Image from the "Parallel", Groundfloor Group, Interferences Festival, Cluj, Romania, 2014
Table of Contents
Editorial / Éditorial
Savas Patsalidis (editor-in-chief)
Commentary / Commentaire
Margareta Sörenson (President of IATC)
Interviews: Practitioners and Directors
Section Editor: Hervé Guay (Quebec)
The Dead and the Actor
Interview with Ricardo Bartis by Halima Tahan Ferreyra
Moving between Worlds
Interview with Mónica Calle by Ana Pais
Un théâtre documenté pour repenser le réel
Entretien avec Françoise Bloch Propos recueillis par Karolina Svobodova
Combining Playfulness and Artistry into the Essence of Theatre
Interview with Sun-woong Koh by Soon-ja Hur
“It is very important to connect ourselves to a network of universal values without sacrificing our identity.”
Interview with Tompa Gábor by Ludmila Patlanjoglu
Passion and Relentless Curiosity
Interview with Willie White, Artistic Director of Dublin Theatre Festival by Ciara O’Dow
The Shaw Festival and the New Canadian Canon
Interview with Jackie Maxwell by Karen Fricker
Special Topic: The New Generation of Playwrights
Section Editor: Manabu Noda (Japan)
Argentina – Introduction: Dramas from the Confines of the World
Halima Tahan Ferreyra
Maharashtra, India – New Generation of Playwrights in the Marathi Theatre
Madhav Vaze
Nigeria – From Page to Stage: Influences and Challenges Shaping the New Generation of Nigerian Playwrights*
Emmanuel S. Dandaura
France – Une nouvelle génération d’auteurs de théâtre en France
Jean-Pierre Han
Espagne – Nouvelles dramaturgies espagnoles: Les scènes d’un monde éclaté
Irène Sadowska-Guillon
Le Québec, Canada – S’adresser au spectateur actuel: Trois auteurs québécois dans la trentaine
Sara Thibault
La Caraïbe francophone / créolophone – Nouvelle génération: Trois dramaturges de la Caraïbe francophone / créolophone
Alvina Ruprecht
Essays: Contemporary Reflections on Morality and Death
Section Editor: Ivan Medenica (Serbia)
Lars Norén and the Contemporary Me
Margareta Sörenson
Conference Papers: The Present Day Problematics and Challenges of Theatre Criticism/Reviewing
Section Guest Editor: Deepa Punjani (India)
The Changing Scenario: Transitions in 21st Century Theatre in Kerala
Renu Ramanath
La critique professionnelle à l’heure d’Internet
Jean-Pierre Han
Three Times Transition
Margareta Sörenson
Une critique en cascade
Stéphane Gilbart
Who Speaks for Theatre in the Digital Age? (We Should!)
Brad Hathaway
Performance Reviews: Around the World in Eight Reviews
Section Editor: Matti Linnavuori (Finland)
Hovering between Tradition and Experiment
Grigorios Ioannidis
CERN Kicks Bertolt Brecht to Life
Lamice El-Amari
Jaram Lee Updates Brecht in Cluj
Matti Linnavuori
Why Go to Adelaide
Malcolm Page
Beijing’s Bright Cherry Orchard
Lissa Tyler Renaud
Écritures théâtrales en Martinique
Selim Lander
Quand Les Justes de Camus renvoient au terrorisme de l’ETA
Irène Sadowska-Guillon
Shakespeare for All
Maria Zărnescu
Book Reviews
Section Editor: Don Rubin (Canada)
Howard Barker’s Art of Theatre: Essays on his plays, poetry and production work
Edited by David Ian Rabey and Sarah Goldingay 272 pp. Manchester: Manchester University Press Reviewed by Dominic Cavendish
Dramatic and Post-dramatic Theatre: Ten Years After
Ivan Medenica, editor 150 pp. Belgrade: Institute of Theatre, Film, Radio and Television Faculty of Dramatic Arts Reviewed by Katerina Delikonstantinidou
The Kwagh-Hir Theater: A Weapon for Social Action
By Iyorwuese Hagher 256 pp. Lanham, Maryland: University Press of America Reviewed by Don Rubin
Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh
A Biography by John Lahr 765 pp. New York: Norton and Company Reviewed by Patricia Keeney
Performed Imaginaries
By Richard Schechner 196 pp. London and New York: Routledge Reviewed by Don Rubin
Critics on Criticism
Theatre Criticism and Digital Poetics (A Case Study)
Diana Damian Martin
