Introducing — Christianity and the Theatre
Over the past several months, we here at Transpositions have been working behind the scenes and in the wings to gather together a variety…
Before making his way to St Andrews, Dave played the part of a peasant and a street sweep at a Renaissance Festival and Walt Disney World respectively. However, his interest in performance and communication were also put to use for over a decade as a corporate communications trainer in Charlotte, NC where he and his wife, Carrie, lived before moving overseas. Since then, they’ve welcomed their daughters Molly and Abigail into the world and Dave completed his M.Litt in Theology, Imagination, and the Arts at St Andrews. At the moment he’s busy researching the theological significance of embodied expression in pursuit of a PhD from St Andrews.
Over the past several months, we here at Transpositions have been working behind the scenes and in the wings to gather together a variety…
Last week the BBC reported on an experimental venture of the European Commission called ‘beaming’.[1] The idea is this: given the time, expense, and…
At what point can a work of theatre no longer be called a work of theatre? While definitions may be elusive (springing as they…
‘That’s nothing but a bunch of rhetoric!’ These words are often spoken dismissively after political stump speeches by those who deem them insincere at…
The arts have often found an uneasy place in the area of mission. When so many issues are at stake in mission work, how…
In a featurette on the making of the film ‘The Artist’, actor James Cromwell, who plays Clifton the chauffeur remarks about the film, ‘What’s…
What if we hold to a theology that understands being a Christian as being united with Christ and that, as such, God is able to reveal himself through us? Does such a thought excite or frighten? Or, would you just rather wave the whole thing away?