TheatreVoice

Infobox Newspaper
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type = Audio-based Theatre Discussions
format = Audio
owners = N/A
foundation = September, 2003
editor = Dominic Cavendish & Aleks Sierz
language = English
headquarters = N/A
website = [http://www.theatrevoice.com www.theatrevoice.com]

"TheatreVoice" is a free online theatre forum launched by Dominic Cavendish and others in September 2003.Cite web |url=http://www.theatrevoice.com/about_us/ |title=About Us |publisher="theatrevoice.com" |accessdate=2008-05-04] It offers over 480 audio recordings of discussions about British theatre featuring a wide range of critics, journalists, academics and theatre professionals.Cite web |url=http://www.theatrevoice.com/the_archive/ |title=The Archive |publisher="theatrevoice.com" |accessdate=2008-05-04 |quote=Among the other 480 plus recordings, free to access: Will Adamsdale, Jimmy Akingbola, Howard Barker, Alistair Beaton, Jean Benedetti, Steven Berkoff, Matthew Bourne, Michael Boyd, Mike Bradwell, Howard Brenton, Peter Brook, Nica Burns, Ken Campbell, Romeo Castellucci, Alison Chitty, Paule Constable, Dominic Cooke, Martin Crimp, Tim Crouch, Oliver Ford Davies, Janie Dee, Declan Donnellan, Dominic Dromgoole, David Edgar, David Eldridge, Marianne Elliott, Tim Etchells, Sir Richard Eyre, David Farr, Vicky Featherstone, Emma Fielding, Deborah Findlay, Michael Frayn, Sonia Friedman, Bill Gaskill, Pam Gems, David Glass, John Godber, Lisa Goldman, Chris Goode, Henry Goodman, Rupert Gould, Michael Grandage, David Greig, Trevor Griffiths, Lee Hall, Sir Peter Hall, David Harrower, Dominic Hill, Patricia Hodge, Nicholas Hytner, Paterson Joseph, Dennis Kelly, John Kani, Nicolas Kent, Ralph Koltai, Kwame Kwei-Armah, David Lan, Stewart Lee, Doug Lucie, Mustapha Matura, Simon McBurney, Owen McCafferty, Frank McGuinness, Nancy Meckler, Tom Murphy, Anthony Neilson, Bill Nighy, Joe Penhall, Alan Plater, Mark Ravenhill, Emma Rice, Ian Rickson, Philip Ridley, Josie Rourke, Willy Russell, Simon Russell Beale, Mark Rylance, Peter Sellars, Thea Sharrock, Michael Simkins, Sir Donald Sinden, Robin Soans, Max Stafford-Clark, Simon Stephens, David Storey, Tim Supple, Richard Thomas, Stephen Unwin, Jatinder Verma, Laura Wade, Harriet Walter, Sam Walters, Sacha Wares, Arnold Wesker, Roy Williams.]

The first British website dedicated to making recorded discussions of theatre publicly available,Cite news |author=Philip Fisher |title=A New Concept for the World Wide Web |url=http://www.britishtheatreguide.info/news/theatrevoice.htm |work=British Theatre Guide |britishtheatreguide.info" |date=2003-10-26 |accessdate=2008-05-04] since its founding in 2003 it has built a substantial archive of in-depth interviews and roundtable discussions about, among other related topics, Shakespeare, new writing, black British theatre, Asian theatre in Britain, regional theatre in the UK and musicals — with a particular focus on contemporary productions, featuring transcriptsCite web |url=http://www.theatrevoice.com/tran_script/ |title=Transcripts |publisher="theatrevoice.com" |accessdate=2008-05-04] and podcastsCite web |url=http://www.theatrevoice.com/podcasting/ |title=Podcasting |publisher="theatrevoice.com" |accessdate=2008-05-04] of many of its programs.

History

After three years in development by its founding editor, Dominic Cavendish, theatre critic for "The Daily Telegraph", freelance critic David Benedict, critic of "The Evening Standard" Rachel Halliburton, and its web designer, Ben Neale, co-founder of the Marvellous Media Company, "TheatreVoice" was launched in September 2003.

Mission

According to Cavendish, as quoted by Fisher in the "British Theatre Guide":

ponsors and Partners: The Theatre Museum and Rose Bruford College

At the time of its launch, in September 2003, the Theatre Museum (renamed the "V&A Theatre Collections" in 2007), provided further assistance and support, with particular encouragement from its director, Geoffrey Marsh, enabling the content of "TheatreVoice" to be incorporated as part of the "V&A Theatre Collections Online". Since April 2008, "TheatreVoice" has been co-funded and supported by a partnership between the "V&A Theatre Collections" and "Theatre Futures" at Rose Bruford College, in Sidcup, Kent, which are listed as sponsors on its website.

Content

During its first month, September 2003, "TheatreVoice" presented interviews with Royal Shakespeare Company actors Emma Fielding, Daniel Evans and Henry Goodman, discussions about Michael Frayn’s "Democracy", Antony Sher’s "ID", John Osborne’s "A Hotel in Amsterdam" and a debate about contemporary political theatre. Subsequently, similarly diverse content has featured additional supporting facilities, such as s, podcasts, and the "TheatreVoice" "Blog". The directory of external links provides related resources.Cite web |url=http://www.theatrevoice.com/the_directory/ |title=The Links |publisher="theatrevoice.com" |accessdate=2008-05-04]

According to the site's copyright notice, "With the exception of the contributions of individual interviewees, interviewers, panel members and editors, all the content on this website is copyright the Board of Trustees of the Victoria and Albert Museum."

Reception

"TheatreVoice" has been recognized in other online publications as a valuable resource.Cite news |author=Maxie Szalwinska |url=http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/tv/2006/11/how_to_wake_up_from_the_aftern.html |title=Waking Up from Radio’s Afternoon Snooze |work=Radio & TV Blog |publisher="guardian.co.uk" |date=2006-11-21 |accessdate=2003-05-04]

The blog

In April 2008, following the publication of "Theatre Voices in the Blogosphere", by its co-editor Aleks Sierz,Cite journal |author=Aleks Sierz |url=http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~content=a778110550~db=all~order=page |title=Miscellany: Backpages: Theatre Voices in the Blogosphere |journal=Contemporary Theatre Review |volume=17.2 (May 2007) |pages=266-68 |accessdate=2008-05-04 ] "TheatreVoice" launched its own blog.Cite web |url=http://www.theatrevoice.com/blog/ |title=TheatreVoice: The Blog |month=April |year=2008–present |accessdate=2008-05-04]

Electronic subscription newsletter

"TheatreVoice" also offers a free electronic subscription newsletter.Cite web |url=http://www.theatrevoice.com/subscribe_free/ |title=TheatreVoice: Subscribe Free |publisher="theatrevoice.com" |accessdate=2008-05-04]

Current staff

;Editors and principal contributors
*Dominic Cavendish, founding editor, and deputy theatre critic for "The Daily Telegraph"
*Aleks Sierz, co-editor, and theatre critic for the "Tribune" (UK).

;Other principal contributors
*David Benedict, London theatre critic for "Variety"
*Jane Edwardes, theatre editor, "Time Out, London"
*Philip Fisher, freelance journalist and critic
*Heather Neill, freelance journalist and critic
*Mark Shenton, theatre critic for the "Sunday Express" and blogger for "The Stage"
*Charles Spencer, chief drama critic for "The Daily Telegraph"

ee also

*American Theatre Wing – Free audio and video archive of theatrical seminars and discussions accessible on its official website (www.americantheatrewing.org) from 1980 to the present.

Notes

External links

*" [http://www.theatrefutures.org.uk/ Theatre Futures] " – "Part of Rose Bruford College", a sponsor of "TheatreVoice".
*" [http://www.theatrevoice.com TheatreVoice: Let's talk about theatre] " – Official site at "theatrevoice.com".
*" [http://www.vam.ac.uk/tco/index.html V&A Theatre Collections] ", a sponsor of "TheatreVoice".