The Performance of Protest in a Post-COVID World: A Theatre Critic’s Perspective from India
December 1, 2020
December 23, 2020
Deepa Punjani
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Ceci n’est pas un théâtre
: Theatre in the Age of COVID
December 2, 2020
January 6, 2021
Mark Brown
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Tercera Llamada #LiveOnlineNow: Notes on a Virtual Theatre Experience
December 8, 2020
December 28, 2020
Fernando Valcheff García, Regina Solis Mirandal, Sara Hermo Nieto
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CATR Digital Criticism Pedagogies Workshop 2020 Recap
December 12, 2020
December 28, 2020
Karen Fricker, Michelle Macarthur, Aisling Murphy, Robyn Grant-Moran, Mae Smith
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Lockdown Verses and Anxieties of Presence: How Polish Theatre Rhymed a Case for Its Purpose on the Pandemic Stage
December 4, 2020
December 14, 2020
Kasia Lech
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Le théâtre en confinement : qu’est-ce que nous avons regardé en Turquie ?
December 9, 2020
December 14, 2020
Ece Yassitepe Ayyildiz
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Some Reflections on Theatre in a Post (Pre-) Pandemic Moscow
December 3, 2020
December 14, 2020
Alla Shenderova
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Editors’ Comment: Theatre (Criticism) the Day After
December 14, 2020
January 6, 2021
Yana Meerzon, Savas Patsalidis, Aisling Murphy
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Misplaced Self in the Misplaced City
November 24, 2020
December 14, 2020
Tan Tan (Weiwei Sun)
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Le théâtre survivra-t-il à la tentation du virtuel ?
November 28, 2020
December 14, 2020
Tibor Egervari
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Migrant Representation in the U.K. Theatre Industry: How Covid-19 Catalysed a Movement
November 23, 2020
December 28, 2020
Sally Beck Wippman (contrib. Zhui-Ning Chang, Lara Parmiani)
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Not Here, Not Now? Liveness Revisited
November 30, 2020
December 14, 2020
Małgorzata Sugiera
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Brecht Is More Relevant Than Ever in the Time of COVID-19
November 29, 2020
December 14, 2020
Jisoo Nam
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Pandemic V-Effect: The Plague as Theatre Criticism
November 27, 2020
December 30, 2020
Felipe Cervera and Azadeh Sharifi
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The Digital Sublime and Fragility in the Time of COVID-19 and the Eco-crisis: The Dynamics of Becoming
December 6, 2020
December 14, 2020
Hanna Helavuori
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Electric Dance, or How to Talk with Birds
December 5, 2020
December 14, 2020
Johannes Birringer
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How to Write About Theatre Online Workshops
December 13, 2020
December 14, 2020
Mark Fisher
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Theatre and Censorship in the Pandemic
November 25, 2020
December 14, 2020
Patricia Nikolova
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Chilean Crises Lead to Experiments in Online Theatre
December 10, 2020
December 28, 2020
Pablo Cisternas, Milena Grass Kleiner, Andrés Kalawski, Cristián Opazo
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Some Reflections on Theatre in a Post (Pre-) Pandemic Moscow
December 3, 2020
December 14, 2020
Alla Shenderova
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Pandemic V-Effect: The Plague as Theatre Criticism
November 27, 2020
December 30, 2020
Felipe Cervera and Azadeh Sharifi
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Le théâtre survivra-t-il à la tentation du virtuel ?
November 28, 2020
December 14, 2020
Tibor Egervari
Special Topic
Not Here, Not Now? Liveness Revisited
November 30, 2020
December 14, 2020
Małgorzata Sugiera
Essays
Essays
Contemporary Playwriting and Theatre Translation Cultures in Europe: A Report on Current Systems, Conventions and Perceptions
December 1, 2020
December 10, 2020
Margherita Laera
Essays
Relaxed Performance: An Ethnography of Pedagogy in Praxis
October 18, 2020
December 28, 2020
Carla Rice, Chelsea Temple Jones, Jessica Watkin, Kayla Besse
Essays
« …papa merci d’être mort » – Un spectacle pour les adultes qui étaient autrefois des enfants
October 18, 2020
December 10, 2020
Irina Antonova
Essays
Rethinking Authority, Creativity and Authorship in Twenty-First-Century Performance: The Director’s Revised Role
September 23, 2020
January 2, 2021
Avra Sidiropoulou
Essays
What Is This Thing, Drama? Plays for Dialogue in a Rwandan College Setting
September 23, 2020
December 10, 2020
Amy S. Green
Essays
Au-delà des frontières, les ponts
September 23, 2020
December 10, 2020
Georges Banu
National Reports
National Reports
Mission Im/possible: In Search of Identity and the Aesthetics of Hong Kong Contemporary Theatre
November 30, 2020
December 28, 2020
Bernice Kwok-wai Chan
Critics on Criticism
Critics on Criticism
Note from the Editors
Critics on Criticism
Flight
Paths and Theatre for Early Years Audiences
Critics on Criticism
Young Critical Practices: Ways of Thinking in and With the Arts
Critics on Criticism
Describe, Evaluate, Argue: Teaching Criticism for Young Writers
Critics on Criticism
Criticism as a Play-Space
Critics on Criticism
What If We Just Dance?
An Example of Interactive Criticism
Critics on Criticism
“Parallel Space for Reflection”: Interview with Zala Dobovšek
Critics on Criticism
The Young People’s Stage of the National Theatre of Greece: Cultural Politics and Pedagogical Paradigms
Critics on Criticism
Réinventer les paysages et dessiner les vols au Théâtre de Marionnettes de Porto
Note from the Editors
Flight
Paths and Theatre for Early Years Audiences
Young Critical Practices: Ways of Thinking in and With the Arts
Describe, Evaluate, Argue: Teaching Criticism for Young Writers
Criticism as a Play-Space
What If We Just Dance?
An Example of Interactive Criticism
“Parallel Space for Reflection”: Interview with Zala Dobovšek
The Young People’s Stage of the National Theatre of Greece: Cultural Politics and Pedagogical Paradigms
Réinventer les paysages et dessiner les vols au Théâtre de Marionnettes de Porto
Interviews
Interviews
Sociology of Theatre and Performance: Interview with Maria Shevtsova
December 20, 2020
December 20, 2020
by Savas Patsalidis
Interviews
Our Responsibility Lies in Our Decisions: Interview with Patrice Pavis
December 19, 2020
February 18, 2021
by Éva Patkó and Savas Patsalidis
Interviews
A Digital Talk About an Analogue Art: Interview with Erika Fischer-Lichte
December 18, 2020
February 18, 2021
by Ivan Medenica
Interviews
Experiments with Human Nature: Interview with Margarita Mladenova
December 6, 2020
February 18, 2021
by Kamelia Nikolova
Interviews
In Search of Contexts: Interview with Neelam Mansingh Chowdhry
December 6, 2020
February 18, 2021
by Vikram Phukan
Interviews
I Can See you, on Zoom: Interview with Olive Bieringa and Otto Ramstad
November 12, 2020
February 18, 2021
by Tina Perić
Interviews
“The Counterpart” Becoming Myself: Interview with Kang Ryang-won
November 9, 2020
February 18, 2021
by Lee Hwawon
Interviews
Documentary Theatre: About Aesthetics and Politics. Interview with Martha Bouziouri
October 18, 2020
February 18, 2021
by Savas Patsalidis
Interviews
De la rencontre aux écrans: une approche kaléidoscopique du réel : Entretien avec BERLIN
September 23, 2020
February 18, 2021
par Karolina Svobodova
Interviews
Corps, voix, mémoire : Entretien avec Guy Régis Jr.
September 23, 2020
February 18, 2021
par Jason Allen-Paisant
Performance Reviews
Performance Reviews
Macmillan’s Pandemic Theatre in Latvia
Performance Reviews
The Game Is Over
Performance Reviews
Hallucinations of a Finnish Anarchist
Performance Reviews
Qui a peur du théâtre ?
Performance Reviews
Defeats to Lament, Lives to Celebrate: Fragments of a Greek Festival
Performance Reviews
Théâtre et musique, un mariage risqué
Performance Reviews
Exodos
. The Body Is the Oracle
Performance Reviews
Theater of War: The Relevance of Community Arts during the Pandemic
Performance Reviews
Les bienfaits collatéraux d’une pandémie à Luxembourg
Macmillan’s Pandemic Theatre in Latvia
The Game Is Over
Hallucinations of a Finnish Anarchist
Qui a peur du théâtre ?
Defeats to Lament, Lives to Celebrate: Fragments of a Greek Festival
Théâtre et musique, un mariage risqué
Exodos
. The Body Is the Oracle
Theater of War: The Relevance of Community Arts during the Pandemic
Les bienfaits collatéraux d’une pandémie à Luxembourg
In Memoriam
In Memoriam
Kapila Vatsyayan: A Legend of Indian Culture
November 3, 2020
December 10, 2020
Ravi Chaturvedi
In Memoriam
Kapila Vatsyayan and the IATC Thalia Prize
November 3, 2020
December 10, 2020
Margareta Sörenson
In Memoriam
Remembering Eric Bentley
November 3, 2020
December 28, 2020
Don Rubin
Book Reviews
Book Reviews
Marionetteatern: 60 Years and More
November 21, 2020
December 10, 2020
par Louise Lapointe
Book Reviews
Shakespeare in the Theatre: Patrice Chéreau
November 21, 2020
December 10, 2020
par Philippe Rouyer
Book Reviews
TNT: The New Theatre
November 12, 2020
December 10, 2020
Ian Herbert
Book Reviews
Contemporary Plays by African Women
November 12, 2020
December 10, 2020
Patricia Keeney