The Theatre of Others Podcast

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi start off the 2nd Annual Audio New Play Festival with a conversation with the Melbourne-based playwright of the upcoming audio play WHALE SONG, Frazer Shepherdson. Frazer (he/him) is a writer and actor based in Melbourne, Australia. He has trained in performance extensively at several internationally recognize...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi speak with Mumbai-based actor Rytasha Rathore Rytasha is a Mumbai-based actor and woman-in-progress. Stage, OTT, audio, documentaries - she does it all and is unafraid to be a jack of all trades and a master of at least one. Acting is her first love and she has to her credit several plays, most recently The Pa...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss The Taboos and Superstitions in the Theatre, how they all originally had practical reasons, and how the energy you give can be transferred to the performance and space. To submit a question, please visit http://www.speakpipe.com/theatreofothers for voice recording or submit an email to podcast@theatreo...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss the trends and changes to theatre in New York City post-COVID with NYC-based playwright and dramaturg Steven Gaultney Mentioned in this episode: Queen of the South TFANA TDF Today Tix Shakespeare in the Park Mother Courage Oratorio for Living Things Tree of Life Dominique Morriseau's Confederates...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss questions and provocations by listeners Mark Nannup and Al Hafiz Sanusi about "dangerous" theater and how to define and redefine your niche as an actor. Mentioned in this episode: Jean-Guy Lecat Humboldt Forum "Make a Strong Choice" Peter Brook The Prisoner Chan Harris TOO Merch The...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss Objectives. Or Intentions. Or Goals. Or Tasks. Or Zadacha. What is this foundational word we use in the Theatre, where did it come from, and does it mean what we think it means? Mentioned in this episode: Berghain Elizabeth Hapgood Zadacha Anne's Blog Problem, Objective, Task Christopher Bayes Wes...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss the New York Times article When Paying your Dues doesn't Pay your Bills and how the "hustle" needs to be rethought. Mentioned in this episode: Niche pronunciation When Paying Dues doesn't Pay the Rent Lincoln Center Theater Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park Patrice Chereau To submit...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi speak with Detroit Public Theatre's Managing Artistic Director Sarah Clare Corporandy. An original founding member of DPT in 2015, Sarah Clare is a Michigan (Ypsilanti) native. After moving about the country to find the best places and ways to create live theater, she was called back home to Detroit (firs...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi answer some listeners' questions about purposeful exclusion, losing yourself in a role, and documentary drama. Thanks to Chad O'Brien , Raiya Basalamah , and Rummana Yamanie for their great questions/provocations. Mentioned in this episode: Niche proper pronunciation The Long Tail Friday by Rebecca B...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss The Bully in the rehearsal room, whether it is a director or a fellow actor, how to recognize it, call it out, and take back a courageous space. Mentioned in this episode: TOO Merch We See You Joshua Waterstone Theater's Sacred Monsters Philippe Gaulier Scott Rudin Bruce Myers The 4 Agreements To...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss the Holes in Acting Training today, how the Stanislavski system has been shoehorned into shorter and shorter rehearsals disjointed from the body, and suggest a way forward getting back to nature and the somatic experience. Mentioned in this episode: Stacy Abrams A Stange Loop Roundabout Theatre Taylor...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss some common Actor's Dilemmas and answer questions from Kurt Pimblett , Mark Nannup , and Oscar Nava . Mentioned in this episode: Balthazar NYC TOO Merch Dial-up internet CD Cassette Floppy Disk Word Processor Michael Shannon 2 Legit 2 Quit Let Actors Act Awkwafina Iman Vellani To submit a question...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss The Purposeful Exclusion and how your why should tell you who your work is actually for so that it can be inclusive to the community you intend Mentioned in this episode: Eddie Murphy and McDonald's Cabbage Patch Kids BabyLand General Hospital Melbourne Theatre Company The Necessary Stage Classic...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss Immersive Theatre and how the sensorial, haptic, and environmental nature leads to intimacy....or the worst theatre ever made. Mentioned in this episode: TOO Merch Zips Sneakers Waiting For Guffman Pia Furtado Slung Low Slung Low's They Only Come at Night Slung Low at SIFA Prior Okolovich Barzakh...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi are joined by Sound Designer Jack Burmeister and Dramaturg Steven Gaultney to discuss and debrief after the performance of Kool-Aid and Wine Mentioned in this episode: Theatre for a New Audience Alice Childress' Wedding Band Mihaly Csikszentmialyi Triple Dog Dare To submit a question, please visit http://...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss the recent opinion piece in The New York Times titled Let Actors Act and the continued discussion about who has the right, ability, and opportunity to play roles outside their identity and lived knowledge. Thanks to Mark Nannup for the question. Mentioned in this episode: Alicia Rodis Intimacy Director...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss Solo Performance and the difference between Performance Art and Theatre, and how great Solo Performance requires a dedicated team of people to make the one person shine.   Mentioned in this episode: Marcel Duchamp Marina Abramovic Annabel Chong Anna Deveare Smith Twilight 1992   Extreme Exposure Eric B...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss Location and how it is different than Space and Place and how the audience is either primed or deterred from communing with the show due to the choice of location. Mentioned in this episode: C+C Music Factory Good Vibrations Theatre of Others Merchandise Point of Privilege Emerald Gemco Players Jean Gu...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi speak with First Nations Indigenous artist Tiriki Onus. Tiriki Onus is the Senior Lecturer and Head of the Wilin Centre for Indigenous Arts and Cultural Development , Associate Dean (Indigenous) and Deputy Dean (Place) for the Faculty of Fine Arts and Music, Melbourne University. Tiriki graduated from the VCA...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss Practice as Research and how even if you are not in academia all artists are doing research and should be archiving their process Thank you to Ruzaini Mazani for the question. Mentioned in this episode: Fitzmaurice Institute Knight-Thompson Jack Burmeister Waste Management Jobs in Melbourne To submit a...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss The Costume and how it is the most necessary design element of theatre giving time and place as well as giving the actor a deep sense of being. Mentioned in this episode: CODA Siskel and Ebert Canine Coronavirus It's not a costume, it's fashion Jean Guy Lecat FUBU Ruth Carter Ong Ken Sen Hami...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi have a conversation with Master Acting Teacher Tom Bentley-Fisher. Tom Bentley-Fisher has been the artistic director of five professional theatres, has directed over one hundred productions at theatres across Canada, Spain, and the U.S, and has taught his approach to movement and acting in universities, theatr...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss the Actor's image and how to build, support, and safeguard your identity and personality when you are the product. Mentioned in this episode: Troy Kotsur Hi Gay Charlize Theron for Dior Pee-Wee Herman Standup Pee-Wee's Playhouse Pee-Wee Arrested I'm shocked, shocked... Can you hear me no...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss understanding the character's truth when the actor's reality may be different. They investigate cultural narratives and how to move out of singular focused training to a more holistic and integrative methodology. Mentioned in this episode: National School of Drama Simon Callow Real Life Drama...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss The Ritual and how theatre's origins come from ritual and are embedded throughout the process, and memorable theatre harkens back to ritual. Mentioned in this episode: Holi Festival Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome Anne Bogart's And then, You Act Van Gennep's Liminality Mihaly Czikszentmihalyi...