Category Archives: Theatre

Reviews, comments and thoughts on theatre

War Horse on Broadway

Posted on 18 April 2011 by Robert

The making of War Horse – projection and animation from 59 Productions on Vimeo. Tenacious readers will recall that I had some small involvement in War Horse, the preposterously successful National Theatre production that transferred to the West End, and … Continue reading →

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Free Belarus Now

Posted on 29 March 2011 by Robert

Michael Murphy pointed out that companies he promotes in Belarus provide local jobs, and lauds the ‘economic opportunity’ that they provide. However, without free expression and democratic checks, this so-called ‘opportunity’ is meaningless, limited only to those who acquiesce to Alexander Lukashenko brutal methods of control. Murphy’s words are hollow, his reasoning unsound and amoral.
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Behzti is no longer taboo

Posted on 6 May 2010 by Robert

While everyone else has been banging on about the election, I’ve been banging on about free speech.  Here’s a review that was commissioned for Index on Censorship and cross-posted at Comment is Free, so choose your forum for comments.  As … Continue reading →

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Elsewhere, on Offence

Posted on 27 March 2010 by Robert

In The Independent, Michael Coveney discusses theatre that offends, and what to do about it. There is a quote from yrstrly too: Freedom of speech carries with it a freedom to insult; otherwise, as Tom Stoppard says, it’s not a … Continue reading →

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The Big Libel Gig

Posted on 15 March 2010 by Robert

Some of my photos from backstage and in the wings are online at Flickr. Continue reading →

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War and Incitement

Posted on 1 March 2010 by Robert

Henry V, inciter of violence. Continue reading →

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Infinite Jest and Attempts on Her Life

Posted on 30 June 2009 by Robert

I’ve taken the plunge and started reading Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace, using the Infinite Summer blog as a handy pacemaker and reading aide to what I am beginning to understand is a supremely complex book. It’s only annoying … Continue reading →

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Moving Photography?

Posted on 3 May 2009 by Robert

Jason Kottke thinks that the stills video camera will become obsolete in a few years time: As resolution rises & prices fall on video cameras and hard drive space, memory, and video editing capabilities increase on PCs, I suspect that … Continue reading →

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Way of the Blogs

Posted on 1 April 2009 by Robert

Here’s a post I’ve just had published over at Comment is Free. Continue reading →

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Black Watch wins Four Oliviers

Posted on 9 March 2009 by Robert

Congratulations to the Black Watch team, who scooped four Olivier Awards over the weekend.  Fifty Nine Productions designed the video elements of the show. addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fwww.robertsharp.co.uk%2F2009%2F03%2F09%2Fblack-watch-wins-four-oliviers%2F’; addthis_title = ‘Black+Watch+wins+Four+Oliviers’; addthis_pub = ”;

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