Showing posts tagged "2018".

LTP FALL 2018 PRODUCTIONS

Our Fall 2018 London Theatre Program recently presented their productions, the culmination of their “Acting in Performance” class, at London’s Theatro Technis! A selection of photos from the productions are …

January 11th, 2019 by

PRESS: RYAN JAMAAL SWAIN WRITES ABOUT “POSE” IN BACKSTAGE

Alum Ryan Jamaal Swain (MIO ’14) writes for Backstage’s “Notes from the Field” about acting, dance, and working on Pose on FX: There are only a few times where I can say …

December 4th, 2018 by

CAROLYN SANDS, CO-FOUNDER, RETIRES

On Sunday, October 28, family, friends, and faculty gathered at Gloucester Gate to celebrate BADA’s Co-Founder and long-time Associate Director, Carolyn Sands, as she stepped down from regular duties at …

October 29th, 2018 by

STUDENT REVIEW: PINTER AT THE PINTER

LTP Student, Josh Rubenstein from Brandeis University, reviews The Lover/ The Collection at the Harold Pinter Theatre, as part of his work in Dramatic Criticism class.   This season at the …

October 23rd, 2018 by

INTRODUCING COMPLICITÉ WORKSHOPS

BADA is excited to introduce a series of three workshops for our London Theatre Program students, with Complicité theatre company. BADA has a long standing relation with various members of Complicité, including …

October 19th, 2018 by

MY SEMESTER AT BADA BY ANAïS GRALPOIS

Anaïs Gralpois is a senior Drama major at University of Washington. She writes about her experiences on the London Theatre Program in Fall 2017. I knew after attending the British …

October 13th, 2018 by

AN EVENING WITH JUSTIN THEROUX (BCP ’91)

American Friends of BADA President Lydia Carlston (MIO ’01) welcomed BADA friends, supporters, faculty, and alumni to an intimate evening in her home for a festive cocktail party featuring a conversation …

October 11th, 2018 by

A MASTERCLASS WITH ANDRÉ HOLLAND

We were delighted to be joined last week by the brilliant André Holland, for a Q&A on his varied career. Our LTP students watched André as Othello, starring opposite Mark …

October 1st, 2018 by

THE JUNGLE, AND Q&A WITH JOE MURPHY AND JOE ROBERTSON

Our LTP students watched the thought-provoking show, The Jungle, earlier in the week at the Playhouse Theatre. The play is set in ‘the Jungle’, a refugee and migrant  camp in …

September 22nd, 2018 by

MCP 2018 IN PICTURES

August 31st, 2018 by

LOVE’S LABOUR’S LOST AT WADHAM COLLEGE

Our MCP students spent one of their evenings in Oxford watching Love Labour’s Lost, directed by Nicholas Green, and performed in the beautiful gardens of Wadham College. MCP Student Aoife …

August 28th, 2018 by

MUSEUM MADNESS

Our MCP students spent one of their weekend days exploring some of the wonderful museums that Oxford is home to. The students visited the Natural History Museum and the Ashmolean …

August 21st, 2018 by

MCP MASTERCLASS WITH MICK BARNFATHER

BADA Chaperones, Saorla Wright and Jensen Tudtud, recount the MCP Student’s Masterclass in comedy and physicality with BADA faculty member and member of physical theatre company Complicite,  Mick Barnfather.   …

August 20th, 2018 by

MIO 2018 IN PICTURES

August 9th, 2018 by

FAVOURITE MOMENTS FROM MIO 2018

Some of our MIO students recount some of their highlights from the Midsummer in Oxford Program.    “My favourite was when my group got together randomly one day and we …

August 9th, 2018 by

LOOKING BACK ON MIO 2018 BY OSCAR FABELA

When I got accepted to BADA’s Midsummer in Oxford 2018 Program, I knew I was in for a treat, but I didn’t know it would be the launch of a …

August 7th, 2018 by

FUN AND GAMES AT MCP SPORTS DAY

MCP Student Jacqueline Scholl commentates the MCP Sports Day. Two teams, both alike in dignity, In fair Oxford, where we lay our scene. Except, this was no tragedy. This was …

August 3rd, 2018 by

PRESS: PAUL RUDD (MIO ’93) ON CELEBRITY AND HIS MIO EXPERIENCE

“I loved it. I loved working on Shakespeare. I loved living in the dorms at Oxford. I loved walking the campus. I loved getting tea. I loved memorising the lines. I loved working on the plays…”

August 1st, 2018 by

A DAY IN LONDON: THE GLOBE, OTHELLO AND ANDRE HOLLAND

MIO student Alexis Woodard relives her day trip to London, watching Othello at The Globe theate, plus a chance encounter with Andre Holland.  On our third week into BADA, a …

August 1st, 2018 by

SHAKESPEARE AT THE BODLEIAN LIBRARY

Rosie Tyler from Marymount College, writes of her experience watching Shakespeare productions in Oxford whilst studying on the MIO program. Rosie watched the Globe’s touring production of Twelfth Night, directed …

July 26th, 2018 by

PRESS: OXFORD MAIL FEATURES MIRIAM MARGOLYES MASTERCLASS

The Oxford Mail wrote a nice piece about actress Miriam Margolyes’s Masterclass for Midsummer in Oxford 2018! The piece also covers some of BADA’s 30+ year history of summer programs in …

July 25th, 2018 by

ROMEO AND JULIET, AND Q&A WITH BALLY GILL

For never was a story of more woe, than this of Juliet and her Romeo… Our MIO student’s had a great day exploring Stratford upon Avon, and watching Romeo and …

July 21st, 2018 by

PRESS: DENZEL WASHINGTON DISCUSSES CHADWICK BOSEMAN

Denzel Washington chats with Stephen Colbert about having provided a scholarship for Chadwick Boseman (MIO ’98) to attend our Midsummer in Oxford Program. Chadwick was part of a group of …

July 20th, 2018 by

BADA BOUND BY SU CASTILLO

MIO student Su Castillo recounts her first weeks at BADA.  We stared long and hard at the tower, dreaming of standing up there and looking onto a city that has …

July 19th, 2018 by

A VISIT FROM SIR PATRICK STEWART

BADA summer intern, Saira Khan, writes of her experience of her first BADA masterclass, watching Sir Patrick Stewart deliver a Q&A session for our Midsummer in Oxford Students.   If …

July 17th, 2018 by

FIVE FACTS YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW ABOUT MAGDALEN COLLEGE

BADA Summer Intern Saira Khan shares some of her discoveries about the historical Magdalen College which hosts the Midsummer in Oxford program.     Because it reminds us of Hogwarts, …

July 9th, 2018 by

ALUMNI WHO WRITE… JACK SMART (SHX ’10)

Jack Smart (SHX ’10) is the Awards Editor for Backstage Magazine. He’s written there for four years now covering everything from the Tonys to the Oscars and the Emmys and the SAG …

June 21st, 2018 by

FACULTY INTERVIEW: SARAH HEMMING

BADA Faculty member Sarah Hemming, in conversation with Christopher Cook about her work as a theatre critic.  Sarah Hemming practices what she preaches. She teaches Dramatic Criticism on the London Theatre …

June 21st, 2018 by

JUNE 2018 NEWSLETTER

In this issue of the BADA Newsletter: an interview with theatre critic and Faculty member Sarah Hemming; a conversation with alum Jack Smart (SHX ’10), the Awards Editor for Backstage Magazine; …

June 21st, 2018 by

FAREWELL, JOHN BARTON

We are deeply saddened to learn of the death of John Barton yesterday. A BADA Associate Artist and long-time Masterclass instructor, John shared his love for and understanding of Shakespeare’s …

March 19th, 2018 by

REMEMBERING OLEG TABAKOV

Faculty member Irina Brown has shared with us the sad news that former Faculty member Oleg Tabakov passed away in Moscow yesterday. Oleg had a long history with BADA, first …

March 13th, 2018 by

FLYING SOLO: 2018 SOLO PERFORMANCE WORKSHOP

Recently, our Year Long London Theatre Program students performed solo pieces that they devised in their module “Flying Solo – Creating a One Person Show” with Faculty member Gareth Armstrong.

March 8th, 2018 by

PRESS: CHADWICK BOSEMAN IN AMERICAN WAY

Midsummer in Oxford alum Chadwick Boseman (MIO ’98) talks to American Way magazine about playing trailblazers, launching into the Marvel Universe as Black Panther, and his time in Oxford with BADA. From …

January 29th, 2018 by

BADA WRITERS: GERIT QUEALY (MIO ’94)

Christopher Cook in conversation with alum and author Gerit Quealy. Gerit Quealy is one of a handful of BADA alumi who’s a writer and scholar as well as a performer. Her …

January 27th, 2018 by

FACULTY INTERVIEW: GARETH ARMSTRONG

Christopher Cook discusses solo performance with new BADA Faculty member Gareth Armstrong.  Gareth Armstrong joined the BADA Faculty this spring. As a teenager he was a member of the National …

January 27th, 2018 by

JANUARY 2018 NEWSLETTER

In this issue of the BADA Newsletter: an interview with alumna Gerit Quealy (MIO ’94), about her new book Botanical Shakespeare; an interview with new BADA Faculty member Gareth Armstrong about …

January 27th, 2018 by