Looking for Direction

Looking for Direction: Rethinking Theatre Directing Practices and Pedagogies in the 21st Century contains articles by 17 authors from all around the world. This book was published by University of the Arts Helsinki in collaboration with a network of North European directing programs – Alexandria Nova. It was designed by Vilmantas Žumbys.

The publication was set mostly using Suisse Works and Suisse Int’l by Ian Party. 18 other typefaces by various creators were used for details (complete list below).

Excerpt from the annotation:

The position of a director is a hot spot in theatre today. We need to confront the new questions of power and hierarchy in our work in a very concrete way, as well as the questions of representation and interpretation. How can we create shared meaning on stage when the metanarratives are losing their universality and the audiences interpret meaning more diversely than ever before?

Authors: Milda Al-Slamah, Mareike Nele Dobewall, Kristina Hagström-Ståhl, Runar Hodne, Pauliina Hulkko, Kevin Kuhlke, Saana Lavaste, Mika Leskinen, Egill Pálsson, Yana Ross, Riko Saatsi, Johannes Maria Schmit, Robert Schuster, Anja Suša, Una Þorleifsdóttir, Loreta Vaskova, Rodolfo García Vázquez

Editors: Ramunė Balevičiūtė, Saana Lavaste, Anja Suša, Una Þorleifsdóttir

The typefaces used in this book include (in alphabetical order): BadDog (by Ethan Dunham), Brevier (by Riccardo Olocco), Custard (by Rian Hughes), Dico (by Pieter van Rosmalen), Euclid Flex (by Emmanuel Rey), Filmotype Western (digital by Charles Gibbons), Flower Power (by Pat Scanlon), Hobeaux (by James Edmondson), LiebeLotte (by Ulrike Rausch), Lo-Res (by Zuzana Licko), Messer (by Inga Plönnigs), Nimbus Sans (by Eduard Hoffmann, Max Miedinger), Omnium (by Robby Woodward), Pauline (by Jeremy Dooley), Recherche (by Laura Worthington), Separat (by Gunmad), Stick (by Fontworks), Suisse Int’l (by Ian Party), Suisse Works (by Ian Party), Triplex Serif (by Zuzana Licko). Those that are shown in the images are listed under “Typefaces”.