In September 2010, the British Council Switzerland organised a programme of events in and around Geneva under the heading ‘Act 2: Cultural Relations and Conflict’. Director of the British Council Switzerland, Caroline Morrissey MBE, and Act 2 Project Manager, Aisha Gilani, convened a group of international activists, artists, academics and practitioners from the applied arts…
Journey to the Centre of the Sun
A review of Les Naufrages du Fol Espoir by Theatre du Soleil.
Mischa Twitchin on the History of SHUNT and Their New Show Money
An interview with Mischa Twitchin, one of the founding members of the London based Shunt Collective.
On the Real: Fatebook and Whit MacLaughlin
This interview was originally published on London Theatre Blog on August 1 2009. An archive of London Theatre Blog is available here. I encountered Fatebook via a tweet from director Whit MacLaughlin. I was drawn to the audio-video installation on the website, a praiseworthy creation in its own right, but also a visual metaphor for the ambitious, cross-disciplinary performance project that…
Theatre In Second Life
How does theatre work in a virtual online environment such as Second Life? What can we learn from this virtual experience and carry over into ‘real world’ theatre practice, and vice-versa?
Interview with Rotozaza
This interview was originally published on December 1 2006 on London Theatre Blog. An archive of which can be found here. I conducted the following interview at the Shunt Lounge (London Bridge) on the 29th of November 2006 with Anthony Hampton and Silvia Mercuriali from Rotozaza. I would like to express my sincere thanks to both of them…
Notes on the cyborg and the work of Stelarc
This article was originally published on London Theatre Blog on October 1 2006. An archive of that blog can be found here. Mamoru Oshii’s 2004 animation film Innocence: Ghost in the Shell 2 follows the cyborg detective Batou as he tries to unravel the reasons behind a murderous robot revolt in the year 2032. The…
Andrew Eglinton 