Curated Video
Little Theater and American Avant Garde: Crash Course Theater #40
In the early 20th century United States, big melodramatic productions were on Broadway, and everywhere across the country. Which inevitably led to an Avant-Garde backlash. An interesting part of the backlash was Little Theater, a...
Curated Video
The Harlem Renaissance: Crash Course Theater #41
In the 1920s, there was a blossoming of all kinds of art made by African Americans in the New York neighborhood Harlem. Let's call it a renaissance. While all the arts were having a great run, some extremely interesting things were...
Tom Nicholas
Postdramatic Theatre - WTF?
A brief introduction to postdramatic and postmodern theatre as first theorised by Hans Theis Lehmann. The first in a series in which I briefly (and, hopefully, accessibly) introduce some core academic concepts and ideas. In this first...
National Theatre
Exploring Class and Race in Polly's Modern Adaptation of Miss Julie
This video discusses the updated and modern version of the play "Miss Julie" that deals with class and race. The relationships between the powerful characters, including Julie, her Brazilian housekeeper Christina, and her father's driver...
National Theatre
Making Theatre in the Climate Crisis
This video discusses the National Theatre's initiative to reduce their environmental impact through the use of recycled materials and collaborative efforts among different disciplines. It also showcases the design elements of the play...