In acting school I quickly discovered that Shakespeare performed puts me to sleep. There I said it. Give me Williams, give me Shepard, give me Shanely, give me Howe and Eno, just don’t give me blank verse. While my fellow … Continue reading →

“Gravity Hotel” & The Value of Live Theatre Around the time that The Wizard of Oz (1939) used Technicolor to bring Dorothy’s adventure to dazzling life, theatre artists found themselves facing this question: “How do we compete with or even … Continue reading →

A friend of mine recently posed this question: “What is theatre’s obligation for accessibility?” I think it’s a damn good question. Are we, as theatre artists, obligated to be accessible? Are we obligated to entertain? Are we obligated to be … Continue reading →

Guest blog by David Mamea Watching a director and actors in rehearsal is not unlike watching a kitten at play with an unfortunate cricket: at first it can be baffling but then you realise why the feline is doing it (better hunting … Continue reading →

And I Was Like has been a crazy six or so months. I came up with the idea of a guy falling in love with a mute sometime last year then shelved it for a while so I could figure … Continue reading →

Dear The Basement, You are very lovely.  Super lovely.  I’d like to tell you how I feel about you but it’s tricky, you’re too big and tingly to squish down onto a silly little page.  When I first met you, … Continue reading →

I asked my flatmate – usually pretty clued-up for someone who wears roman sandals – how many shows he thought The Basement put on this year. “Uh, 30?” he guessed. Wrong by 300 per cent! By their annual December fundraising … Continue reading →

Dear Kim, Please will you be in our Christmas show? Lots of much loved celebrities are doing it. The show is called MEGACHRISTMAS and the role is SANTA CLAUS. We think you’d be terrific. You don’t need to audition or … Continue reading →

Dear Basement Friends, We have been talking a lot about risk share recently. How we received funding from CNZ to run The Basement as a risk share for the next two years and how great risk share is and all … Continue reading →

SUBMISSIONS FOR THE BASEMENT THEATRE 2013 FRINGE FESTIVAL. The Basement is pleased to invite submissions from independent companies and practitioners to be part of The Basement Theatre Fringe Festival Programme  (Friday 15 February to Sunday 10 March, 2013) Got something … Continue reading →