The Politician as an Artist—Lecture and Conversation featuring Budapest-based Theatre Critic Noémi Herczog

The Center for International Theatre Development presented The Politician as an Artist—a lecture and conversation featuring Budapest-based Theatre Critic Noémi Herczog with Philip Arnoult and Ramona Ostrowski livestreaming from Emerson College in Boston on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv Thursday 1 November 2018 at 9 a.m. PDT (Los Angeles) / 12 p.m. EDT (New York) / 16:00 UTC +0 (London) / 17:00 UTC +1 (Budapest). 

Noémi Herczog brings news, updates, insights from Budapest and the provinces as the 2018-2019 season cranks up. A much-valued chronicler of the evolving independent theatre scene, Herczog’s recently published essay “The Politician as an Artist,” detailing the recent trends in the tense relationship between theatre and politics, has been widely circulated.

About the panelists

Noémi Herczog is a theatre critic and editor of the oldest Hungarian theatre magazine, SZÍNHAZ. She is an active contributor to multiple literary publications and teaches performance analysis at the University of Theatre and Film, Budapest. She is a former activist of One Million for the Freedom of Speech civic movement (Milla) and her research field is the history of reporting theatre criticism (criticism of denunciation) in Hungary.

Philip Arnoult first landed in Eastern Europe in 1975 and has never looked back. He led Baltimore Theatre Project from its founding in 1971 until 1991. He is founder and director of the Center for International Theatre Development, established in 1991.

Ramona Ostrowski is the Producer of HowlRound Theatre Commons at Emerson College, Boston. She has worked with Company One Theatre, ArtsBoston, and the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center. She was a founding editor of the New England New Play Alliance’s weekly newsletter. Ramona is a member of the Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas.

About HowlRound TV

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