Staging the Incarnation
If Shakespeare was right that all the world’s a stage and we are all actors performing particular roles, then what exactly is the drama…
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The Mythological Traditions of Liturgical Drama: A Review
Christine C. Schnusenberg, The Mythological Traditions of Liturgical Drama: The Eucharist as Theater (Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 2010). “In the beginning there was theater.”…
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If Scripture Is Not a Script, Then What Is It?
Among Christian theologians and ethicists who utilise theatrical metaphors and models, it is common to assign to Scripture the role of script. If life…
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Performing the Sacred: A Review
Todd E. Johnson and Dale Savidge, Performing the Sacred: Theology and Theatre in Dialogue (Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2009), £12.99/$21.99, ISBN 080102952X. Looking for…
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Church Beyond the Fourth Wall
The playwright and director Peter Brook once stated: “The only thing that all forms of theatre have in common is the need for an…
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Beauty Is More Theatrical Than You Might Think
I think beauty is more theatrical and less theoretical than we might think, but allow me to explain this statement in connection with last…
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Issues with Improv
Because I am researching theatrical improvisation as a model for Christian living, I often get questions about improv from people who are skeptical that…
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Performing Life on a Virtual Stage
The word ‘performance’ has received a bad rap in Christian circles. On the one hand, pastors and theologians warn us that we cannot earn…
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Musicals as Christian biography: The lives of saints
Last week I wrote about MacKillop, the musical celebrating the life of Australian nun and founder of the Order of St Joseph, Mary MacKillop….
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