Join the international Theatre community as we celebrate on Saturday, March 27, 2010
February 2009
The Archives
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02.28.09Prapancha Nataka DinotsavamPrapancha Nataka Dinotsavam. It's how you'd say World Theatre Day in India. According to "The Hindu" which bills itself as the online edition of India's national news paper, The State government will organise drama competitions in all districts in the State on April 16 on the occasion of ‘Prapancha Nataka Dinotsavam’ (World Theatre Day). They may have a different date for World Theatre Day, but we are glad to see that they are celebrating!
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02.27.09World Theatre Day E-Cards[caption id="attachment_68" align="aligncenter" width="361" caption="The four available World Theatre Day e-cards"][/caption] Looking for a quick & simple way to celebrate World Theatre Day or to let your friends know about it? Check out these e-cards.
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02.27.09World Theatre Day is in The GuardianColeman has teamed up with the Next Stage blog to throw a World Theatre Day party. "Everyone's invited," she exclaims. To kick it off, they have created a new blog for people to exchange ideas about how to mark the day. This is all great in theory, but there does seem to be something paradoxical about the idea of a World Theatre Day. After all, it is true that great art should be able to reach across cultural and geographical divides. But theatre, as a live and communal event, is something that cannot easily be separated from the location in which it takes ...
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02.26.09The 2009 World Theatre Day International MessageWorld Theatre Day - International Message 27th March 2009 Augusto Boal All human societies are "spectacular" in their daily life and produce "spectacles" at special moments. They are "spectacular" as a form of social organization and produce "spectacles" like the one you have come to see. Even if one is unaware of it, human relationships are structured in a theatrical way. The use of space, body language, choice of words and voice modulation, the confrontation of ideas and passions, everything that we demonstrate on the stage, we live in our lives. We are theatre! Weddings and funerals are "spectacles", but so, also, are daily rituals ...
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02.24.09The 2008 World Theatre Day International MessageEach year, the ITI selects a figure of world stature to share thier thoughts on the theme of Theatre and a Culture of Peace. Last year, Canadian Robert LePage was selected. I have had the honour of seeing LePage's work, and let me tell you, he is definitely a 'figure of world stature.' And then some. The ITI asks that the speech be read in theatres all over the world, prior to curtain, on March 27. We are still waiting for the 2009 speech to be released, but in the mean time, here is last year's incredibly inspirational one: World Theatre Day, ...
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02.23.09World Theatre Day PlanningAbove: Simon Ogden, Rebecca Coleman, myself, Jessica Hutchinson & Nick Keenan on video conference to discuss World Theatre Day 2009 My mind is still racing after this afternoon's meeting to discuss World Theatre Day 2009. Eight of us from around the world (Texas, Chicago, Vancouver, Australia & London) met online - some with audio & video, others typing - to discuss the endless possibilities for making World Theatre Day a huge success. The first chunk of the meeting was taken up with how great it was to all be talking to each other. Travis and I played tic-tac-toe while we waited for ...
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02.16.09What can YOU do to celebrate World Theatre Day?This is so much fun! We are three days into the new blog, and the Twitterverse is all, well, a-Twitter! As you can see, we've had some submissions from some theatre companies already, but we still have more than a month before World Theatre Day, so lots of folks are still trying to decide what thier contribution will be. For those of you who are completely new to World Theatre Day, one thing that is sacrosanct is the reading of the World Theatre Day address prior to curtain in your theatre on March 27. Each year, the ITI chooses one person ...
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02.15.09OttawaFrom Kris Joseph, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Celebrate International World Theatre Day with members of Ottawa’s theatre community. Theatre companies from across the region compete in a 48 hour contest of creation. In two days, who can write, rehearse and present the best short new work? The winning company receives the coveted Rubber Chicken Award. http://www.nac-cna.ca/en/whatson/results.cfm?EventID=5707
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02.15.09ChicagoFrom Violence of Articulation, the personal blog of Jess Hutchinson, artistic director of New Leaf Theatre in Chicago: [caption id="" align="alignright" width="80" caption="Jess Hutchinson, who's started partying already!"][/caption] On March 27th, we have a unique opportunity to celebrate that choice, and build our global connection and sense of collaboration at the same time. Thanks to Twitter (God, I really do love Twitter....) Nick Keenan and I have hooked up with Vancouver's Rebecca Coleman and her efforts surrounding World Theatre Day. What's this World Theatre Day, you ask? I've never heard of World Theatre Day, you say? Neither had I. Luckily, Rebecca can ...
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02.15.09PolandMy very first entry for World Theatre Day is from Poland: My name is Sasha Janowicz. On 27th of March, I will be performing the role of Khlestakov in a premier of Gogol's Inspector General directed by Viktor Panov in Nowy Teatr in Slupsk, Poland. This will be the opening night and our celebration of the International Theatre Day. http://www.nowyteatr.pl/
recent posts
- WTD10: Wrap-up
- WTD Vancouver: Art by Actors (post by Trilby Jeeves)
- Des McAnuff (AD, Stratford Festival) talks about why he loves the theatre
- Happy World Theatre Day!
- World Theatre Day: Paris
- Lynn Nottage’s Video WTD message
- World Theatre Day: Ghana
Twittering- WTD10: New blog post: WTD10: Wrap-up - http://tinyurl.com/yentte9 April 7, 2010
- WTD10: A Footloose Flashmob in celebration of #WTD10 in Vancouver, BC, Canada: http://bit.ly/9KASMt March 29, 2010
- WTD10: RT @susanopera: @ppcalzada Check out the last post on WTD10 from Queretaro, Mexico, it is a "WRAP" folks. Hasta WTD 2011 - http://wtd10. ... March 29, 2010
- Hashtag #WTD10 on Twitter
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