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Argentine Theater History

• An interesting article about the past 300 years in Argentina.  The photographs in this article have been kindly granted by the National Institute for the Study of Theater.

Bolshoi Theatre

• As much information as you'd like about the History, Management and current productions of this landmark company.

British Theatre in Profile - British Council

• A page on the British Council website that has a huge listing of British theatre companies and links to information about them.

Canada Theatre News

• News, reviews, articles and interviews - very interesting with a broad scope - should appeal to moe than Canadian visitors. 

Comedia - The Association for Hispanic Classical Theatre

• A homepage for the Comedia Bulletin Board, offering classical Hispanic texts, discussion logs, a video collection and other resources.

Czechoslovakian Theatre Information Centre

• One of the first sites to be developed was the new version of the Information Centre of Czech Theatre on the Internet (http://www.theatre.cz), administered by the Theatre Institute in Prague. It's primary goal is to distribute basic information about theatre in the Czech Republic.

Dutch Theatre - Ceneton

• Ceneton (Census Nederlands toneel) describes all manuscripts and editions of Dutch drama until 1803. This date was chosen because in that year the final old edition of one of play by the art society Nil Volentibus Arduum was published. By Dutch drama we mean all texts written for production of which a Dutchman is the author, so also translations and plays in other languages. Ceneton now includes (10th of June 1998) data on 8200 plays (numbered I0001 - I8200). The most important data have been published on World Wide Web (http://www.let.leidenuniv.nl/Dutch/Ceneton/index.html). On these plays the following information is given: Serial number; Author; Original author; Short title; Complete title; Transcription of title page; Place of publication; Printer and/or publisher; Year of publication; Genre; Represented place; Represented time; Number of acts; Dramatis personae; Dedication: addressee and applicant; Bibliographical collation; Fingerprint; Illustrations: artists, technique; Notes on publication; Shelf marks of copies in more than 30 public libraries. At this site, you can read some plays in full text.

Encyclopedia of Canadian Theatre

• "The idea of the project is to keep an ongoing, highly accessible, database of information about Canadian actors, playwrights, directors, producers, designers, theatre organizations and institutions, composers and plays available to the world."

European Network of Information Centres for the Performing Arts (ENICPA) 

• The European Network of Information Centres for the Performing Arts (ENICPA) aims to function as a meeting place for information and documentation organisations. The main goal of the network is to distribute and to make available a broad range of information about the professional performing arts to arts professionals world wide. On our web site you can find information about European festivals, venues, publications, training opportunities and information centres.

Finnish Theatre Information Centre

• TINFO, the Finnish Theatre Information Centre, was founded to answer the needs for information on theatre of the home as well as the international market.
  
  TINFO is the Finnish  Centre of the International Theatre Institute (ITI) and the Nordic Theatre Union (NTU).
  
  TINFO gathers information on professional theatres in Finland and abroad. The theatre statistics published every year, cover the repertory, spectator, employee and economic figures of Finnish professional theatres.
  
  TINFO offers
  
  • information on current programmes of professional theatres
  • contact addresses of theatres and theatre organisations in Finland and abroad
  • information on festivals and training
  • Finnish theatre statistics
  • ILONA - data base on Finnish professional theatre performances
  • Finnish plays in translation

Gamelan in Bali

• Sekehe Sekar Dharma Purwa Jati is a Balinese performing group which is based on the island of Bali in Indonesia.

Gambuh (Balinese)

• A photo essay by Rio Helmi.

German Theatre Website - Thalia Germanica

• An international society for research into the history of the German-language theatre abroad.

Gypsies in the Theater

• An article entitled From Campfire to Footlights: Gypsies in the Theater from "The Patrin" - The Patrin is a learning resource and information center about Romani culture and social issues of today.

i Pupi di Stac

• The most ancient and representative puppet theatre company in Florence and Tuscany.  Active for fifty years in Italy and for ten in Europe. With a rich repertoire of plays taken from ancient folk tales.

IROKO Theatre Company

• Traditional African Storytelling, Drumming, Dancing & Theatre.  IROKO is a London-based company. We perform for all occasions and have a dynamic schools programme to bring excitement and fun to education!

Israel

• Hebrew theater, unlike literature, did not exist in ancient Hebrew culture, nor did it grow out of the Yiddish theater so popular in Eastern European Jewish communities up to World War II. It began with the founding in 1917 of a Hebrew theater, Habimah (The Stage) in Moscow, under the guidance of Russian director Constantin Stanislavsky and with the acting talent of Hanna Rovina (1892-1980), who later became recognized as the 'First Lady of Hebrew Theater.' In 1931, the company set up its permanent home in Tel Aviv.

Kabuki for Everyone 

• Kabuki is a traditional form of Japanese theater. It was founded early in the 17th century by Okuni, a shrine maiden who brought her unique and lively dance style to the dry river beds of the ancient capital of Kyoto, and over the next 300 years developed into a sophisticated, highly stylized form of theater. Contains video, audio and graphics.

Litooma: Indigenous, Intercultural and Ritual Performance 

• Litooma aspires to offer an alternative to the Western theatre model of performance. Litooma facilitates the development of place specific and community evolved, performance. Litooma is dedicated to the creation of and alternative performance paradigm that enables each group or culture to speak on its terms.

New York Theatre Wire 

• An amazing site that gives a preview of what's on in future around the world 

Noh-Kyogen 

• Noh is a classical Japanese performance form which combines elements of dance, drama, music and poetry into one highly aesthetic stage art. Kyogen is the classical comic theater which balances the more serious Noh. While Noh is musical in nature, Kyogen emphasizes dialogue.

Noh Masks 

• We have opened this home page for the purpose of letting you know about traditional Japanese Noh Masks. We have a collection of about 20 historical character masks as you see on our Noh Mask List Page. Japanese Oni (Devil) Festivals Home Page coming soon.

Parisian Theatre during the French Revolution

• Dubious URL

Sen'klip Native Theatre Company

• A theatre company presenting the cultural heritage of one of Canada's indigenous peoples.

S I N G A P O R E T H E A T R E .COM

• A large website on Singapore theatre and good for anyone who studies about theatre. A useful guide to what has, is and will be going on in Singapore; as well as information about the who, where and when of the industry in Singapore.  A good looking site.

The Sunrise Dance:  Na'ii'ees, The Apache Woman's Puberty Ceremony

• An exhibit in the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University.  Describes the ritual in detail and provides some background information about Apache culture.  This is part of a much larger collection hosted at Exhibition Hall

TheatreHistory.com

• A well organised and very nicely laid out site.  This covers the Origin of Theatre through to Contemporary developments - frequently organised by nation.  Also a useful online script archive.  Daily highlights of "this Day in Theatre History" as well as Theatre News... a site to keep on eye on  if it continues to develop in this manner it will be one of the best of the web.

Theatre Land

• A news site with up-to-date articles about theatre from all over the planet.

The@tropolis 

• The International Theatre Links Repertory - A collection of resources accessible by geographical location. The links to World Theatre are amazing.

• An interesting insight presented by the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
• Other Turkish sites:

  Turkish Theatre Page 1- Page 2
  Turkey's First Modern Theatre

• "We help communities throughout the world recognize the importance of their unique history or cultural heritage by creating ongoing theater productions that ennoble and enlighten, while creating jobs and economic opportunity, especially for rural areas. This home page provides ways in which you may become a World Communities Development Project."

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