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King without a crown
British productions increasingly enlist the services of a dramaturg, but what does the role actually entail? Sarah Hemming in the...
Livestreaming the 30th Annual Literary Managers & Dramaturgs of the Americas Conference (New Yo
Livestreamed from New York City, the birthplace of the LMDA, the 30th anniversary conference honours the organisation's past, looks at...
Will Gompertz Vlog: What on earth is a Dramaturg?
It is a word you might never have heard of, and a job you might never have known existed. But dramaturgs are all the rage backstage in...
Urban Dramaturgy
Urban dramaturgy plays with the structure, rhythm, and flow of the city to enact new stories of what our cities are and for whom. There...
Interview with Dramaturg Nina Steiger
When I’m working with non-text based theatre-makers my job is to help them find ways to tell a story with as many layers as possible; to...
A Love note to Dramaturgs
Dramaturgs are beleaguered. They are bashed, silenced; they are badly paid. And still, they persevere. They are bashed by the very people...
Book Review: New Dramaturgy
Edited by Katalin Trencsényi and Bernadette Cochrane, London: Bloomsbury, 2014 As a maker of and writer about theatre, I often find...
Lu Kemp on dance dramaturgy
As part of the National Choreographers' Conference 2013, organised by Dance UK, Lu Kemp talks about how choreographers can work with...
The Structure of What Changes
Dark, then light. That’s dramaturgy. So says the Dutch dramaturg Hildegaard de Vuyst, for whom dramaturgy is characterised by rhythm. To...
Akram Khan Company’s dramaturg wins Kenneth Tynan Award
This year’s Kenneth Tynan Award, which recognises dramaturgy in theatre and dance, has been presented to Ruth Little, for her work on...