Stephanie Schroedter* Corporeal dimensions of music as an audible though not visible art of movement manifest themselves in no other form of art as forcefully and plastically as in dance; that is, in the interaction with choreographic or improvised movements.
Gretchen Jude* Technology does not meet a body. Instead, the matters, flows, forces and intensities of the corporeal link and connect with other flows and the forces and materials of the technology and different bodily and technological multiplicities are elaborated.
Chris Wenn* La Mama Theatre, Carlton It is a cool night in late summer. Two of the three doors that open the intimacy of La Mama to the outside world are open, and the sounds of that world ease into
Brian Singleton* The past year in Irish theatre has been highly significant politically. 2016 marked the centennial anniversary of the failed Rebellion against colonial British rule that has troubled the Irish nation since independence. The Rising, as it is termed
Matti Linnavuori* Koivu ja Tähti (The Birch and the Star), by Pirkko Saisio. Directed by Laura Jäntti. Scenography by Kati Lukka. Costumes by Tarja Simone. Lighting design by Morten Reinan. Sound design by Raine Ahonen and Esko Mattila. Premiere on
Jason Zhou* The Orphan of Zhao is written by Ji Junxiang, adapted and directed by Koh Sun-woong, produced by the National Theatre Company of Korea, Seoul. The premiere and first run were from 4 to 22 November, 2015; the second run was from 18 January
Eylem Ejder* HEDDADAGENE Theatre Festival, organized by twenty-nine Norwegian theatre companies under the festival director Åslaug Løseth Magnusson in Oslo, Norway. June 9-18, 2017. Norway has an annual national theatre festival called Heddadagene (Hedda Days), gathering theatre companies from all
Fabián Escalona* Nave Cultural Center, Santiago, Chile. Ópera (Opera) by Ana Luz Ormazábal, after Eliodoro Ortiz de Zárate’s Lautaro. Music: José Manuel Gatica, directing: Ana Luz Ormazábal, set design and costumes: Toro. Cast: Esteban Cerda, Diana Carvajal, Nicole Sazo, José
Patricia Keeney* Bakkhai. Written by Euripides. Translated by Anne Carson. Directed by Jillian Keiley. Scenic Design: Shawn Kerwin. Lighting Design: Cimmeron Meyer. Composer: Veda Hille. Sound Design Don Ellis. Music Director: Shelley Hanson. Major Actors: Graham Abbey. Nigel Bennett. Mac
Ian Herbert* Divadlo Festival, Pilsen, September 2017 It is five years since I last visited the Divadlo festival in Pilsen (https://www.critical-stages.org/9/everything-and-the-kitchen-sink/), in which time the city—and the festival—has seen some big changes. As one of Europe’s capitals of culture in