This paper explores the reception and impact of nine contemporary Anglophone plays in Montenegro during the post-pandemic era. Analysing data from theatre archives, reviews, and interviews, the study ...examines the selection, production, and reception of these plays in the context of Montenegro’s political, social, economic, and cultural landscape. The research highlights a sustained interest in both classic and modern-day Anglophone playwrights and delves into complex societal challenges, providing a backdrop for understanding the theatre’s role in addressing these issues. The adapted plays, which explore global concerns and existential themes, contribute to a dialogue with Montenegrin society and challenge accepted norms. The absence of COVID-related plays is discussed, revealing programming policies and priorities. Ultimately, this paper explores how theatre continues to be a vital platform for critique and engagement with contemporary issues, reaffirming its role as a space for dialogue and collective therapy.
Avtorica obravnava recepcijo in vpliv devetih sodobnih anglofonskih dramskih del v Črni gori v obdobju po pandemiji. S pomočjo podatkov iz gledaliških arhivov, kritik in intervjujev preučuje izbor, produkcijo in recepcijo teh iger v črnogorski politični, družbeni, gospodarski in kulturni krajini. Izsledki kažejo, da se uprizarjata tako klasična kot sodobna anglofonska dramska dela, pri čemer so prikazane tudi zapletene družbene spremembe, ki pomagajo razumeti vlogo gledališča pri reševanju teh vprašanj. Dramske priredbe, ki se ukvarjajo s svetovnimi izzivi in vprašanji človeškega obstoja, vzpodbujajo dialog s črnogorsko družbo in prevprašujejo uveljavljene družbene norme. Avtorica se sprašuje, zakaj se na repertoarjih ne pojavljajo dramske igre, povezane z virusom COVID, kar kaže na programske usmeritve in interes gledališč. Obravnavano je tudi vprašanje, v kakšni meri je gledališče še vedno pomembna platforma za kritiko in ukvarjanje s sodobnimi vprašanji, pri čemer avtorica ugotavlja, da je gledališče še vedno prostor za dialog in kolektivno terapijo.
The Worst It Can Be is a Disaster is the autobiography of Braham Murray, founding director of the Royal Exchange Manchester which in 2006 celebrated its thirtieth anniversary. With a foreword by Sir ...Tom Courtenay.Born into a Jewish family, Braham Murray struggled against his parents' expectations that he should follow them into the world of commerce; instead he became at twenty-two the youngest artistic director in the country when he took over Century Theatre, a theatre company based in Manchester. Detailing his relationships and the theatrical successes and flops along the way, the narrative takes us through his early years with Century Theatre, with the 69 Theatre Company, and the birth of the Royal Exchange Manchester in the heart of Manchester in 1976. Twenty years later, the theatre rose from the ashes of the IRA bomb brilliantly opening a new production on time just ten days after the bomb had destroyed the city centre. The role and influence of the author's Jewish heritage and of his key collaborators - including Caspar Wrede and Michael Elliott - are explored in this illuminating and inspiring account of one of English theatre's great directors.'Braham's passion is sometimes overwhelming, sometimes annoying but completely inspirational. It's his passion that the Royal Exchange has thrived on, and this book is full of his passion for the theatre.' Robert Lindsay
Purpose: The study investigates the impact of motivation, sensation-seeking, constraint, and attitude on visit intention and stage of readiness associated with a folk theatre, specifically the ...Bharata People Theatre.
Design/Methodology/Approach: The collected data includes 260 participants in Jakarta using a convenient sampling method. We analysed the collected data through exploratory factor analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, and structural equation modelling. The study tested various hypotheses related to the influence of motivation, sensation-seeking, constraint, and attitude on visit intention and stage of readiness.
Findings: The results showed significant relationships between motivation and attitude, motivation and visit intention, sensation-seeking and visit intention and attitude and visit intention. However, the study did not find a significant relationship between constraint and visit intention, motivation and readiness, sensation-seeking and readiness or attitude and readiness.
Research, Practical & Social implications: This study contributes to the current knowledge of marketing folk theatres, specifically the Bharata People Puppet Theatre. The study emphasises the significance of motivation, sensation-seeking, and attitude in influencing visitors’ intentions to attend cultural performances. However, the non-significant relationships between constraint and readiness and between attitude and readiness suggest the need for a better understanding of the factors affecting visitors’ readiness to engage in cultural performances.
Originality/Value: The study provides valuable insights for theatre managers and marketers to design effective strategies to attract and engage audiences.
Der deutsche Theaterbetrieb befindet sich im Krisenmodus. Intransparenz, Missmanagement und Machtmissbrauch deuten auf Probleme in den Informations- und Entscheidungsstrukturen hin. Wie aber ...funktioniert die Kommunikation im Theater? Wie werden Informationen zwischen Mitarbeiter*innen, Abteilungen und Sparten ausgetauscht? Und welche Mechanismen liegen diesem Austausch zu Grunde? Ellen Heidelberger untersucht die Informations- und Wissensnetzwerke in Theatern. Mit der Methode der sozialen Netzwerkanalyse macht sie die inneren Strukturen der Zusammenarbeit sichtbar und zeigt, wie die Zukunftsfähigkeit von Theaterorganisationen gestärkt werden kann.
August Strindberg (1849–1912) kept a diary from February 1896 in Paris until the summer of 1908 in Stockholm. He referred to his diary from this period as his Occult Diary and used it to help him ...decipher the world as he experienced it. He read and reread his own notations, adding new interpretations, and deleting others. He also drew on the diary as material for creative expression, transforming isolated events and observations into groundbreaking works of literature. The Occult Diary is published here in its entirety in English translation for the first time, in a final revision by Ann-Charlotte Gavel Adams and with an introduction by Per Stam. The Occult Diary is a key resource for international Strindberg scholars and theater professionals and more broadly for scholars focusing on drama, theater history, stage performance, and literary currents at the turn of the previous century. The diary initiates the reader into the writer’s inner world during a crucial transitional period in his personal and literary life. It documents his readings and observations and gives important clues and information about an ongoing process of artistic reorientation. Strindberg was exploring new ways of looking at, interpreting, and writing about nature, science, art, the occult, and his fellow human beings.
This article explores how museum communication can be enhanced in museums in Durban, South Africa, using the Old Court House Museum (OCHM) in Durban, South Africa, as a point of departure for ...analysis and discussion. The aim is to close the gap between the humanities disciplines through disciplinary hybridisation while focusing on exploring the intersection of theatre arts and museums through applied theatre (AT) strategies to enhance museum communication. Grounded in Richard Schechner’s multidisciplinary approach to performance studies (PS), it incorporates the viewpoints of Dwight Conquergood on PS. The argument is that the humanities disciplines are historically and conceptually linked through cultural performance. The research employs qualitative methods, including historical-analytic analysis, key informant interviews (KIIs), and direct observation. The findings suggest the practice of the museum theatre (MT) concept in some parts of the South African cultural ecosystem, but with scant attention on Durban municipal museums.
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