Theatre Translation Through Collaboration : Dramaturgical Approaches to the Translation of Two Czech Plays in Dramatic Space (2022)
Thesis
Daníčková, E. (2022). Theatre Translation Through Collaboration : Dramaturgical Approaches to the Translation of Two Czech Plays in Dramatic Space. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4200851

This thesis is an investigation of rehearsal-based, collaborative approaches to theatre translation of two Czech plays, translated into English and staged in the UK. The two Practice as Research projects involved theatre translations of the plays Pok... Read More about Theatre Translation Through Collaboration : Dramaturgical Approaches to the Translation of Two Czech Plays in Dramatic Space.

Looking at Meyerhold's Unseen Theatre (2022)
Book Chapter
Skinner, A. (2022). Looking at Meyerhold's Unseen Theatre. In J. Pitches, & S. Aquilina (Eds.), The Routledge Companion to Vsevolod Meyerhold (80-98). London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003110804-8

This essay addresses the importance of visual spectatorship in Meyerhold’s theatre. By identifying and exploring the ‘modes of looking’ suggested by production examples from the late 1920s and 1930s, it considers the relationship between how scenogra... Read More about Looking at Meyerhold's Unseen Theatre.

Re-discovering Meyerhold’s biomechanics : a principle-based approach in contemporary Britain (2021)
Thesis
Fielding, L. (2021). Re-discovering Meyerhold’s biomechanics : a principle-based approach in contemporary Britain. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4224236

This thesis examines the benefits and limitations of Russian theatre director Vsevolod Meyerhold’s actor training system biomechanics in contemporary Britain. Through a series of Practice Research Workshops and Case Studies I present a new model of b... Read More about Re-discovering Meyerhold’s biomechanics : a principle-based approach in contemporary Britain.

Russian Theatre in Practice: The Director's Guide (2019)
Book
Skinner, A. (Ed.). (2019). Russian Theatre in Practice: The Director's Guide. London: Bloomsbury Publishing

Amidst the turmoil of political revolution, the stage directors of twentieth-century Russia rewrote the rules of theatre making. From realism to the avant-garde, politics to postmodernism, and revolution to repression, these practitioners shaped perc... Read More about Russian Theatre in Practice: The Director's Guide.

Directing Theatrical Space: Meyerhold's Reconstruction of the Theatre (2018)
Book Chapter
Skinner, A. (2018). Directing Theatrical Space: Meyerhold's Reconstruction of the Theatre. In The Great European Stage Directors: Meyerhold, Piscator, Brecht. London: Bloomsbury Publishing

Recoveries: Nikolai Evreinov, V kulisakh dushi (1912) (2017)
Journal Article
Skinner, A. (2017). Recoveries: Nikolai Evreinov, V kulisakh dushi (1912). Key Words: A journal of cultural materialism, 15, 94-96

Metaphor, Mythology and Metonymy: Russian Scenography in the Yeltsin Era (2017)
Book Chapter
Skinner, A. (2017). Metaphor, Mythology and Metonymy: Russian Scenography in the Yeltsin Era. In A. Aronson (Ed.), The Routledge Companion to Scenography (435-443). London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781317422266-41

The complex, metaphorical scenographies that are seen in the work of Russian designers during the 1970s and 1980s are a clear legacy of the Soviet period, where the necessities of censorship led to the emergence of specific modes of expression. The m... Read More about Metaphor, Mythology and Metonymy: Russian Scenography in the Yeltsin Era.

Exploring the hinterlands : avant-garde temporality, socialist realism, and Pogodin’s Aristocrats (2016)
Journal Article
Skinner, A. (2016). Exploring the hinterlands : avant-garde temporality, socialist realism, and Pogodin’s Aristocrats. Studies in Theatre and Performance, 36(3), 257-268. https://doi.org/10.1080/14682761.2016.1225184

Soviet socialist realism is frequently constructed as the death knell of the Russian avant-garde. The combination of vague instructions (mainly concerning the required effect of the work, rather than its formal construction) with severe consequences... Read More about Exploring the hinterlands : avant-garde temporality, socialist realism, and Pogodin’s Aristocrats.

Meyerhold and the Cubists: Perspectives in Painting and Performance (2015)
Book
Skinner, A. (2015). Meyerhold and the Cubists: Perspectives in Painting and Performance. Bristol: Intellect

This book offers a rich analysis of collage practices in the theatre of Vsevolod Meyerhold. Focusing on the philosophical and formal tenets of the form, and supporting her analysis with wide-ranging examples from both theatre and fine art, Amy Skinne... Read More about Meyerhold and the Cubists: Perspectives in Painting and Performance.

Surfaces, depths and hypercubes: Meyerholdian scenography and the fourth dimension (2015)
Journal Article
Skinner, A. (2015). Surfaces, depths and hypercubes: Meyerholdian scenography and the fourth dimension. Theatre and performance design, 1(3), 204-219. https://doi.org/10.1080/23322551.2015.1099829

An appreciation of Meyerhold’s engagement with theatrical space is fundamental to understanding his directorial and pedagogic practice. This article begins by establishing Meyerhold’s theoretical and practical engagement with theatre as a fundamental... Read More about Surfaces, depths and hypercubes: Meyerholdian scenography and the fourth dimension.