DIGITAL THEATRE: HOW IS IT WORKING?
The Next Stage Festival in partnership with Intermission Magazine held a panel discussion on digital theatre as part of the Community Booster series.
Watch panelists Rob Kempson and Isaac Thomas in a discussion facilitated by Intermission’s Aisling Murphy. They talk about how the pandemic has required them to pivot their work to a digital platform and how artists and audiences have responded to it. Listen as they share what has worked, what they have learned, and what they are going to do in the unknown future. Is digital theatre a stopgap, or is it here to stay?
Access: Auto-Transcribed Captioning. ASL Interpretation.
iPhoto caption: Getty/Soulpepper Theatre Company.
It is much easier to listen to birds than to each other.
The Importance of Intersectionality in Theatre and Beyond
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Ravi Jain Chats with Dawn Jani Birley
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iPhoto caption: In the Round: On Criticism. Photo by Dahlia Katz
In the Round: On Criticism with Carly Maga, Steve Fisher, and Lynn Slotkin
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iPhoto caption: Jesse LaVercombe and Dress Black performing the Intermission song. Video captured by Jill Harper
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In the Round: 2016 Doras – Outstanding New Play
We sat down with Dora-nominated playwrights Nicolas Billon, Anna Chatterton, Fabrizio Filippo, Kat Sandler, and Severn Thompson to talk about workshopping in Intermission's new video series In the Round.
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