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Topic: Theatre
Neverland is here: Peter Pan
Another favourite from 2010 was The National Theatre of Scotland’s enchanting production of Peter Pan. Continue reading
I had read the unabridged book aloud in the winter. In mid May I saw the play. Two choices continue to delight and haunt me.
First, Tinker Bell was played by lighter paper. Really. It was extraordinary.
Second, a body double was used in the ...MORE >
A Disappearing Number: fine image-making
Top evenings at the theatre in 2010 included the return to London of Complicite’s 2005 production A Disappearing Number, which we saw in September. Continue reading
...because it rendered complex ideas accessible, by mashing up a real story of friendship and collaboration from the 1910s with a fictional story of contemporary love across distance
...because the love stories moved me, as did the moments of loss, so much so that ...MORE >
A lesson from the boards
A hit comedy on London’s West End called La Bête, pitched as a contest between populist and elitist culture, is also about the problem of innovation within organisations. Continue reading
Set in 1650 in France, the plot concerns a street clown thrust upon the Court-appointed playwright by an autocratic princess. Her reason: the playwright’s troupe is growing stale. In the clown’s performances in the public square, and the non-sensical accounts he gives ...MORE >
Mobile digital movie-making
No computer needed. Thanks to the new iPhone, movies can go straight from an iPhone 4 handset to YouTube. Click to view… Continue reading
Proof positive: digital movies can now be shot, edited, and uploaded from a phone. (See below, courtesy of Will Head, writer for MacUser.)
Was it WC Fields who said: "Never act with children or dogs. They will always upstage ...MORE >
The actor’s “as if” in turbulent times
Management guru Stefan Stern meticulously recalls a screen performance by the late great actor Paul Newman. Continue reading
FT Weekend reprints Stefan Stern's eulogy blog to Newman. It's great to see how Stern notates Newman's deft performance of David Mamet's script for the Sidney Lumet 1982 film The Verdict. Click here to read the blog.
To add: The speech works on another level. In speaking of ...MORE >
What is a throughline?
Explaining our company’s name and the connection we forge between the craft of acting and the art of business Continue reading
In theatre, a throughline is the work an actor undertakes to connect all the actions visible to an audience with the unseen – but no less integral – inner life of the character s/he portrays.
In “literary” theatre, a playwright dictates the dialogue (that’s ...MORE >