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BORDER CROSSINGS

BORDER CROSSINGS: THE FIRST 25 YEARS - Artistic Director Michael Walling's discussion of the Company's History.  Originally published in New Theatre Quarterly, volume 37, issue 2, pp 137-158, reproduced with permission.

RADICAL THEATRE - Patron Peter Sellars talks at Rich Mix for Border Crossings (links to Podcast)

ARTSHEAD - Artistic Director Michael Walling interviewed in The Guardian

THE BEIRUT SPEECH - Michael Walling discusses the company's work in Beirut, duirng the early development of PLAYS OF LOVE AND WAR (links to video)

CRE-ACTORS - E-book on intercultural devising, from a European project led by Border Crossings (Ireland)

REJECTING CULTURE - Michael Walling's piece on Europe, Brexit and the Refugee Crisis in Write You - Britain's Social Newspaper

THE LOCKDOWN DIALOGUES

A series of conversations about our work, recorded during the 2020 COVID-19 lockdown.

THIS FLESH IS MINE - with Gabriel Varghese, author of Palestinian Theatre in the West Bank - Our Human Faces

CONSUMED - with Ma Haili, Associate Professor in Performance and Creative Economy at Leeds University

HIDDEN HISTORIES - with Sierra Tasi Baker (Sky Spirit Consulting) and Coll Thrush, author of Indigneous London - Native Travellers at the Heart of Empire

THE GREAT EXPERIMENT - with Mauritian playwright and activist Dev Virahsawmy

MORE THAN WORDS - with leading performer Raffaele Messina and Samantha Holdsworth from Clowns Without Borders

INO MOXO - with director Oscar Naters, actor Gonzalo del Águila and anthropologists Viviana Quea and Wilton Martinez

THE CENTRE CANNOT HOLD - a discussion around the aftermath of Brexit, including the founding of Border Crossings (Ireland) - with  Paula McFetridge (Kabosh, Belfast), Tony Fegan (Tallaght Community Arts, Dublin), Jeremy Turner (Cwmni Theatr Arad Goch, Aberystwyth), Gary Funck (Et Nordfriisk Teooter, North Frisia), Graham Jeffery (University of the West of Scotland), Eva Urban-Devereux (Mitchell Institute, Belfast).

PETER SELLARS - Border Crossings' Patron reflects on the talks and the role of theatre after Covid.

ORIGINS FESTIVAL

MARRUGEKU AT THE ORIGINS FESTIVAL - by Prof. Helen Gilbert

DE-COLONISING THE BODY - Michael Walling discusses Brian Solomon's WESTWAY SOLSTICE with the Westway Trust

INO MOXO - Lyndsey Winship interviews Oscar Nater and Rawa for The Guardian

WINONA LADUKE - The 2015 ORIGINS Lecture given by the leading Native American environmental campaigner (links to podcast)

CULTURE AND RESISTANCE: INDIGENOUS RESPONSES TO A GLOBALISED WORLD - Michael Walling's 2011 ORIGINS Lecture, in association with the City of London Festival, at Gresham College (links to video)

A WORLD IN LONDON - DJ Ritu in discussion with Indigenous Australian didgeridoo player Heath Bergersen and Navajo flute player Andrew Thomas (links to audio)

JAY GRIFFITHS - the author of Wild puts ORIGINS in context for The Guardian

THE PROMISED LAND

THE PROMISED LAND - E-book created in response to this EU-funded project on culture and refugees.

THE PROMISED LAND BLOG - reports and posts around the project.

PLAYS OF LOVE AND WAR

ACHILLES COMES TO PALESTINE - by Michael Walling.  Originally published in New Theatre Quarterly, volume 31, issue 3, pp.252-262.  Reproduced with permission.

HOMER, CAR BOMBS AND JACK BAUER - The Guardian's piece on THIS FLESH IS MINE, written by Ellie Violet Bramley

PLAYING WITH GREEK FIRE - writer Brian Woolland's articles on PLAYS OF LOVE AND WAR - THIS FLESH IS MINE and WHEN NOBODY RETURNS

IMAN AOUN - guest blog on Broadway World, discussing ASHTAR Theatre, Palestine, and PLAYS OF LOVE AND WAR

CONSUMED

PROPELLER TV - a documentary about CONSUMED (links to video)

CONSUMED -  a dedicated blog

THEATRE VOICE - Michael Walling discussing CONSUMED with Suman Bhuchar (links to podcast)

THE ORIENTATIONS TRILOGY

RE-ORIENTATIONS IN SHANGHAI - Michael Walling's programme note

SHANGHAI YUE OPERA COMPANY - an introduction to the form, the company and its work

FACES OF CHINESE WOMEN - by Xinran

GILL JAGGERS discusses ORIENTATIONS with Michael Walling

FULL REVIEWS of ORIENTATIONS from Time Out, What's On, Metro and The Stage

THE DILEMMA OF A GHOST

AMA ATA AIDOO in discussion with Michael Walling (links to video)

THE GROWTH OF A NATIONAL THEATRE FORM IN GHANA - Steve Collins on our co-producing company, the National Theatre of Ghana

ADELINE AMA BUABENG - Esi Sutherland-Addy interviews veteran Ghanaian performer Adeline Ama Buabeng, who played Nana in THE DILEMMA OF A GHOST

FULL REVIEWS - from Metro, Time Out, Say it Loud and Seatwave

BULLIE'S HOUSE

THOMAS KENEALLY in conversation with Michael Walling

FULL REVIEWS from Evening Standard, Time Out and Metro

DOUBLE TONGUE

BRIAN WOOLLAND in conversation with Dr. Roshni Mooneeram

TERESA MURJAS - an article on the play, its background, and the Border Crossings production

FULL REVIEWS from Camden New Journal and Time Out

MAPPA MUNDI

MAPPA MUNDI: an intercultural approach to the icon -  by Michael Walling

THE STAGE review of MAPPA MUNDI

TOUFANN

INTERCULTURAL TEMPESTS: India, Mauritius and London - article by Michael Walling

TWELFTH NIGHT

LEICESTER RIPPLE review

BRAVELY FOUGHT THE QUEEN

SUDEEP SEN reviews the production

FOOL FOR LOVE

FULL REVIEWS from Time Out and What's On

FAITH HEALER

MICHAEL KENEALLY reviews the production in Cairo