Our Theatre School students have begun their autumn term with intensive training in Brecht theatre. The course is led by Robert Lyons, Senior Lecturer in Theatre Studies at Gothenburg University.
The course will alternate lectures and discussions with practical workshop sessions. Russian political/experimental theatre and art from 1917 through the 1920s and European theatre and art from the same period and through the 1930’s will be presented and discussed to explore the development of modern political theatre in Europe. Using a scene from one of his plays, central ideas, contents, structures and methods employed in the theatre envisioned by Bertolt Brecht and his colleagues will then be examined in workshop sessions.