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Simplicity & Nonsense

1 April 2012

There is something refreshing about crude characters. Simple, two-dimensional creations drawn with an amateurish hand have been popular over the past decade, with major cult examples including Modern Toss from Jon Link and Mick Bunnage and, of course, the work of David Shrigley…

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A Return to Childhood

1 February 2012

There is something undeniably childlike about puppetry: the transformation of an inanimate object into a character is exactly what children are doing when they play with toys. With this in mind, it is easy to see why one might assume that puppet theatre is only for children. However, to cast puppet theatre solely into the realm of children’s theatre is a mistake…

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Archived Articles

In Conversation With

Aifric Campbell talks about ‘Loss Adjustor’
Andrew Porter talks about ‘The Theory of Light and Matter’
Attica Locke talks about ‘Black Water Rising’
Clare Jay talks about ‘Breathing in Colour’
Danser Sa Vie Expression through Dance
Elaine di Rollo talks about ‘Bleakly Hall’
Eleanor Catton talks about ‘The Rehearsal’
Gemma Weekes talks about ‘Love Me’
Gina Ochsner ‘The Russian Dreambook of Colour and Flight’
Michèle Roberts talks about ‘Mud: Stories of Sex and Love’
Neil Forsyth talks about ‘Let Them Come Through’
Polly Sampson talks about ‘Perfect Lives’
Rula Jebreal talks about ‘Miral’
Simon Curtis Talks about his film, televison and theatre
Tiffany Murray talks about ‘Diamond Star Halo’
Wesley Stace Talks about ‘Considered as a Murderer’

2011 Articles

Exploring Culture Through Movement Shen Wei Dance Arts
Leo Benedictus Metafiction with a 21st Century Twist
One-on-One Festival An Intimate Performance
Relinquishing Control The Life and Death of Marina Abramović
Unidentified Discontent: Social Violence Saved

2010 Articles

Adam Ross A Story of Marriage and Escapism
Danza Contemporaranea de Cuba Revolutionary Dance
Dinaw Mengestu Truth & Lies on the Road to Nashville
For Mountain, Sand and Sea Town and Theatre: An Experiment with Narrative
Justine Kilkerr Lessons on How to Tame your Inner Lion
Maile Chapman A Gothic Novel with a Twist
Paul Murray A crash course on bullies, boredom and power structures
Rufus Wainwright Musical Journeys from Pop to Opera
Salvatore Scibona Refracted Dreams in the New World
The People’s Theatre Inconvenient Spoof
The Games of Nonchalance A New Kind of Theatre: Play in Public Spaces
The Thrill of It All Language of Dance & the Mechanics of Theatre

2009 Articles

Blood Wedding Immersive Theatre Now
Chika Unigwe The Luxury of Shame
Colson Whitehead Pop Culture & Larger Concerns
Danny Moynihan When art takes on a life of its own
In the Spirit of Diaghilev Innovation for 21st Century Ballet
Keith Donohue Re-enchanting Everyday Life
Love & Loss in Palestine I Am Yusuf and This Is My Brother
Miriam Toews A journey into The Flying Troutmans
Nicolas Dickner Searching for Nikolski
Simon Robson Emotional Journeys to the Self
Observer Morality in a Fledgling Democracy
Over There Mark Ravenhill & Ramin Gray’s collapsing ideologies
Sophie Cooke Questions of Truth
Spill Festival Challenging elitism

2008 Articles

Alex Wheatle Holding up a mirror to society
Belarus Free Theatre Performing against censorship
Bloodaxe Celebrates 30 years with a groundbreaking new collection
Born in Bethlehem Theatre that tackles a 60 year conflict
Daljit Nagra Writing about the real world
Faïza Guène Untold stories, contrasting worlds & dreams
Forced Entertainment Experimental Theatre: Provoking Ideas
Hounding of David Oluwale Eclipse Theatre
Irvine Welsh Exploring controversy & exposing reality
Jonny Steinberg Journeying through an epidemic
Mark Doty The personal & the universal
Mashirika Theatre against genocide
Peter Ackroyd The intriguing blend of fact & fiction
Sadie Jones Journeys, enthralling narratives & recent success
Sarah Waters Writing through the lens of history
Sean O’Brien Social, cultural & political
Stella Duffy Diversity, creativity & charisma
Tom Lee Sacrifice to the novel

2007 Articles

Benjamin Zephaniah Interview
Carol Birch Writing the past
Caryl Phillips filling in the gaps
Circus: The Forgotten Art
David Mitchell The Art Of Writing Fiction
deciBel 2007 Anansi Storytelling
Helen Oyeyemi Interview
Jack Mapanje Truth and Alternative History
Jackie Kay Interview
Julian Gough Winner of the National Short Story Prize 2007
Linton Kwesi Johnson The Father of Reggae
Mary Gaitskill Talking about her book Veronica
Ngugi wa Thiong’o Tackling issues of colonialism and postcolonialism
Patience Agbabi Pop Poet
Sandra Newman Cake
Sophie Woolley When to run