NEW BLOG: Trans People Need The Theatre, and The Theatre Needs Trans People.
being a trans person, directing a play about trans people at a time when your country's government just decided to screw over trans people is...a lot.
https://improvlaurie.co.uk/blg-loveletter/
#Iceland #theater #PerformingArts #CulturalHeritage #DigitalHumanities
'On the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the National Theatre, all of the National Theatre's theater programs from its inception will be made available on timarit.is and the National Theatre's website. The National and University Library of Iceland and the National Theatre recently signed a collaboration agreement on the project. '
Hello @PocketOperaCompany and
@AmsterdamFringe,
we've created a #Fediverse #StarterPack for #theatre, #stage, #play and #PerformingArts (at the moment it's 27 mainly German-speaking accounts), see our toot above 
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If you want to be part of it, please make yourself findable in your profile settings:
Settings → Public profile → Privacy and reach
This way we can add you.
Who else should we add? 
The new round of applications for #GlobalVillageKids by #FondsDarstellendeKünste is now open!
Apply by 21 May 2025 for funding opportunities at the intersection of #PerformingArts and #CulturalEducation – focused on rural and digital spaces. For #Artists #educators & collectives working with kids and young people in creative, accessible ways.
Info & eligibility: https://www.fonds-daku.de/en/funding/funding-programs/
Nine years after his final bow, Leslie Odom, Jr. will return to Broadway's "Hamilton" to reprise his Tony-winning role of Aaron Burr from September 9 thru November 23. "Hamilton" celebrates ten years on Broadway August 6.
THEATRE REVIEW: "HOW TO TRANSCEND A HAPPY MARRIAGE" - IRON CROW THEATRE
Iron Crow's latest production puts the Pythagorean theorem in a whole new light.
https://hotchka.com/how-to-transcend-a-happy-marriage-review-baltimore-iron-crow-theatre
https://www.europesays.com/?p=1987407 Pentagram Announce Debut Australian And New Zealand August 2025 Tour #Art #ArtAndEntertainment #auckland #Christchurch #Culture #Events #informative #music #NewZealand #NuclearBlast #PerformingArts #Scoop #Wellington #WorldAustralia
Hooboy. This guy's an absolute PEACH. So professional. 
" 'I'm too busy to confront your vapidness to believe what you read without doing your own research,' Grenell wrote. He told her the Kennedy Center had 'zero in the bank' and he 'cut the DEI b******** because we can't afford to pay people for fringe and niche programming that the public won't support.' "
#USPol
#PerformingArts
#KennedyCenterForPropaganda
Worried artists reached out to Kennedy Center president Richard Grenell. His responses didn't help
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/10/nx-s1-5357631/an-anxious-musician-emailed-the-director-of-the-kennedy-center-and-got-a-response
A 65-year-old circus artist performs a 'dive of death' in new MICF show
By Anna Kelsey-Sugg
For more than 40 years, Circus Oz has been entertaining and terrifying audiences. Its latest show, Non Stop, does both while proving age is no barrier to being in the circus.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-11/circus-oz-non-stop-melbourne-comedy-festival/105158408
The new national tour of "The Who's Tommy", which had been set to launch in Providence, RI in the Fall, has been pushed back a year to Fall 2026. No reason for the delay has been given.
A 65-year-old circus artist performs a 'dive of death' in new MICF show
By Anna Kelsey-Sugg
For more than 40 years, Circus Oz has been entertaining and terrifying audiences. Its latest show, Non Stop, does both while proving age is no barrier to being in the circus.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-11/circus-oz-non-stop-melbourne-comedy-festival/105158408
Our #ejc2025 
2.8. - 10.8.25
"We have zero tolerance for racism or hatred. Our Terms and Conditions strictly prohibit any visual or verbal expressions that discriminate against, demean, or incite hostility towards specific groups. Our goal is to connect, not to divide."
#circus #artistic #performingarts #Tanz #Theater #Musik #Poesie #dasgutelebenfüralle #WofürEsSichLohnt #juggling #Akrobatik #FlowArts #Clownerie #Volleyclub #Beziehungsweisen #Resonanz
https://ejc2025.org/about/blog/inclusive-and-safe-festival.html
“Solo il corpo pensa ciò che vive.”
– Simone Raviola.
Frequenze / sequenze. Di voli, respiri, leggerezze e gravità. Soffiando coriandoli, uno alla volta, per due ore e trenta minuti. Performance, 2025.
www.roccioletti.com
THEATRE REVIEW: "THE MUSIC MAN" - TOBY'S DINNER THEATRE
The classic musical keeps on marching!
https://hotchka.com/the-music-man-review-tobys-dinner-theatre
#PerformingArts picks of the day:
@LoadingReadyRun - Canadian comedy troupe, sketches, streams etc
@PocketOperaCompany - Germany's oldest mobile opera (in German)
@operationpuppet (main) & @kevin (videos) & @live (livestreams) - Puppeteer making his own puppets
@TheatreReviews - UK theatre reviewer, previously at The Guardian & The Stage
@uktw - Listings for UK theatre events, concerts etc
@Playbill - US theatre magazine
@tht - Town Hall Theatre, Galway, Ireland
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THEATRE REVIEW: "SHUCKED" - NORTH AMERICAN TOUR
"Shucked" brings some much needed corny humor to Baltimore's Hippodrome Theatre.
https://hotchka.com/shucked-tour-review-baltimore-hippodrome
Richard Chamberlain has died at 90. Read about his life and career on Hotchka+
https://www.hotchkaplus.com/2025/03/richard-chamberlain-obituary.html
Let's Do Better: The Podcast
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/lets-do-better-the-podcast/
Interview: "Fired Kennedy Center VP Marc Bamuthi Joseph Speaks Out"
"The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts has fired at least five members of its social impact team, including its artistic director, the renowned artist Marc Bamuthi Joseph.
"The team aimed to expand the art center’s reach to diverse audiences and to commission new works by Black composers."
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/3/27/kennedy_center_marc_bamuthi_joseph
#trump #autocracy #kennedycenter #uspol #Marcbamuthijoseph #performingarts #racism #dei #fascism .
Interview: "Fired Kennedy Center VP Marc Bamuthi Joseph Speaks Out"
"The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts has fired at least five members of its social impact team, including its artistic director, the renowned artist Marc Bamuthi Joseph.
"The team aimed to expand the art center’s reach to diverse audiences and to commission new works by Black composers."
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/3/27/kennedy_center_marc_bamuthi_joseph
#trump #autocracy #kennedycenter #uspol #Marcbamuthijoseph #performingarts #racism #dei #fascism.
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