Meanings
plural theatremakers · alternative theatermaker · alternative theatre-maker
- A theatrical producer, director, writer or impresario
That may be a difficult concept for a theatremaker to grasp, but all the unpaid bloggers who write reviews for the love of it demonstrate it to be the case.
2015, Mark Fisher, How to Write About Theatre: A Manual for Critics, Students and Bloggers2 more examples
Since first attracting international attention with The Dragons' Trilogy (1985) and his solo show Vinci (1986, both with Théâtre Repère), Canadian theatremaker Robert Lepage has become a controversial figure in contemporary theatre, arousing vociferous support and vitriolic criticism in equal measure, hailed as a theatrical magician or condemned as a gadget-obsessed purveyor of empty spectacle.
2007, Greg Giesekam, Staging the Screen: The Use of Film and Video in TheatreThe method came to prominence in 2003, when the young theatremaker Alecky Blythe's company Recorded Delivery opened a new verbatim piece featuring performers wearing headphones called Come Out Eli at the three-year-old Arcola theatre in Dalston.
2013, Dan Rebellato, Modern British Playwriting: 2000-2009
Origin
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