Online theatre spaces can promote accessibility, democratic processes, international connections, and ecological benefits, but many digital platforms act as intermediaries that disrupt storytelling for their own profit. L. Nicol Cabe considers this paradox and offers potential paths forward.
This Cultural Mobility Webinar focuses on the international circulation of Indigenous artists and the collective consideration of several key areas to provide a comprehensive understanding of the essential aspects of Indigenous arts professionals’ circumstances.
In the solo show KOAL, Jacinta Yelland explored both human and non-human experiences in response to catastrophic bushfires in Australia. She shares the insights and creative decisions that kept her piece deeply entwined with nature and culture.
An update on the situation for theatre artists in Australia.
Thursday 28 May 2020
Australia
The Martin E. Segal Theatre Center presented SEGAL TALKS: Patricia Cornelius livestreamed on the global, commons-based, peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Thursday 28 May 2020 at 9 a.m. PDT (San Francisco, UTC-7) / 11 a.m. CDT (Chicago, UTC-5) / 12 p.m. EDT (New York, UTC-4) / 17:00 BST (London, UTC+1) / 18:00 CEST (Berlin, UTC+2).
The Martin E. Segal Theatre Center presented a talk on contemporary circus livestreaming on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network on Monday 28 October 2019 at 1 p.m. PDT (San Francisco, UTC-7) / 3 p.m. CDT (Chicago, UTC-5) / 4 p.m. EDT (New York, UTC-4).
The Blue Room Theatre presents the Winter Nights keynote lecture ‘On Theatre’ by Shelagh Magadza livestreaming on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network on Tuesday 23 July 2019 at 6:30 a.m. EDT (New York, UTC -4) / 10:30 UTC+0 / 6:30 p.m. AWST (Perth, UTC +8).
Annalisa Dias and Madeline Sayet introduce the Decolonizing Theatre series by exploring the ways the American theatre has been and still is complicit in the legacy of colonialism.
What Happens When You Threaten Murder in the Title of Your Play?
20 September 2017
In the third installment of this series, Australian playwright David Finnigan discusses how he navigated the attacks of climate deniers on his provocatively titled play.
Ambassador Cynthia P. Schneider, who attended the AsiaTOPA Performance Festival in Australia, reflects how as the United States devalues diversity and imposes restrictions on immigration, Australia recognizes the value of its relationship with its Asian neighbors, and of its own diverse population.
Ira Gamerman reports on Australian playwright David Finnigan's new play Kill Climate Deniers that has been funded through an arts grant from the Australian government and called out as a waste of government arts spending although it hasn’t premeried yet.
Arts House in Melbourne, Australia hosted COP OUT—Art Speaks Out On Climate Change—livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv Friday 11 December at 7:30 p.m. AEST (Melbourne) / 9:30 a.m. CET (Paris) / 8:30 a.m. GMT (London) / 3:30 a.m. EST (New York) / 12:30 a.m. PST (Los Angeles). In Twitter, engage with #copout21 and @artshousemelb.
The National New Play Network (NNPN) presented the National Showcase of New Plays at Woolly Mammoth Theatre in Washington, D.C. livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv from Thursday 29 November to Sunday 2 December 2012.
A rehearsal of Hidden Room Theatre's Rose Rage followed by a chat with the artistic team livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Tuesday 15 May 2012.
Unrehearsed Futures: Conversations in Theatre Pedagogy
Possibility, Plurality, and Planetarity
Unrehearsed Futures is a series of public conversations about the realities of teaching and practicing drama in these changing times, held between global drama school heads, performance trainers, theatre makers and drama scholars.
