Selim Lander* Texte et mise en scène : Wajdi Mouawad ; scénographie : Emmanuel Clolus ; conception et réalisation vidéo : Dominique Daviet et Wajdi Mouawad. À Paris, au Théâtre national de Chaillot, du 9 au 16 avril 2015. Summary:
Interview with Paul Heller by Lissa Tyler Renaud* Clearly, the dictum “write what you know” has made no impression on San Francisco playwright Paul Heller. He seems to be magnetized by everything unfamiliar. He writes plays about cultures he doesn’t
Interview with Charles Mee by Elena Delliou* Profile A renowned American playwright, Charles Mee is known not only for his work per se but also his unique approach to playwriting and his ideas regarding parthenogenesis in theatre and the free
Entretien avec Santiago Martin Bermudez Propos recueillis par Irène Sadowska Guillon* L’éclectisme, le non-conformisme et la liberté totale de pensée et de son écriture caractérisent la démarche de Santiago Martin Bermudez. Fondateur et animateur de diverses revues et de collectifs
Interview with Femi Osofisan by Olakunbi Olasope* Introduction Femi Osofisan has had a distinguished career in the academia for about four decades. He is Emeritus Professor of Theatre Arts, University of Ibadan, and Distinguished professor, Kwara State University, Malete, Ilorin,
Rui Pina Coelho* No doubt the phrase “documentary theatre” fails us. It is inadequate. Yet at present it is the best phrase available. Carol Martin (13) Watching the best theatre and performance we are together and alone. Tim Etchells (qtd.
Margareta Sörenson* Reviewing contemporary dance and performance leads the critic towards experiences that mobilise a total presence. A dance collective in Sweden, ÖFA, invites the audience to dance together with the dancers through the whole performance. The critic has a
Irina Antonova* Le problème d’intégration d’un critique théâtral dans un spectacle est souvent considéré à l’égard de la pratique théâtrale actuelle. Mais cette question comporte aussi un autre aspect qui touche à l’interaction du critique contemporain avec un spectacle dont
Conference keynote speech Christopher Balme* Introduction The theme of the symposium, “Does the critic have a body,” poses a question that is so obvious it is seldom asked, and, therefore, all the more pressing in its actuality; because the more
Edited by Simon Williams 694 pp. UK: Cambridge University Press, 2015 Reviewed by Don Rubin* (Canada) It takes great chutzpah (a Yiddish word meaning something like outrageous nerviness) to publish a one-volume encyclopedia of actors and acting from the beginning