20 Lectures on Theatre Direction

Recordings of our Monday Lectures:

Runar Hodne - Don Juan

Runar Hodne - Don Juan

In Dom Juan ou Le Festin de Pierre from 1665 Molières’ protagonist seduces all females with a seemingly nihilistic lack of…
Sarah Woods - Worlds of Story

Sarah Woods - Worlds of Story

Human beings are story-making creatures – it’s how we make sense of the world. We’re surrounded by them – from…
Serge von Arx - Directing the Public Space and other Spatial Narratives

Serge von Arx - Directing the Public Space and other Spatial Narratives

The public space is the stage where our lives unfold, individually and more so in our communities. The creation and…
Andrea Elín Vilhjálmsdóttir - Ecocentric performance making

Andrea Elín Vilhjálmsdóttir - Ecocentric performance making

How well do we know other species that share this earth, and how are they represented in our works?  Graphic…
Nína Hjálmarsdóttir - The Image of Iceland and it's representation in the icelandic art scene

Nína Hjálmarsdóttir - The Image of Iceland and it's representation in the icelandic art scene

In this lecture Nína Hjálmarsdóttir talks about her research into the marketed image of Iceland, specifically since 2008, and how…
Arno Vinkovic - Political time and eternity in the contemporary performing arts

Arno Vinkovic - Political time and eternity in the contemporary performing arts

This talk was part of the AN seminar 2021 by TEAK Helsinki on “Time temporality and Eternity in the art…
Anna Volkland - Time (pressure) in professional theatre work and how we’d like to work together

Anna Volkland - Time (pressure) in professional theatre work and how we’d like to work together

This talk was part of the AN seminar 2021 by TEAK Helsinki on “Time temporality and Eternity in the art…
Thomas Ostermeier - mapping democracy

Thomas Ostermeier - mapping democracy

In his play “An Enemy of the People” Henrik Ibsen walks a fine line between honesty and fanaticism. His play poses…
Holger Teschke - Bertolt Brecht and the origins of his Epic Theatre

Holger Teschke - Bertolt Brecht and the origins of his Epic Theatre

Holger Teschke, director and teacher at the Ernst Busch theatreschool in Berlin, talks about ‘Bertolt Brecht and the origins of…
Female Authors for AN: Marieluise Fleißer - A Pioneer Writer

Female Authors for AN: Marieluise Fleißer - A Pioneer Writer

During their studies at the HfS Ernst Busch in Berlin Laura, Jakob, Alina and their classmates noticed an underrepresentation of…
Sanna Ryynänen - Theatre as a political space of presence

Sanna Ryynänen - Theatre as a political space of presence

About the meanings and dimensions of the “political” in theatre today The debate about the social and political nature of…
Egill Palsson – Devised Theatre

Egill Palsson – Devised Theatre

Here is the first part of a two-part lecture on devised theatre with Egill Palsson, theatre director in Tromsø, Norway: Second part, one…
Saana Lavaste - Living Situation On Stage

Saana Lavaste - Living Situation On Stage

How to create a situation (on stage) and how to make it feel alive? In this lecture Saana Lavaste, theatre director…
Inger Eilersen - Human migration

Inger Eilersen - Human migration

The project’s ambition is to develop methods for text development and staging strategies to put the performing arts in dialogue…
Loreta Vaskova - headphone verbatim

Loreta Vaskova - headphone verbatim

In this exercise, Loreta Vaskova from Lithuanian Academy Of Music And Theatre, LMTA, explains the headphone verbatim method:
Podcast "Directing Theatre" ep. #1 by Runar Hodne

Podcast "Directing Theatre" ep. #1 by Runar Hodne

This is the first episode of the podcast Directing Theatre by Runar Hodne from the Danish National School Of Performing…
Egill Palsson - Action Analysis

Egill Palsson - Action Analysis

In this lecture, Egill Palsson, director, teacher and artistic director of the Artic Theater in Tromsø, Norway, will go through…
Runar Hodne - What is a concept?

Runar Hodne - What is a concept?

In this highly recommended video, Runar Hodne from the Danish National School Of Performing Arts talks about the idea of…
Julian Jungel - How to edit your lecture for the Alexandria Nova Website

Julian Jungel - How to edit your lecture for the Alexandria Nova Website

Dear lecturers of Alexandria Nova,I’m glad you’re here. First of all, thank you very much for holding your lecture in…
Gabrielė Labanauskaitė - Automatic Writing

Gabrielė Labanauskaitė - Automatic Writing

Automatic Writing, sometimes also referred to as Unconscious Writing, is a creative writing method. In this session, hold by Gabrielė…