Kristin Berkey-Abbott
Today is an important nuclear anniversary. On this day in 1945, scientists exploded the first nuclear bomb at the Trinity test site in New Mexico.I hadn't remembered until doing some Internet wanderings that the explosion was scheduled for this date because Truman had an important meeting with...
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Wilton's Music Hall in Graces Alley, E1, is less than a five-minute walk from our London flat. It’s the oldest surviving music hall in the world and has stood in its current form since 1859. There’s also a bar selling cask beer that’s open to the public during performances. We’ve owned our flat...
Travis
A little while ago I enjoyed an opportunity to watch a streamed recording of the play “Paper,” written and directed by Singaporean playwright Tze Chien Chong; it debuted with a chiefly (or all-?) Japanese cast in Kôchi (Shikoku) and Yokohama in 2024, after a number of years of delay due to the...
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Gloriously funny and inventive pastiche of a modern magic act.
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There have been countless versions of this tale; this one man show is among the best
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March has been particularly fruitful so far
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Pentabus/ThickSkin release last year's touring production as a live capture and it's a fine and resonating piece of work
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This is a play which reminds us what the cancellation of Vaults Festival really means
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Much to admire but little to love
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Third great production this week and another absolute treat
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Exceptionally good - if this doesn't blow you away, then nothing will!
Michael Marner
Half Real was a live action, interactive theatre production I worked on with The Border Project back in 2011. A case study article on Half Real was published at the 2012 ISMAR conference. This post is a more human readable summary of my work.Half Real is based on a murder investigation, where the...