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Category Archives: theatre
What is Music Theatre?
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
Posted in book review, essay, music theatre, opera, theatre, theory
Tagged definition, Eric Salzman, Music Theatre Now, opera, The New Music Theater, Thomas Desi
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Surveying New Music Theatre in the UK
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
Posted in music theatre, opera, theatre, theory
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Staking a Claim: Music Theatre as Provocation
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
Posted in essay, festival, music theatre, opera, theatre, theory
Tagged Music Theatre Now, NBMT, New British Music Theatre, Operadagen
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Live Review: Lady Vendredi’s Urban Rites: Battle Cry! @ The Apiary
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
Posted in live art, live review, theatre
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