Q&A photos and podcast: A return to Brechtian politics via The Caucasian Chalk Circle
Q&A photos and podcast: A return to Brechtian politics via The Caucasian Chalk Circle

Q&A photos and podcast: A return to Brechtian politics via The Caucasian Chalk Circle

By Terri Paddock|2020-03-27T18:45:24+00:0031 March 2017|Tags: Bertolt Brecht, Brecht, Brexit, Donald Trump, EU Referendum, Greenwich Theatre, Ricky Dukes, Sara Reimers, Stephen Unwin, Terri Paddock events, The Caucasian Chalk Circle, Trumpism, Zack Polanski|

What would Bertolt Brecht have made of Donald Trump? Brecht's "epic theatre" was sparked by the rise of Nazism in 1930s Germany. Many pundits have likened the political period we've now entered with that dark decade of the twentieth century.

Photos and podcast: Nearly 300 years on, why does The Beggar’s Opera still resonate?

By Terri Paddock|2020-03-27T21:47:12+00:0016 November 2016|Tags: Bertolt Brecht, Brockley Jack Studio, Debates, John Gay, Lazarus Theatre, Michael Peavoy, Post-show Q&As, Ricky Dukes, Sara Reimers, Terri Paddock events, The Beggar's Opera, The Buskers Opera, The Threepenny Opera|

There's something in the water with The Beggar's Opera at the moment. Lazarus Theatre's new, modern-dress, 80-minute version at Brockley Jack Studio Theatre is the third major London presentation of the story of womanising highwayman Macheath this year.

Photos and podcast: The politics of theatre at The Caucasian Chalk Circle Q&A

By Terri Paddock|2020-03-28T23:07:36+00:0028 February 2016|Tags: @BobbyFriedman, @BrocJackTheatre, @CorbynMusical, @LazarusTheatre, @RoseUnwin, @RupertMyers, @WaterlooEast, Bertolt Brecht, Bobby Friedman, Brockley Jack Studio, Corbyn The Musical, Lazarus Theatre, Podcasts, Q&As, Ricky Dukes, Rupert Myers, Stephen Unwin, Terri Paddock events, The Caucasian Chalk Circle|

What's the difference between political theatre and theatre about politics? Can theatre be a catalyst for real change? Do right-wing political perspectives get a fair hearing onstage or is theatre the preserve of the left-wing?