theatre
News and articles about work, policy and workers' struggles in the media and culture industries around the world, and analysis and reviews of art, culture and the media.
Mate Ćosić: The Broadway theorem
Article about work policy of Broadway cinema. Article was published for the first time on June 22nd 2009[1].
A few days ago, an article was published in the Croatian daily newspaper „Slobodna Dalmacija“[2] about a group of students from Split working at the „Broadway cinema“ who quit their jobs there and called for a boycott until they get payed.
1969: Revolution as personal and as theatre
Written in March 2001, this is essentially autobiographical, but gives a good flavour of the epoch (free concerts, street/political theatre, the beginning of squatting and the London Street Commune, skinheads v. long hairs, Schools Action Union, The Festival of Light, strikes, etc). It also contains some reflections on other aspects of theatre (e.g. Brecht).
The photo here is of 144 Picadilly, squatted in 1969 and talked about in this article.
1969:
revolution as personal and as theatre
1968, for all of those who wanted to live against a world without future, was a great year. But as almost always at that time, I was a late developer. It was 1969 before I got going.
1969 was good but wasn’t great: it seems useful to reflect on this period a bit, as a bit of contrast with the madness of today’s normality.
"Shakespeare was a fake!" horror shock!
A kind of jokey leaflet produced in the autumn of 1984 to be handed out for a performance of Shakespeare's "A Winter's Tale".
"SHAKESPEARE WAS A FAKE!"
HORROR SHOCK!
National Opera House occupied in Athens and turned into counterinformation and resistance base
Last week the National Opera House (Ethniki Lyriki Skini) was occupied by dancers renaming the historic Athens building "Insurgent People's . Opera". Since the Opera has been functioning as a free space for revolutionary workshops and forums in solidarity to K. Kouneva and the arrested insurgents of December, as well as against the police state and the culture of the Spectacle.
The occupation of the National Opera House in one of Athens most busy high street (Akadimias Bulevard) last week by dancers has created yet another center of resistance and counterinformation in the greek capital, receiving the active support of the entire range of insurgents including the Cleaner's Union (PEKOP) who continues to receive death threats from the OIKOMET bosses behind the murderous a
France: strike action continues at the Paris Opera
Workers at the Paris Opera have been striking since October 18th in defence of their pension regimes.
The strike has caused the cancellation of 17 performances and 8 have gone ahead in a reduced form. The strike is strongest amongst workers from the Sud union, and to a lesser extent FSU. These workers are in the majority amongst lighting and stage hands and as such have a strong position. The FO, CGT and CFDT unions have already agreed to negotiations with management.
Workers take protest to Parisian theatre
At 18.00 yesterday, a group of cultural, temporary workers, students and “Precaires” (workers in precarious or casual labour), penetrated the prestigious Chaillot National Theatre.
Newspaper Liberation reported the events occured at the Trocadero, in the chic 16th arrondissement of Paris for an indefinite occupation.
