Category: theatre

“But just how popular is the concept with audiences, how keen are the performers – and is breaking this niche market worthwhile for the cinemas and theatres involved?”

Pop-up Magazine doesn’t just do print. And the performances of each issue sell out almost as fast as the tickets go online.

“What does it mean to be a Jew in a world in which Jews make jokes about the Holocaust and Germans actually laugh at their jokes?”

“You have to be brave — and give yourself to the story. If it’s not scary to you, then, so what? I like to see plays where people are giving it up.”

“A movie (or television or computer) screen is a self-contained space, and the subtitles generally appear within that frame. … Supertitles for plays are usually projected on separate screens, above or to the side of the stage. And if the stage is large, your eyes are forced to leave the live action to read the words.” (There are compensations, however.)

“A colossal slump in group tourist reservations for visits to the UK during next year’s Olympics could have a negative effect on London theatre bookings, the European Tour Operators Association has warned.”

“Taymor may never ultimately get a judgment that grants her an injunction. but will licensees take that chance? What will the insurance premiums be on a licensed production that is one potential adverse judgement from getting shut down?”

“I’m not saying that we’d want to do things with a cheap set because we pride ourselves on our production values, but there are ways of doing things, of being inventive, of telling these stories in inventive, challenging, new ways, that mean we can beat any cuts.”

In various pieces. the Belgian troupe Ontroerend Goed (roughly, “feel estate”) has strangled performers onstage, blindfolded audience members and tied them into wheelchairs, and harassed spectators with video cameras.

“A sharp exchange of humour, with a bias towards the jocular insult, banter is becoming so ubiquitous that, last weekend, it even had its own festival.”