Category: theatre

“He was now the most famous stage actor in the world and he suddenly buckled under the weight of expectation that this reputation had placed on him.”

“We make a Big Deal about young people, but in reality we create structures that ensure that the talents of the vast majority will go wasted and unused.”

“Natalia Kaliada, co-founder of the Belarus company, explains how Jude Law and the London theatre helped her underground group find a home after the ill-fated presidential elections of 2010.”

“Theater artists still come and go, of course, but the alarmist newspaper articles and hand-wringing conversations have largely vanished, and the anxiety seems to have been sucked out of the should-I-stay-or-should-I-go debate. Seattle is no longer repelling entire generations of theater artists.”

Sure, sometimes any play can be boring – but if you go see “Macbeth,” you can “think of it as ‘Breaking Bad’ without the meth.”

Or is it the lobby display? A post-show talkback? (Seriously.)

“Sydney Theatre Company is to collaborate with the Australian Defence Force in a new verbatim play that will bring the stories of servicemen and women to the stage in the centenary year of the start of the first world war. The Long Way Home, which will premiere in February 2014, will include the experiences of personnel who have served in operations in Iraq, Afghanistan and East Timor.”

“Most British theatre is well made, and maybe that’s what most audiences want. But there’s another audience – a young audience – that’s hungry for something else, for something that might just change them. Most theatre simply isn’t interested in doing that.”

“As of this year they are among the most lucrative awards for writers — and it is now the biggest one targeted for playwrights, with each writer receiving a no-strings $150,000.”

“Stage designers are some of the most obsessive and dedicated people I know – and they must also frequently endure the indignity of seeing the director getting the lion’s share of the credit for the end result.”