Books
Every now and then instead of heading out to watch something, we curl up on the sofa with a good book instead. Obviously, even our reading is theatre based though, so why not check out what we’ve read lately.
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Book Review: Plays from Contemporary Hungary: ‘Difficult Women’ and Resistant Dramatic Voices
This edited volume does a masterful job at lifting the curtain for us all on an important and vibrant European stage.
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Book Review: Global Jewish Plays: Five Works from Jewish Playwrights from around the World
A collection of undeniably original plays highlighting sociopolitical issues rarely brought to the stage.
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Book Review: Dance in Musical Theatre. A History of the Body in Movement.
An excellent collection of essays that gives refreshing insight into the history of dance in musical theatre.
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Book Review: Ryan Craig: Plays Against the Tide
A selection of fine plays from a talented Jewish playwright, given resonance by current political climes.
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Book Review: Contemporary British Musicals: Out of the Darkness
An occasionally evasive investigation of the contemporary British musical canon that still brings insight into recent productions.
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Book Review: Applied Puppetry: The Theory and Practice of Object Ecologies
In Applied Puppetry: The Theory and Practice of Object Ecologies Matt Smith draws a picture of Applied Puppetry by drawing on his fascinating experience of thirty years working in theatre. Using an academic framework around samples of his practice research,…
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Book Review: Posh – Student Edition by Laura Wade and Henry Bell
A beautifully presented educational edition of Laura Wade’s 2010 play.
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Book Review: Theatre and its Audiences, by Kate Craddock and Helen Freshwater
A pertinent and interesting consideration of the impact of Covid
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Review: Social Media in Musical Theatre, by Trevor Boffone
An illustration of some intriguing, if unsurprising, trends
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Book Review: Drag: A British History by Jacob Bloomfield
A thoughtful and fascinating read