Theatre workers have a code of ethics (a 1945 code, but a code nonetheless). Should playwrights? A list, and lively discussion in the comments, ensues.
Tag: 12.14.11
English National Ballet To Tour With Street Dance Troupe
“Street dance world champions Flawless are joining forces with English National Ballet for a show and nationwide tour. The collaboration, involving 10 ballerinas and Flawless’s 10 men in a mix of street dance, acrobatics and ballet, was announced today.”
Indonesian Police Bust Punk Concert And Shave Heads
“Police in Indonesia’s most conservative province raided a punk-rock concert and detained 65 fans, shaving off their spiky mohawks and stripping away body piercings because of the perceived threat to Islamic values.”
Annals Of Minority Casting Flaps: Cheapskate Producers Sack Dwarf Actors From Snow White
“Dwarf actors have been axed from Wolverhampton’s Grand Theatre because … after stingy producers replaced professional actors with children as part of [a] cost-cutting measure.” Dwarf actor groups are furious – as are some audience members.
The Beatbox Nativity: Rapping Vicar’s Christmas Story Becomes YouTube Hit
“For many vicars penning their sermons is what gets the creative juices flowing. The Rev Gavin Tyte has gone a little further, producing a rap and human-beatbox version of the nativity story, and a video to go with it that has attracted thousands of hits on YouTube.”
The Future Of How You Get TV
“Internet TV is no longer simply linear, scheduled TV channels. DVRs will soon be passé. The future of television is video served on demand, by subscription and à la carte, on multiple devices.”
How The Brain Perceives Art (The Scientists Are Finding Out)
The first thing the researchers discovered is that there was no detectable difference in the response of visual areas to Rembrandt and “school of Rembrandt” works of art. The key word in that sentence is “detectable.”
Toronto Considers Selling Sony Centre For The Performing Arts
“The city should find a way to unload the Sony Centre for the Performing Arts and stop subsidizing its operations to the tune of more than $1 million a year. That is the most drastic recommendation of a report to Mayor Rob Ford from his task force on grants to major arts organizations and the future of three city-owned theatres.”
New York City Opera And Unions Headed Into Mediation
“New York City Opera is scheduled to begin mediation Monday with its two labor unions, in a bid to resolve a bitter contract dispute threatening to disrupt performances planned across the city this season, opera and union officials said.”
Auction Of Naguib Mahfouz Archive Arouses Anger In Egypt
“Sotheby’s announcement that it had scheduled a ‘highly significant archive’ of work by Nobel literature laureate Naguib Mahfouz for auction this Thursday has sparked vigorous debate in the author’s native Egypt.”