Druid's production of The Playboy of the Western World now online

The celebrated Irish theatre company Druid Theatre and Wildfire Films have made the 2005 award-winning production of The Playboy of the Western World by JM Synge available online for free.

Synge, John Millington, 1896, Trinity College Dublin. www.zeno.org 

In 2005, Druid theatre presented the first ever staging of all John Millington Synge’s entire theatrical canon including The Playboy of the Western World. Directed by Garry Hynes, starring Aaron Monaghan, Marie Mullen and Catherine Walsh, this project was filmed live by Wildfire during production.

Synge’s great comic masterpiece tells the story of Christy Mahon, who stumbles into a public house in County Mayo claiming he has killed his father and so capturing the romantic attention of the daughter of the house, Pegeen Mike. Druid’s The Playboy of the Western World, by JM Synge, directed by Garry Hynes is now available via Vimeo for a limited time.  

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Behind the Scenes : BBC Radio 4

A very good series of short audio documentaries about international contemporary stage directors whos work can be seen in the UK. This week 15/05/19 the work of British director Robert Icke is looked at.  Icke is famous for his re-invention of the classics texts. This documentary follows him while working on productions in London and Basel.

Black Men Walking by Dawn Walton

The series investigates the work of other such directors such as Miroslow Balka, Robert Lepage, Akram Kahn and David Grieg. The programme is broadcast on Wednesday's mornings at 09.00 or 21.30.  You can also access all the series on BBC Sounds.

Click here for BBC Sounds

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New Online Resource on British Theatre

Theatre Voice is an online audio - and some video - resource about British theatre, and features journalists from across the UK press and practitioners from across the theatre industry. It was set up in 2003 to see if theatre could be talked about in a new way: allowing critics to be more expansive than the usual space constraints of the print media allowed; to enable actors, writers, directors and designers to be heard talking in detail and at length about their work; and to help members of the public interact more directly with theatre-makers and commentators.


Click link below to take you there:

Theatre Voice

Have You Come Across the Theatre, Dance and Performance Training Blog?

Stephanie Arsoska is a theatre maker and facilitator living in Scotland. She is currently studying towards an MEd in Teaching and Learning in the Performing Arts at the Royal Conservatoire Scotland.  We were excited to find that she has published a blogpost for the Theatre, Dance and Performance Training Blog; it's great to see our performing artists producing quality written work for all to see, so we thought we'd share the link here, too:-

"Training as a Ground for Creating Community", by Stephanie Arsoska, 4 Sept.2017

• Theatre, Dance and Performance Training Blog (homepage)

Resource of the Month: International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance

International Bibliography of Theatre and Dance

Every month we profile one of our best e-resources.  This one is a full-text database covering theatre, drama and dance including journals such as Dance Magazine, Modern Dance, Modern Drama, TD+T (Theatre Design and Technology).  Click on the link above, to start exploring this really useful resource.

Idiosyncratic Theatrical Artist? Creative Musician?

We've found two interesting postings that we'd like to share with you today! 

 Idiosyncratic Artists ...

The University of Strathclyde presents The Keith Wright Theatre Talks with Ronan O'Donnell - 1st February 2017, at Tron Theatre.  Further info:-  "... a series of discussions between Keith Wright Literary Fellow Alan McKendrick and some of the most idiosyncratic artists operating in theatre today. [...] extracts of work by the featured speakers, followed by a discussion of the different ways in which they conduct themselves as working writers, with a focus on what that constitutes for them in practical terms."  CLICK THIS LINK

... And Residential Musicians ...

Enterprise Music Scotland is offering chamber musicians the opportunity to take part in ‘Creative Exchange’.  This is the chance of a residency - surely every musician's dream.  Further info:- "The dates of the residency are 6^th – 9^th March 2017.... formally express your interest by completing the brief application form ... which will help ascertain which ensembles will benefit most from participation.  [...]  attach a summary of your work to date as an ensemble, this may take the form of a short biog or CV." The DEADLINE for applications is 5pm, Friday 13th January.  CLICK THIS LINK

Theatre's biggest stars speak exclusively to Digital Theatre Plus

THEATRE LIVES How They Got To Where They Are ... Staff and students at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland know that we're proud to subscribe to Digital Theatre Plus, because there's so much great content.  Here's a taster of what's new on the website:- DT+ are proud to announce that Theatre Lives, a series of exclusive in-depth conversations with some of the biggest names in theatre, is now available exclusively on the platform. In this series of revealing 40 to 60-minute interviews, Fiona Lindsay (Creative Director, Digital Theatre+) speaks candidly with practitioners about their educational backgrounds and the shaping of their careers. The series includes conversations with: Adrian Lester Juliet Stevenson Michael Grandage Julie Walters Imelda Staunton As part of the Theatre Lives series, DT+ subscribers will get access to all 5 full interviews, adding to the 340 video and audio productions, 200 interviews and 80 study guides already available. RCS staff and students can access all this material by visiting our e-resources website and clicking on the link they'll find there!  (You'll need to use your institutional login if you're not on campus.  Find the Royal Conservatoire in the list of colleges and universities, then use your usual login.)  Search on THEATRE LIVES.

Theatre, Dance and Performance Training Blog Artist Awards

We've just been informed about a great opportunity for artists, practitioners, students and freelance performance makers. Have you come across TDPT? (It stands for Theatre, Dance and Performance Training.) There's a TDPT Journal, and a TDPT Blog, but now it gets even better - there are TDPT Blog Awards too. We'll let the TDPT team tell you all about it: read on!
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http://theatredanceperformancetraining.org/

The TDPT blog was launched last year to encourage a growing community of artists, academics, practitioners and researchers to share practice and debate issues that are currently alive within the disciplines of theatre, dance and performance training. In November to mark the one year anniversary of the launch of the site we will be launching a series of blog posts supported by the new TDPT Blog Artist Awards.

One of our aims was to engage a new audience for the TDPT journal while also creating an online space that encourages spontaneous and productive conversation and debate. We are grateful to everyone who has posted their work on the site to date and we are looking to further grow our network of artists, researchers and performance-makers. The blog currently has around 1000 visitors a month from around the world.

There's Cash!

We are keen to encourage artists, practitioners, students and freelance performance-makers to engage with the blog and are launching the TDPT Blog Artist Awards which aim to facilitate those not in full-time employment and students to be able to contribute to the site and the community. We have small pots of money (£50-150) to support artists who pitch an idea for a contribution to the site, either audio-visual, text-based or audio that disseminates an area of performer training that may be of interest to the wider community.

But You Have to Apply!

To apply, please write a short proposal (no more than 300 words) outlining your suggested submission, format and any media you intend to use. You should also include in your statement how you intend to disseminate your post to your networks and help build new audiences for the blog. Please email proposals to the blog editors:-

• Laura Bissell l.bissell@rcs.ac.uk, 
• Maria Kapsali M.Kapsali@leeds.ac.uk
• Bryan Brown B.Brown@exeter.ac.uk.