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Theatre-Making & Processes
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The text is the actor's starting and end point when creating a character, requiring a certain forensic analysis to transform the page into flesh-and-blood character. This process is often intuitive.
An Interview with Adriano Shaplin I
Combining the insights of a playwright, actor, sound designer and an artistic director, this interview with Adriano Shaplin provides a distinct perspective on ensemble.
Brecht: Survival and Contradiction, a lecture by Peter Thomson
Although best known as a playwright, Brecht was a highly original poet. His poems tell us much about his plays, not least his advocacy of survival in a context of resistance to oppression.
GANESH VERSUS THE THIRD REICH
Back to Back Theatre creates new forms of contemporary performance imagined from the minds and experiences of a unique ensemble of actors with disabilities, giving voice to social and political issues that speak to all people. Based in the regional centre of Geelong, the company is one of Australia's most globally recognised and respected contemporary theatre companies. Seeking to make a body of work that exists in repertoire across time, the company tours extensively locally, nationally, and internationally.
Konstantin Stanislavski. After My Life in Art, Part 3: The Return
The third episode of After My Life in Art, originally broadcast by The Culture Channel, Russia
Konstantin Stanislavski. After My Life in Art, Part 4: The System
The fourth episode of After My Life in Art, originally broadcast by The Culture Channel, Russia
Konstantin Stanislavski. After My Life in Art, Part 5: The Isolation
The fifth episode of After My Life in Art, originally broadcast by The Culture Channel, Russia
Rehearsing Beckett, from Psychophysical Acting
Zarrilli's Psychophysical Acting methodology focuses on the relationship between the actor-as-doer and what the actor does. It (re)examines in practice and theory a psychophysical approach to acting.
small metal objects
A public domain theatre show, part voyeuristic meditation, part urban thriller, it unfolds amidst the high volume pedestrian traffic of a public space.
The Dead Brother, Work Demonstration by Julia Varley
An explanation of how performances are created at Odin Teatret. It describes the stages in the work, presenting the different phases of the process in which text, actor and director interact.
The Echo of Silence, Work Demonstration by Julia Varley
A performance that describes the vicissitudes of the voice of an actor and the stratagems she invents to 'interpret' a text. In theatre, actors need to create a labyrinth of rules to follow or refuse.
The Making of Unpinning Desdemona
'Here, Today, Now: Stanislavsky for the 21st Century Actor': A Practical Presentation
Bella Merlin's practical presentation uses Stanislavsky's Six Fundamental Questions to contextualise a demonstration of 'practice as research' riffing off his work, as well as Maria Knebel's.
Reflections on Ganesh versus the Third Reich by back to back
by Calvert, Dave
Reflections on Ganesh versus the Third Reich by Dave Calvert discusses the work created by back to back.
Reflections on small metal objects by back to back
Reflections on small metal objects by back to back.
Merlin, Bella
Bella Merlin is an actor, writer (of books and music) and Professor of Acting at the University of California, Davis. Her work combines acting processes, theatre history and practice-as-research.
Shaplin, Adriano
Adriano Shaplin is a New Jersey-based playwright, actor, and artistic director of the Riot Group. His plays have been translated into several European languages, and won four Edinburgh Fringe Firsts.
Varley, Julia
Julia Varley joined Odin Teatret in 1976. An actor, director, teacher and writer, she is Artistic Director of the Transit Festival, and Editor of The Open Page, a journal of women's work in theatre.
Appositions
Classical Greek tragedies
Creating Character
Exit lines
Inciting action
Parode
Stasimon
Stanislavski, Konstantin
With his insights into acting and directing, Konstantin Stanislavski forged a definitive position in the development of 20th-century theatre, laying the groundwork for innovators such as Grotowski.
Dance Analysis
Dance studies range widely: from phenomenological approaches that emphasise the experience of movement; through focus on techniques; to the placing of works in a historical or political context.
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