A look back on a good year in the theatrosphere By Simon Ogden and Ian Mackenzie Time to put 2008 to bed? Good idea. But not before we take one last look at the year that was in theatre blogging. And what a year it was! From epic online dust-ups to Internet-wide collaborations, here’s our […]
Tag: Mike Daisey
The passion of the blogs
Chris Wilkinson on theatrical discourse
The week got off to a heated start around here thanks in no small part to Mike Daisey’s provocative “Theatre discourse” quote. In case you missed it, Daisey has “a vested interest in lowering the politeness level in theatrical discourse.” Chris Wilkinson, at the Guardian UK, has more to say on this, and neatly synthesizes […]
Mike Daisey on theatrical discourse
“I also have a vested interest in lowering the politeness level in theatrical discourse—which, I hasten to add, is not the same as throwing away civility. I’ve just seen far too many ‘discussions’ that should have been full-voiced arguments, too many passions squelched in the face of institutionalized hopelessness, and just too much damn silence, […]
10 questions: Mike Daisey
1) What the fuck is going on? The wheels of time grind inexorably forward; our culture intensifies and multiplies, growing more complex as it fragments, while the corporatization of all things is the clear watchword of the age. We say what we say faster and make connections more quickly, but the time to make the […]
How theatre failed America
New York-based monologuist Mike Daisey’s scathing indictment of the American theatre machine has been getting a lot of much-deserved attention in the theatrosphere. Read his entire editorial for Seattle’s The Stranger newspaper here. (Thanks to Scott Walters and Parabasis for the heads up.)