Category Archives: theatre

What is Music Theatre?

Posted on 02*08*16 by

What is music theatre? Since this usage, although known in various European languages, is relatively new in English, the question has been posed in various ways. Opera is an abbreviated form of a still-current Italian expression, opera lirica, which can … Continue reading →

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Surveying New Music Theatre in the UK

Posted on 03*06*16 by

As mentioned in my previous post, I’ve spent the last few months helping to set up and administrate an initiative called New British Music Theatre (NBMT), which brought a number of British artists and companies to Music Theatre Now 2016 in … Continue reading →

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Staking a Claim: Music Theatre as Provocation

Posted on 16*05*16 by

Over the last few months, I’ve been helping to set up and administrate an initiative called New British Music Theatre (or NBMT), which will see eleven UK-based artists and companies presenting their work at the 2016 Music Theatre Now meeting and Operadagen Festival … Continue reading →

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Live Review: Lady Vendredi’s Urban Rites: Battle Cry! @ The Apiary

Posted on 22*09*15 by

This is a long overdue review for a piece I saw in June at Hackney’s Apiary Studios: MAS Productions’ Lady Vendredi’s Urban Rites: Battle Cry! The results of a week-long, intensive workshop in ‘Secular Ecstatic Art’, this was a chaotic and riotous … Continue reading →

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