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- Summer theatre festivals are a brilliant way to make your own work, to hone your craft, and to see an amazing variety of shows while you do it. Many agents and casting directors now recommend actors be brave and create their own projects when between jobs, and festivals are a great way to do that.
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A research team from Yale University in the USA studied people's experiences and social behaviour both during and six months after a festival. The majority of those who attended the festival reported so-called transformative experiences - both during and after the festival. Transformative experiences lead to changes in people. The survey showed tha...
The research team conducted field studies with more than 1,200 people at major festivals such as Burning Man, Burning Nest and Latitude in the USA and the UK. To conduct the study, the researchers set up stands at the festivals. Passers-by were invited to play "a game for science". Those who agreed to participate were asked about their experiences ...
The researchers then contacted the participants after six months. It turned out that the transformative experiences and their prosocial behavior - social behavior that is positive, constructive and helpful - had lasted. Aksel Tjora is a professor at the Department of Sociology and Political Science at the Norwegian University of Science and Technol...
Tjora has previously been asked if you can become a better person by going to festivals. “I believe so. And I think this study confirms that. If being a good person is about having prosocial behaviour”, he says. “How do you think the world would look if everyone had an annual festival experience?” “I think it would be a better world. If we are to f...
Would a huge party in your backyard with strangers achieve the same transformative experiences? “Not in the same way. Many of us are wary of socialising with many strangers. We need something to focus our attention on, and at a festival, there is at least something happening onstage,” he says. Just by standing next to each other, you suddenly have ...
Tjora points out that several of the participants in the study were under the influence of alcohol and drugs. “The researchers behind the article have tried to control for it, but at the same time some of the festival experience is often also tangled with drugs or alcohol. In a Norwegian context, often as a beer in hand,” says Tjora. He also highli...
The researchers behind the Yale University-study claim that you are affected by the festival for at least six months. Tjora believes the effect may last even longer. “The festival experience and the feeling of connection to other people can make the ball roll. If you later meet new people and continue to have positive experiences, there is no reaso...
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Jul 27, 2022 · The River Stage Festival culminates with a weekend focused around the National Theatre. The flagship London theatre is a destination for world-class entertainment. During the National Theatre weekend, audiences can discover more about the latest shows and how to become involved in the arts.
For theater fans, the advent of warmer weather means you get the chance to see some great summer theater. And some of the best opportunities to catch world class summer theater come in the form of theater festivals around the world.
We asked publicist John Kelly to give us 5 reasons to head out and enjoy VTF, the summer theater of the University of Virginia, as it celebrates this milestone anniversary year. The VTF is the Commonwealth’s longest-running professional summer theatre company.
See the Festival d’Avignon, one of the biggest theatre festivals in Europe, as a concentrated version of the Edinburgh festival - everything happens within the old city's walls - with affordable tickets, no rain and the delightful sound of crickets as a natural soundtrack.
May 9, 2023 · Why? Theater festivals, of course. Though there are always excellent performances happening around the world – and no, we don’t just mean in New York and London – the summer season is particularly full of unforgettable new works. Here are sixteen summer theater festivals that you don’t want to miss.
