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“I’d rather be in the pub” is not an excuse
19th February 2010 | 0 comments | 0 votes yet, click here to agree or disagree
It's understandable that a lot of people would rather spend their evening in the pub than at the theatre. Who cares if the tickets are more affordable than you might think? Theatres are stuffy and elitist, plays are boring, and you can't even fortify yourself beforehand or commiserate properly afterwards because the beer is expensive and the wine is expensive and nasty...
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Arts futurism – theatre in the newsfeeds of the future
4th September 2009 | 0 comments | 0 votes yet, click here to agree or disagree
Arts Futurism is an occasional strand in which I discuss, based on current developments, what might be next for the arts.
So let's assume for the moment that print newspapers are, indeed, nearing the end point of a lengthy and unintended suicide at the hands of their own free online content distribution systems. Let's briefly put aside the alternative theories and concentrate on the one where the presses are silenced and... -
Arts Futurism – autoteatro on your iPod
3rd July 2009 | 2 comments | 0 votes yet, click here to agree or disagree
Arts Futurism is an occasional strand in which I discuss, based on current developments, what might be next for the arts.
Audio-instructed performance may be the future of theatre, or it may not be theatre at all. It abandons the boundary between audience and performer and currently can only be experienced by very few participants at a time, but costs little to stage and can be endlessly reproduced, perhaps making it...
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