David Berthold

NIDA’s $50,000 Jim Sharman Future Award is a brilliant initiative open to creative thinkers aged 16-30 in Australia and the Asia-Pacific. The award is for a bold idea or project with the potential to transform the arts and cultural landscape. nida.edu.au/about-us/initi…

I know of several international applicants who have yet to be advised by major universities about the status of their applications, just a few weeks before term starts. It’s become embarrassing for Australia. abc.net.au/news/2025-01-0…

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood has climbed more than 400 places on the US bestsellers list to now sit at number 3. independent.co.uk/arts-entertain…

Trump Time.

One reason people find it so hard to be happy is that they see the past better than it was, the present worse than it is, and the future less resolved than it will be.

One of the great triumphs of Australian theatre. Great to see it getting a gig at ⁦@risingmelbourne⁩ abc.net.au/news/2024-05-2…

$15,000 grants available to NIDA Alumni. nida.edu.au/about-us/initi…

The National Institute of Dramatic Art in Australia's key trainer for the dramatic arts. We're offering grants of up to $15,000 to NIDA Alumni, or groups led by NIDA Alumni, for projects that push the boundaries of storytelling and technology. nida.edu.au/about-us/initi…

I wrote this a year ago, but worth sharing again. smh.com.au/national/why-d…

This is so true. Even as a local, whenever I go to catch a train in Sydney it takes unreasonable effort to work out the system. In other major international cities, the systems are often models of clarity. ⁦@TrainsInfo⁩ escape.com.au/destinations/a…

“This is theatre. It's not a military base... There is no guns. There is books, pictures, cameras, musical instruments... They arrest us as artists. They destroy everything that shows that we have culture." @freedom_theatre is on the West Bank, not Gaza

Clear and compelling insights from @louiseadler with @latingle asking exactly the right questions.

Murder and greed propel Monteverdi's Poppea but really, says director @DavidBerthold, it’s a story of “humans being human". @sydneycon @NIDACommunity limelightmagazine.com.au/features/the-c…

Surtitles with opinions

… the demand for the individual experience and the complementary demand for the communal… so many forces at work. The NIDA Future Centre is being established to explore all this. Do you want to set it up, chose its focus, and run it? > shorturl.at/ryR15

Storytelling and entertainment are being charged by new digital capabilities and challenged by a shift of authority from artist to audience. AI, the long-range possibilities of AR glasses, XR developments of all kinds, the maturation of gaming, the pull of transhumanism…

… the demand for the individual experience and the complementary demand for the communal… so many forces at work. The NIDA Future Centre is being established to explore all this. Do you want to set it up, chose its focus, and run it? > shorturl.at/ryR15

Storytelling and entertainment are being charged by new digital capabilities and challenged by a shift of authority from artist to audience. AI, the long-range possibilities of AR glasses, XR developments of all kinds, the maturation of gaming, the pull of transhumanism…

Looking forward to that night’s show report.

The surtitles seem to work