M A Haridy

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Theatre Today (eBook, ePUB)

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'Theatre TODAY' takes you on a panoramic expedition, a journey covering over 30 countries worldwide.

Read and watch, what's happening in the theatre today with access to over 3000 videos.

What 'undercurrent movements' are seeding the future of theatre in 21 century? How are global communication tools effecting and changing the theatre? What direction is the theatre moving toward?

This book records the works of modern theatre companies and lists the names of its artists for future reference.

'Theatre TODAY' is a communication forum to magnify and tell the story of each creative artist - or group of artists - that contributed, enriched, and expanded our understanding of the theatre worldwide

It records the 'old movements' that are feeding back and contributing to the creation of the theatre of the future and 'the new movements' that born out of the technological changes in the last 50 years.

It proves that the theatre - as an art - is alive and well, and it is incorporating all the social, economic, and technological changes that are occurring in the world.

It is a must READ for everyone working or interested in the theatre today because it gives a comprehensive, panoramic view of what's going on worldwide in the theatre today.

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'M A Haridy' is an Egyptian Australian writer and theatre director, born in Cairo, Egypt. Now, he lives with his family in Melbourne, Australia. He is the executive editor, 'ETO' The International Experimental Theatre Organisation.

He had several published plays in Arabic, his play 'Che Guevara' Preformed and produced in several countries. He directed several plays for the theatre in the United Kingdom and Egypt.

He is the first to introduce the modern American Theatre to Egypt. His production of Edward Albee play the 'Everything in the Garden' for the Egyptian theatre early 1970, won the acclaim and recorded by the Egyptian, TV and broadcasted through Middle-East.

He started his career as a journalist, worked for the leading two newspapers in Egypt. First 'El-Akhbar, as a police reporter, moved to become a roving reporter covering the nine upper of Egypt governorates from Cairo to Aswan to the border with Sudan.

Then as a roving reporter for North Africa and middle-East working for 'El Ahram' the largest newspaper in Middle-East. He was the first to report on the Libyan revolution and had the first interview with Muammar el-Gaddafi.

Arrested while he was visiting Libya for his writing about Gaddafi. Released after an international campaign led by Amnesty International.

After the success of his play 'Guevara' he offered a scholarship to study theatre directorship in London, UK. After finishing his course, he joined TAT, Triple Action Theatre in London, and worked with Steven Rumbelow as assistant director and associate director in many productions such as; Faustus, Julius Caesar, Oedipus, Hamlet, Everyman, The Deformed Transformed, and many other. His production of Bertolt Brecht's 'The Baby Elephant' at London, won the acclaim. He returned to Egypt to work in the theatre, during which he directed Edward Albee play the 'Everything in the Garden'.

Later, he left Egypt and settled in Melbourne Australia. Now, he is a freelance writer and the executive editor for 'ETO' The International Experimental Theatre Organisation.

His English novel 'FAITH'; the first in his trilogy, about Egypt and the Arab Spring 'EL BAB'; will be published next year.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Gaze On Publishing
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Januar 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781386399735
• Artikelnr.: 50889543