Interviews and Articles

General

Artistic Director Michael Walling in conversation with Mahesh Dattani

Josip Rainer discusses the theory of Border Crossings in relation to the process of creating plays in the context of contemporary Europe.

Border Crossings Blog: read the company's online journal and keep bang up to date!.

Laboratory Blog: accounts of research and training workshops in the Border Crossings Laboratory.

The Dilemma of a Ghost

The Growth of a National Form of Theatre in Ghana. Steve Collins on the National Theatre of Ghana.


Adeline Ama Buabeng. The leading Ghanaian actress interviewed by Esi Sutherland-Addy.



Dis-Orientations

Faces of Chinese Women. Article by Xinran: author of The Good Women of China.


Shanghai Yue Opera Company. An Introduction to the Form, the Company and its Work.



Bullie's House

Thomas Keneally discusses his play with Michael Walling.



Orientations

Pritham K. Chakravarthy discusses the workshop process through which Orientations was created.


Michael Walling discusses Orientations with Gill Jaggers.



Double Tongue

Writer Brian Woolland discusses Double Tongue with Roshni Mooneeram


Speaking Fair Before Folk and Wickedly Behind The Border Crossings production of Double Tongueby Teresa Murjas - article originally written for Slavic and East European Performance



Mappa Mundi

Performing the Mappa Mundi: an inter-cultural approach to the icon - article originally written for the Journal of Performance Research by Michael Walling


Mappa Mundi goes to Mexico - article originally written for the British Council's Creative Export website by Michael Walling



Toufann

Toufann and Translations: presenting Virahsawmy's play in London - article originally published in “Rencontres, the Journal of Mauritian Studies” by Nisha and Michael Walling

Dev Virahsawmy: catching the mood of Mauritius by Martin Banham, editor of the Cambridge Guide to Theatre




Inter-cultural Tempests: India, Mauritius and London paper given by Michael Walling at Saarbrücken University 2002




At the End of the Rainbow: A Note on Queerness in Toufann by Prof. Chantal Zabus.




Twelfth Night

What country, friends, is this? - article originally written for the British Council's magazine “On Tour” by Michael Walling




Bravely Fought the Queen

The Way She Dances - article originally written for The Collected Plays of Mahesh Dattani by Michael Walling




Mandela Opera

South African Politics on the Operatic Stage - The Making of Mandela Opera - article originally written for African Theatre 4 by Michael Walling

Faith Healer

Faith Healer in Cairo:by Michael Kenneally



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