Teatru, balet

"Getting Married" by Bernard Shaw is a satirical play that delves into the institution of marriage, examining its impact on individuals and society. Through sharp and witty dialogue, Shaw c …

‘Post-Hamlet: Shakespeare in an Era of Textual Exhaustion’ examines how postmodern audiences continue to reengage with Hamlet in spite of our culture’s oversaturation with this most canonical of text …

The training of elite dancers has not changed in the last 60 years; it is often only those that have survived the training that go on to have a career, not necessarily the most talented. It is time t …

A 1967 obituary in The Times labelled Stephen Joseph ”the most successful missionary to work in the English theatre since the second world war”. This radical man brought theatre-in-the-round to Bri …

Recent shifts in the theatrical landscape have had corresponding implications for dramaturgy. The way we think about theatre and performance today has changed our approaches to theatre making and com …

First Published in 1996. William and Philip Hayes, father and son, between them occupied the Heather Chair of Music at the University of Oxford for over half a century (1741-97). Although they lived …

Contemporary theatrical productions as diverse in form as experimental performance, new writing, West End drama, musicals and live art demonstrate a recurring fascination with adapting existing works …

The camera enables us to see right into a character”s soul, revealing his or her innermost thoughts and emotions. Screen acting requires a more rigorously truthful and spontaneous performance than t …

Blasted has been labelled as one of the landmark plays of post-war British theatre, achieving its iconic status and, indeed, its notoriety, very quickly. Sarah Kane”s suicide in 1999 consolidated a …