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.

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

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?

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