Readers of The Drama Teacher, particularly those in Australia, may wish to read The New York Times review of Sunday night’s opening of Priscilla Queen of the Desert on Broadway. A musical version of the 1994 Australian film, Priscilla has received a lukewarm review from Charles Isherwood at the NYT.
Here’s one like (very) few others! A full-scale theatre production opening in New York Harbor! The Mabou Mines Theatre Company, apparently well known for its fearless experimentation, has just mounted a show on a specially fitted multi-story 90-foot barge. Complete with actors, musicians and two 28-foot towers, the performance takes place before an audience on…
Famous mime artist Marcel Marceau has died in Paris, aged 84. He is best remembered for creating his well-known sad, white-faced clown Bip in 1947. If ever there was a performing art that knows no boundaries, it is mime. Marceau performed across the world for over half a century and is responsible for almost single-handedly…
Actor Geoffrey Rush has been awarded the coveted 2012 Australian of the Year for his contribution to the arts, at a ceremony at Parliament House, Canberra. Known for his work across a range of mediums, Rush is already in the rare position of owning an Oscar, a Tony and an Emmy. In recent years, Rush…
Key quotes from The Holy Theatre, the second part of Peter Brook‘s seminal text, The Empty Space. The Holy Theatre explores the place of ritual and the holy in what was then contemporary theatre (1968). Among others, Brook analyses the works of Samuel Beckett with his existential characters, themes and symbols, while also examining the…
Australian actor Geoffrey Rush was today nominated for Best Performance By a Leading Actor in a Play for the 2009 Tony Awards, to be announced June 7. Rush was nominated for his recent performance of King Berenger in Eugene Ionesco’s lesser known absurdist play Exit The King on Broadway, a role he originally played in…
Both visual and performance artists, Gilbert and George have been collaborating since they met at Saint Martins Art School in London in 1967. Though perhaps better known for their work that hangs on gallery walls, Gilbert and George became innovators in allowing the artist to become the work, itself. Making their bodies the subject of…