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Today on the Academic blog Alex Zamalin discusses Spike Lee’s 2018 film BlacKkKlansman and its bold portrayal of race, history and white supremacy in America bit.ly/3QBEOQC @bloomsburymedia.bsky.social

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Dive into the Zipprodt archive for the very first time. IF THE SONG DOESN’T WORK, CHANGE THE DRESS is a unique look into Broadway history, featuring a treasure trove of sketches, drawings and photographs from the iconic costume designer. Out now! bit.ly/4jme2J9

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A reminder that the calls for papers for the 13 working groups of the Theatre and Performance Research Association (TaPRA @tapra.bsky.social) are live. We’ll be hosting the event here at Warwick from 27-29 August 2025. The deadline for abstracts is 10 March. Details: warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/sca...

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New reference resource: The Methuen Drama Handbook of Women in Contemporary British Theatre edited by Marissia Fragkou & Rebecca Benzie provides detailed explorations of the rich & diverse theatrical work produced by women in early C21st British theatre. bit.ly/4326ju1

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There’s still time to enter our #LitinColour competition! Tell us about a play you’d like to see in the 2025 list and you could win all 60 plays in the 2024 #LitinColour Play List. 📚 Closing this Saturday! bit.ly/4fnOFEh

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Only a week to go – we can’t wait! Todd Almond and the Courtney Love will be live at How To Academy discussing all things Bob Dylan next Tuesday. There’s still time to get your ticket… 📅 4 March, 7:30pm 📍 London 🎟️ bit.ly/3ZLeo35

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📢 More exciting news for nō enthusiasts and theatre students/researchers! This is a particularly active time for publications on nō, and I am thrilled to announce the release of "Noh: Japanese Classical Dance-drama," as part of Methuen’s Forms of Drama series. @methuendrama.bsky.social

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Out now 'Creating Life Story Theatre' by Karin Diamond, Alison O'Connor & Clark Baim is the first practical and user-friendly guide for both trainee and experienced practitioners on how to create theatre from personal stories. Find out more: bit.ly/3X6zCrE

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In the era of supposed ‘free speech’ why are minority and progressive left-wing voices silenced, censored and struggling to be heard over racist, transphobic and divisive right-wing political rhetoric? Anshuman A. Mondal discusses Racism and ‘Free Speech’ bit.ly/41oZHVf @bloomsburypol.bsky.social

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@bloomsburyacad.bsky.social and @marvelcomicshqs.bsky.social are excited to announce "Marvel Age of Comics", an epic new series examining the history and legacy of the Marvel Universe. #MarvelComics #comicbooks Explore the Stories Behind the Legends: bit.ly/4b6or81

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2 new play collections now available for study & performance: Global Theatre Anthologies: Classical and Modern Plays from India bit.ly/41jDcBk Adapting Chekhov in the 21st Century bit.ly/3QldIx8

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3 new volumes have joined our FORMS OF DRAMA series: Kathakali: Tradition, Innovations and Transitions in the Dance Drama of Kerala bit.ly/431rQmw Noh: Japanese Classical Dance-drama bit.ly/4gOwwPW Nautanki: The Musical Theatre of North India bit.ly/3QKbaJf

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Loved Emmet Kerwan's ACCENTS in Galway last night (script published by @methuendrama.bsky.social)

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Drop by our stand at Actors Pro Expo on the 1st floor to say hello and browse our latest acting books, all discounted today! 📚

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Are you attending Actors Pro Expo in London today? Don't miss out on Sally Ann Gritton’s seminar on stage at 1pm. Exclusive book signing afterwards! Enjoy discounted copies of all our acting books & monologue collections at our stand or online. 👉 www.bloomsbury.com/uk/discover/...

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In this clip from The Play Podcast, Dan Rebellato joins Douglas Schatz to explore the enduring appeal of Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House. Discover more about new and classic plays with 10 episodes from The Play Podcast, free on Drama Online: bit.ly/4259twE @theplaypodcast.bsky.social

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Spotted in the @nytimes.com 👀📰 an article on Slow Train Coming: Bob Dylan’s Girl from the North Country and Broadway's Rebirth by Todd Almond nyti.ms/3X8bSn9 Discover the oral history of the Bob Dylan musical 👉 bit.ly/3QrbgFm @methuendrama.bsky.social

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Out now, Sarah Weston's 'Applied Theatre: Voice' is a practical and critical discussion that interrogates vocalization, performance and social justice in community contexts. Find out more: bit.ly/433kjUC

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Got a favourite play by an author of colour? Tell us about it for a chance to win a bundle of 60 #LitinColour books! 📚 Enter here 👉 bit.ly/4fnOFEh

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Call for proposals! 📢 Submissions for the Theatre And series are now open. Submit your proposal for a 25,000-word book on a topic of your choosing. More info 👉 bit.ly/4jIU5MY Download a proposal form 🗒️ bit.ly/4jKP7z5 Submissions close 30 March!

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Happy Valentine's Day! What book are you gifting today? 💘 www.bloomsbury.com/uk/discover/...

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Looking for a small hardback edition of Shakespeare's Sonnets, ideally with a ribbon marker and a bookplate for that all-important dedication? We have you covered this Valentines Day! 😍 bit.ly/4hz3jdh

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‘A show that transports the soul’ The Times ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Discover the oral history of the Bob Dylan musical Girl from the North Country in 'Slow Train Coming' by Todd Almond, out now! Have you got your copy yet? Psst it's 30% off in our sale till Sunday! bit.ly/3Vc60Ir

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A pleasure to read so many international plays in preparing this piece for Drama Online. Showcasing here playwrights from Nigeria, Japan, Spain, India, Argentina and Ukraine, and the translators who translate them. @methuendrama.bsky.social www.dramaonlinelibrary.com/featured-con...

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The Global Plays Collection 1 is now live on Drama Online. 🎭Featuring 100 plays in translation from @methuendrama.bsky.social: bit.ly/3Zk63Df Explore our featured content to access 4 playtexts and an expert essay about this new collection: bit.ly/413VUgA

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“An essential assessment of a turning point in the history of theatre.” Barbara Fuchs's 'Theater of Lockdown' reviewed in Miranda ⬇️ journals.openedition.org/miranda/58687

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book memory: 3 years ago. TOWARD A FUTURE THEATRE. @methuendrama.bsky.social remember our dreams, dear theatre.

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In her chapter from Contemporary Black Theatre and Performance, Quenna L. Barrett reflects on a devised play which looks back on the Declaration of Independence from a Black, queer, feminist perspective. Free to read this #BlackHistoryMonth: bit.ly/40UFhmV

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🚨Pick up a new book in our flash sale! Enjoy 30% off print books and 40% off eBooks until midnight Sunday 16th Feb. Check out the highlights 👉 bit.ly/4aKIDwb

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Only a few weeks to go! Join us for a very special evening with Courtney Love and Todd Almond, author of SLOW TRAIN COMING, to discuss all things Bob Dylan with How To Academy. There’s still time to get your ticket… 📅 4 March, 7:30pm 📍 London 🎟️ bit.ly/3ZLeo35

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Check out our latest arrivals 📚 Take a look at the January-March 2025 catalogue: bit.ly/4fxOOFt

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"Solidarity and hope" – behind Bob Dylan's modern musical hit Slow Train Coming author Todd Almond & Senior Publisher Dom O’Hanlon discuss why Girl from the North Country resonated so deeply with audiences going through life-altering times. Read on @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social blog: bit.ly/4jQrK7c

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On the blog today: Slow Train Coming author Todd Almond and @methuendrama.bsky.social Senior Publisher Dom O'Hanlon discuss the staging of Bob Dylan & Conor McPherson’s musical 'Girl from the North Country' and why it resonated so deeply with audiences. Read now: bit.ly/3CHc4mc

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Happy publication day to IF THE SONG DOESN’T WORK, CHANGE THE DRESS 👗 Patricia Zipprodt was the force behind some of Broadway’s most iconic costumes. Her memoirs reveal a mind that was constantly in motion and furiously creative. Find out more! bit.ly/4jme2J9

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We're delighted to announce that Morategi Kale is the winner of the 2nd annual Bloomsbury Academic Writing Fellowship 🎉 In partnership with Writers & Artists, the Fellowship supports Black authors to develop their idea through to final manuscript stage. Read the full story here: bit.ly/4hkRZBa

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"'Sounding English' isn’t the point. It’s a Russian play, set in Russia, 125 years ago... if anything, 'sounding Russian' is the point" Today, we have Rory Mullarkey on his new version of Chekhov's "most beautiful" play, Three Sisters, and why the magic is in its maintaining its mystery...

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Call for proposals to the TaPRA 2025 conference is now live! The theme for the Performance and New Technologies working group is 'Postdigital and AI Dramaturgies: Gen Alpha and the Politics of Care in Online Performance' #AcademicSky #TheatreSky #AI #Postdigital #Covid lnkd.in/ebp_9nU2

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Spaces still available!

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Ten weeks until we open and two thirds of tix for the run now sold! Please come see these magnificent actors in my not too shabby play orangetreetheatre.co.uk/whats-on/ben...

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Find inspiration from pioneering Black cultural leaders this #BlackHistoryMonth with Decolonizing the Theatre Space by Simeilia Hodge-Dallaway, Kwame Kwei-Armah & Olivia Poglio-Nwabali. Check out 3 chapters now, free to read for the next two weeks: bit.ly/413VUgA

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Call for proposals! 📢 Submissions for the Theatre And series are now open. Submit your proposal for a 25,000-word book on a topic of your choosing. More info 👉 bit.ly/4jIU5MY Download a proposal form 🗒️ bit.ly/4jKP7z5 Submissions close 30 March!

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It’s now been two years since publication of Contemporary Performance Lighting: experience, creativity, meaning @methuendrama.bsky.social We are very proud of championing this range of new thinking about light www.bloomsbury.com/uk/contempor...

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This month marks the 10-year anniversary of Object Lessons, a series of small, beautiful books that explore the hidden lives of ordinary things. In today’s Academic blog post 10 authors reflect on 10 years of Object Lessons bit.ly/3Cs9BvV @bloomsburylit.bsky.social

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Playtexts, streaming collections, scholarly texts and more. 🎭 Watch our 1 minute video to discover everything Drama Online has to offer, then explore the online library here: dramaonlinelibrary.com

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“She was like a drawing or a painting. There was something that said art about her.” – Joel Grey IF THE SONG DOESN’T WORK, CHANGE THE DRESS is out next week! Discover the illustrated memoirs of Broadway legend Patricia Zipprodt: www.bloomsbury.com/if-the-song-...

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Are you a member of the National Gallery? Join Michael Billington for an evening of literary inspiration as he discusses his book 'Affair of the Heart'. Friday, 31 January 2025 6.30-7.30pm www.nationalgallery.org.uk/events/liter...

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👀we spy an exciting giveaway from ‪@ntbookshop.bsky.social‬!

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Head on down to the Drama Book Shop to grab your signed copies of Todd Almond's SLOW TRAIN COMING!

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Win a bundle of 60 #LitinColour plays! 📚 Tell us about a play you’d like to see in the 2025 list and you could win all 60 plays in the 2024 #LitinColour Play List. Enter here 👉 bit.ly/4fnOFEh (Here’s the list of plays you could win!) bit.ly/40iRAJU

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