The 4x45 project introduces a new series of short video lectures accompanied by transcript books, addressing key topics and emerging debates in theatre and performance.
Each entry in the series comprises four lectures, interviews, and discussions from theatre experts, based around common themes and presented as 45 minute videos. Alongside this multimedia component, edited companion books collect four written transcripts of the videos to provide full transcripts and links to each talk's presentation materials. The print and video content is also supported by a blog that fosters an ongoing interactive discussion around the collection's topics and questions.
4x45 talks aim to respond quickly to emerging issues and developments in all aspects of theatre and performance, reflecting and defining the important conversations across the field.
Edited
By Michael M. Chemers
November 30, 2021
The Theatre of Luis Valdez focuses on the life and work of American playwright and director Luis Valdez, probably best known for his landmark 1979 play Zoot Suit – the first play by a Latinx playwright to appear on Broadway – and founder of El Teatro Campesino, the oldest surviving community ...
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By Emma Cox
September 09, 2021
This third volume in the 4x45 series addresses some of the most current and urgent performance work in contemporary theatre practice. As people from all backgrounds and cultures criss-cross the globe with an ever-growing series of pushes and pulls guiding their movements, this book explores ...
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By Andy Lavender
August 12, 2021
Neoliberalism, Theatre and Performance tackles one of the most slippery but significant topics in culture and politics. Neoliberalism is defined by the contributors as a political-economic system, and the ideas and assumptions (individualism, market forces and globalisation) that it promotes are ...
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By Benjamin Fowler
August 01, 2018
This first volume in the 4x45 series investigates the work of theatre director Katie Mitchell. Pausing to reconsider a career in progress, it engages with some of Mitchell’s most recent work in the UK and Europe across theatre, opera, and Live Cinema. It also takes a longer view, considering the ...