In life, Antonin Artaud, the French actor, director, poet, playwright and visionary, was a terrible failure. He was perceived as a madman and fanatic, locked up in lunatic asylums and attacked for ...

Antonin Artaud was many things—actor, poet, dramatist, theorist—but he is most famously known for founding the concept of the deeply influential Theatre of Cruelty. Artaud is said to have been ...

In 1925, the French playwright Roger Vitrac (1899-1952) and artist/director Antonin Artaud (1896-1948) were expelled from the surrealists by André Breton (1896-1966). Together, they conceived and ...

The story of Antonin Artaud’s visit to Ireland in 1937 has almost passed into myth. This may have pleased the Marseilles-born writer, poet, dramatist, artist, actor and director, one of the few ...

The Tank announces the next mainstage production, THE ARTAUD DIPTYCH directed by Ioli Andreadi, that will take place in their Proscenium Theater (312 W 36th St, New York, NY, 10018). THE ARTAUD ...

A Theatrical Tribute To The Great Antonin Artaud Performances are on Thursday April 13th, Friday April 14th and Saturday April 15th. By: Stephi Wild Mar. 16, 2023 ...

Over field recordings sourced from the Mexico of Antonin Artaud’s travels, the New York singer gives voice to the French poet’s hallucinogenic visions. Like the group’s last effort ...

The new album will include “Ivry,” a new song with lyrics written by Smith that pay tribute to the French poet Antonin Artaud, who died in 1948. The Soundwalk Collective wrote it with ...