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Participatory & Interactive

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A new radical spin on The Odyssey in Oxford

7 April 2012

in Actors and Performers, Greek Drama, Participatory & Interactive, Regional Theatre, Site Specific

INTERVIEW: MADELEINE HYLAND and JAMES ERSKINE A performer with The Factory and the executive director of Creation Theatre talk to Ella Parry-Davies about a new collaboration between the two companies, a staging of Homer’s The Odyssey, directed by Tim Carroll, performed in the Norrington Room in Blackwell’s Bookshop, Broad Street, Oxford, until 28 April.

A new season of adventurous events at the Camden People’s Theatre

22 February 2012

in Directors, Live Art, London Fringe, Participatory & Interactive, Physical and Visual theatre

INTERVIEW: BRIAN LOGAN and JENNY PATON The new co-directors of the Camden People’s Theatre introduce Aleks Sierz to the wonderful world of experimental theatre which goes beyond boundaries with news of the venue’s annual Sprint Festival, and details of some other upcoming productions.

Debate: the most controversial play in London

13 December 2011

in Directors, Participatory & Interactive, Reviews and Roundtables

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DEBATE: HAS THEATRE GONE TOO FAR? Panel discussion chaired by Paul Warwick of China Plate Theatre with participants Steve Marmion (Artistic Director Soho Theatre), Simon Stokes (Artistic Director Theatre Royal Plymouth), David Jubb (Artistic Director BAC), Joe Murphy (Artistic Director Nabokov) and Laura Barnett (journalist) about Ontroerend Goed’s Audience (currently at the Soho Theatre).

Lois Keidan and Gavin Butt explore Performance Matters

28 October 2011

in Directors, Live Art, London Fringe, Participatory & Interactive, Physical and Visual theatre

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INTERVIEW: LOIS KEIDAN and GAVIN BUTT The Director of the Live Art Development Agency and the Reader in Visual Cultures at Goldsmiths, University of London, talk to Diana Damian about Trashing Performance (25-30 October), an international programme of live art events and discussions, co-directed by Butt.

Get in the Back of the Van’s External, a theatrical response to Internal

19 September 2011

in Actors and Performers, London Fringe, Participatory & Interactive, Physical and Visual theatre

INTERVIEW: HESTER CHILLINGWORTH, LUCY McCORMICK and JENNIFER PICK Theatre group Get in the Back of the Van talk to Diana Damian about their piece, External (Soho Theatre and touring), which interrogates notions of authenticity and performance in an experimental way.

Interactivity in the Age of the Audience (pt1)

19 August 2011

in Participatory & Interactive

Interactivity in the Age of the Audience (part 1)

Panel discussion held by non zero one at Forest Fringe, Edinburgh, 18-08-2011.

Chair: Cat Harrison (non zero one). Panellists: Alex Fleetwood (founder/director, Hide & Seek); Harun Morrison (producer, Lundahl & Seitl); John Hunter (artist and co-founder, non zero one); Lyn Gardner (critic, The Guardian); Mark Daniels (executive director, New Media Scotland); Matt Adams (artist and co-founder, Blast Theory). Recorded by Dominic Cavendish (twitter @domcavendish).

Interactivity in the Age of the Audience (pt2)

19 August 2011

in Participatory & Interactive

Interactivity in the Age of the Audience (part 2)

Panel discussion held by non zero one at Forest Fringe, Edinburgh, 18-08-2011.

Chair: Cat Harrison (non zero one). Panellists: Alex Fleetwood (founder/director, Hide & Seek); Harun Morrison (producer, Lundahl & Seitl); John Hunter (artist and co-founder, non zero one); Lyn Gardner (critic, The Guardian); Mark Daniels (executive director, New Media Scotland); Matt Adams (artist and co-founder, Blast Theory). Recorded by Dominic Cavendish (twitter @domcavendish).

Interactivity in the Age of the Audience (pt3)

19 August 2011

in Participatory & Interactive

Interactivity in the Age of the Audience (part 3)

Panel discussion held by non zero one at Forest Fringe, Edinburgh, 18-08-2011.

Chair: Cat Harrison (non zero one). Panellists: Alex Fleetwood (founder/director, Hide & Seek); Harun Morrison (producer, Lundahl & Seitl); John Hunter (artist and co-founder, non zero one); Lyn Gardner (critic, The Guardian); Mark Daniels (executive director, New Media Scotland); Matt Adams (artist and co-founder, Blast Theory). Recorded by Dominic Cavendish (twitter @domcavendish).

Edinburgh Fringe 2011: Producer Richard Jordan

17 August 2011

in Edinburgh Festival and Fringe, Participatory & Interactive, Producers

EDINBURGH FRINGE 2011 Producer Richard Jordan discusses the joys and woes of two popular genres on the Edinburgh Fringe, on-on-one theatre and solo shows with Philip Fisher and offers some tips on getting them right. Jordan has produced and co-produced more than 55 plays for the stage – he is also one of the UK’s youngest producers, born in 1974.