About

Global Stage Stories is an English-language publication about how people tell stories through performance. It looks across stage forms and cultural contexts, with attention to the spaces, objects, movement and audience customs that shape what a performance can mean. The publication is for curious readers who want to understand performance without needing specialist knowledge.

What we cover

Coverage ranges across performance forms, storytelling traditions, performance spaces and audience experience. We explain how choices work and compare different approaches, while taking care not to flatten distinct traditions into one universal account.

Who it is for

The publication is for readers who attend performances, encounter them through recordings or simply want a clearer sense of how storytelling works in front of an audience. No prior study of theatre or performance is expected.

How we approach it

We aim for precise, readable explanations grounded in the subject of each piece. We distinguish broad observations from claims about a particular tradition, avoid treating one performance convention as the standard, and make room for change and variation.