A new initiative is holding theatres accountable on Black representation. Here’s more info, plus thoughts on Exeunt’s aims for the future.
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25 May 2020
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A Case for Liveness
By Annie Saunders
“When you go to a live performance, you take your body with you”: Annie Saunders writes on the essential connection between medium and message.
23 May 2020
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Revisiting The Encounter
By Holly Williams
Holly Williams loops back to Simon McBurney’s time-bending binaural adventure, and asks him what it can say to lockdown audiences.
21 May 2020
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An open letter to theatre and performance makers
By A group of theatre and performance organisations
A group of theatre and performance organisations are coming together to offer support and a voice to freelancers. Their open letter explains why.
14 May 2020
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What could socially distanced theatre look like?
By Alice Saville
We could have celebrity monologues in half-empty auditoriums. Or, we could look to the experimental theatremakers who’ve made space for new forms.
12 May 2020
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A Dialogue on Making Work Collectively
By Natasha Tripney
How can we support artists better? What forms can collaboration take? A group of artists and producers discuss the future of making work collectively.
10 May 2020
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Theatre’s Left Behind Freelancers
By Alice Saville
Alice Saville surveys the freelance theatre workers who aren’t covered by government support, and have been left without income overnight.
29 April 2020
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Post Pandemic #Work
By Selina Thompson
Selina Thompson lists and itemises the performances to come, once lockdown is over.
22 April 2020
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Archive theatre, new connections
By Natasha Tripney
“I’m learning a culture and a country through its theatre”: Natasha Tripney writes on her enriching encounters with online performance.
15 April 2020
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Celebrity Coronavirus Videos, Reviewed
By Exeunt Staff
Exeunt’s writers pen micro-reviews of the tone-deaf, delightful, or dazzlingly weird video art created by celebrities under lockdown.
11 April 2020
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No drama club today
By Farah Najib
Farah Najib reflects on the impact of school closures on kids, and on what theatres can do to reach children in lockdown.
10 April 2020
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A European Theatre Dialogue: Aesthetics and Radicalism
By Natasha Tripney
The discussion concludes with an exploration of aesthetics and set design in European theatre; and questions about what it will take for the UK to change.
9 April 2020
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A European Theatre Dialogue: Directors, Text and Dramaturgy
By Natasha Tripney
The conversation continues, as a group of directors, dramaturgs and critics discuss how European theatre practitioners approach text.
8 April 2020
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A European Theatre Dialogue: Repertory Theatre and the Power of the Ensemble
By Natasha Tripney
Directors, dramaturgs and critics discuss how the European repertory model empowers actors and influences the work that gets made.
2 April 2020
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A Virtual Theatre Book Group
By Exeunt Staff
Exeunt writers talk about the theatre-related books that they’ve been turning to for comfort, inspiration and new ideas.