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Augusto Boal and the Theatre of the Oppressed (1983)

aka: Como Querem Beber Agua

Subject

Drama; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 53 minutes), £105.00

In 1994 Ronaldo Morelos spent 5 months in Rio de Janeiro, observing and documenting the work of Augusto Boal and the Centro de Teatro do Oprimido. This was the time of the Brazilian national elections. It...

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Jerzy Grotowski (1970)

Subject

Drama

Distribution

Sale, VHS (NTSC, 55 minutes), $89.95

The director of the Polish Lab Theater talks with theater critic Margaret Croyden (translated by Jacques Chwat, theater director). Grotowski discusses the relationship between director and actor, a...

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Grotowski: A Practical Guide (2015)

Subject

Drama

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 75 minutes), £75.00

World famous theatre practitioner Jerzy Grotowski has had an enormous and positive influence on contemporary theatre. This resource explores his life and work and shows how his ideas and approaches can be...

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Third Front, The: Erwin Piscator: Political Theatre (1978 Film, Video)

Director

Peter Wyeth

Producer

Margaret Williams

Subject

Drama

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Erwin Piscator’s work in the 1920s moved theatre away from the confines of domestic drama to the play of forces in world politics. To equip the stage for the ‘epic’ approach, he employed a whole range...

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Peter Brook (1973 Video)

Subject

Drama

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 27 minutes), £189.00

An interview with Peter Brook recorded in 1973 just after his return from Africa with his Centre of Theatre Research group of actors. Brook discusses his views on such issues as cross-cultural performances,...

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Theatre Games 1 (1996 Video)

Subject

Drama

Distribution

Sale, 2 videocassettes. VHS. col. 210 min total., 1997 sale: £15.00 (inc VAT +p&p) each

Clive Barker, the author of ‘Theatre Games’, has led related workshops in a number of countries. This is an edited record of Barker’s work with a group of professional actors at the London Studio in...

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Andrei Serban: The Greek Trilogy (1974 Video)

Subject

Classical studies; Drama

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 54 mins), $189.00

This video contains excerpts from off-Broadway experimental productions of director Andrei Serban’s flamboyant interpretations of Electra, Medea, and The Trojan Women. Critic Margaret Croyden explains how...

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Augusto Boal in Belfast

Subject

Drama; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 70 minutes), £20.00

Follows the Brazilian theatre director, writer and political activist Augusto Boal as he is taken on a whirlwind tour sampling Belfast life with all its contradictions, humour, and political diatribe spiced...

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Meyerhold’s Étude: Throwing the Stone (1996 Video)

Subject

Drama

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 60 min., 2004 sale: £15.00 (inc. VAT +p&p)

The still pictures of Meyerhold’s études are well-known; how the études actually occur in time and space, less so. At a conference devoted to Vsevelod Meyerhold organised in Aberystwyth, Wales, by the...

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Beyond Stanislavski: Oyston Directs Chekhov (2008)

Director

Peter Oyston

Subject

Drama

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 58 minutes), £110 [University rate]

Peter Oyston takes a group of young acting students through an abridged version of Chekhov’s famous play to reveal the essence of Chekhov’s style. Chekhov intended the CHERRY ORCHARD to be a comedy not a...

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