Tag: stagecraft
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The Best Tiny Desk Concerts of 2025: A Year of Surprises and Virtuosity
The Year of Tiny Desk Surprises In 2025, NPR Music’s Tiny Desk Concerts kept their signature intimate setup while expanding the range of artists and influences. From rap legends and indie rock icons to instrumental prodigies and Broadway-inspired moments, the desk became a portal for genre-blurring performances. This year’s batch demonstrated that Tiny Desk isn’t…
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When Panto Goes Wrong: Surviving the Night of Disasters
Introduction: The high-stakes world of panto Pantomime, or “panto,” is a beloved tradition in theatres across the country, blending comedy, music, and audience participation. For performers, technicians, and producers, a single show can feel like a high-wire act: quick costumes, fast changes, and live surprises. When things go wrong, the pressure intensifies because audiences expect…
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Of Space, Time, and Typewriters: A Playwright’s Journey in Adapting Texts for the Stage
Introduction: The Craft of Adaptation In the theatre, a good adaptation feels almost like a conversation between eras. A playwright who specializes in adapting extant texts for the stage must balance fidelity with invention, respect with risk, and the written word with living performance. The goal is not to clone the original work but to…
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Of Space, Time, and Typewriters: The Craft of Stage Adaptation
Introduction: The Quiet Force Behind Stage Adaptations For a playwright who specializes in adapting extant texts for the stage, the deepest praise comes not from box-office numbers but from the author whose words are being reshaped. When a living writer nods and says, essentially, that the adaptation does justice to the original, it is a…
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Of Space, Time, and Typewriters: A Playwright’s Love Letter to Adaptation
Introduction: The Quiet Power of Adaptation In the theater, it’s not a bold new idea but a careful breathing of old texts into new lives that often earns the loudest applause. For a playwright who specializes in adapting extant works for the stage, there is no higher form of praise than a grateful phone call…
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Tribute to Pauline Collins: Julia McKenzie and Jonathan Pryce Remember a Legend of Stage and Screen
Honoring a Remarkable Talent: Pauline Collins Remembered In a moving reflection on Pauline Collins’s enduring influence, fellow actors Julia McKenzie and Jonathan Pryce share memories that illuminate the warmth, wit, and fearless technique that defined the beloved performer. The tributes, rooted in a long professional history and deep personal respect, remind audiences of a star…
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I’m good at doing pain: Ausrine Stundyte on trauma, adrenaline and playing a 300-year-old woman
In Her Own Words: The Soprano Who Delivers Pain as Performance In a quiet room of rehearsal, Lithuanian soprano Ausrine Stundyte offers a blunt truth: “I am totally not a feminist.” It’s a line that lands with a paradoxical force, revealing a performer who refuses to be boxed by labels even as she speaks candidly…