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“Amahemhem”: Walking Alongside the Ghosts of Our Past
At the University of Pretoria, South Africa’s Student Gallery, I was met with the open space of...
Assam’s First Female Freedom Fighter, Shot a Century Ago, Rediscovered Onstage
Mangri Orang, a tea plantation worker, was gunned down by British security personnel in 1921 for...
“That Face” at Orange Tree Theatre
Playwright Polly Stenham had a meteoric rise with this play, her award-winning 2007 debut which...
A Performance of Pediophobia: “Nightmare Dollhouse” Brings Uncanny Horror to NYC
A long-running immersive horror production returns to New York with 'Nightmare Dollhouse,' exploring a surprisingly popular fear.
ENTRE: A Dispersed Festival of Literature and Theater in Goiania and São Paulo, Brazil
An ambitious plan to fly from Gdańsk, Poland to Goiânia, Brazil and co-organize as well as lead a...
Sydney Theatre Company’s “The Importance of Being Earnest”: Fresh, Funny and Completely Joyous
It is easy to forget that when Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest was first written and...
The Digital Spectator. Romanian Experiences During the Pandemic
The topic of the digital spectator and, implicitly, the one of the multi-stratified co-presence,...
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Sydney Theatre Company’s “The Importance of Being Earnest”: Fresh, Funny and Completely Joyous
It is easy to forget that when Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest was first written and...
All The Conflicts In The Social Theatre Today: Interview With Fabio Tolledi
Fabio Tolledi is a theatre director, and playwright of Astràgali Teatro, a theatre company founded...
Meeting The Public Is The Most Important Incentive For Those Who Do Theatre: An Interview With Walter Prete
Walter Prete is a playwright, author, actor, educator, dramaturg, and director. Born in 1991 in...
Àlex Rigola’s Lean, Mean Riff on “Hedda Gabler”
Catalan director Àlex Rigola, the former artistic director of the Venice Biennale’s theatre...
Polish People Deserve Better From Irish Theatre…
In 2004, Ireland, as one of the first countries in the EU, invited Polish people to live and work...
“That Face” at Orange Tree Theatre
Playwright Polly Stenham had a meteoric rise with this play, her award-winning 2007 debut which...
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Polish People Deserve Better From Irish Theatre…
In 2004, Ireland, as one of the first countries in the EU, invited Polish people to live and work...
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A Performance of Pediophobia: “Nightmare Dollhouse” Brings Uncanny Horror to NYC
A long-running immersive horror production returns to New York with 'Nightmare Dollhouse,' exploring a surprisingly popular fear.
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“That Face” at Orange Tree Theatre
Playwright Polly Stenham had a meteoric rise with this play, her award-winning 2007 debut which...
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“That Face” at Orange Tree Theatre
Playwright Polly Stenham had a meteoric rise with this play, her award-winning 2007 debut which...
Read More“Amahemhem”: Walking Alongside the Ghosts of Our Past
At the University of Pretoria, South Africa’s Student Gallery, I was met with the open space of...
Read MoreSydney Theatre Company’s “The Importance of Being Earnest”: Fresh, Funny and Completely Joyous
It is easy to forget that when Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest was first written and...
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Edinburgh Festivals, May Luck Be With You
Edinburgh in August is a kind of Mecca for theatergoers around the world. It is due to its...
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Nice to MITEM you: the 10th edition of the Madách International Theatre Meeting Opens in the Hungarian Capital
Budapest is becoming a vibrant place and proving highly attractive to theatre lovers. All the...
Read MoreA Performance of Pediophobia: “Nightmare Dollhouse” Brings Uncanny Horror to NYC
A long-running immersive horror production returns to New York with ‘Nightmare Dollhouse,’ exploring a surprisingly popular fear.
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Sweeney Todd: Not a Demon, But a Barber of Fleet Street
Up to the present moment a debate has been going on – whether the demon-barber of Fleet Street had...
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Lauren Gunderson’s Anthropology at the Hampstead Theatre: Interesting Digital Thriller Falters On The Edge of Darkness
Androids no longer dream of electric sheep — instead they inhabit our dreams. Whether it is novels...
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Renée Fleming’s Cities That Sing
Grammy winner Renée Fleming recently appeared in the two-part immersive opera series Cities That...
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“What the Constitution Means to Me” Is As Timely As Ever
In 2019, I sat in the balcony of the Helen Hayes Theatre. My social media circles had been abuzz...
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“German Autumn” At The Uppsala Stadsteater
In the Lilla scenen of Uppsala Stadsteater (City Theatre), a haunting echo of the past emerged,...
Read MoreAssam’s First Female Freedom Fighter, Shot a Century Ago, Rediscovered Onstage
Mangri Orang, a tea plantation worker, was gunned down by British security personnel in 1921 for...
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Anupama Chandrasekhar’s “The Father And The Assassin” At The National Theatre: Vastly Compelling And Darkly Comic History Play About Indian Independence
Nobodies who kill somebodies: let’s make a list. Okay, there’s Lee Harvey Oswald (JFK), James Earl...
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A Tweet About “Psycho”
It has become common practice to spend time on social networks at certain hours of the day,...
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How Urdu Theater Is Reaching Out to New Audiences
The Hoshruba Repertory Theatre Festival, which begins on September 12 at Prithvi Theatre in...
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Notch Theatre Company’s “Wild Home” To Host Community Event On September 13th
When it comes to Wild Home: An American Odyssey, the project is best-described by its subtitle....
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Miriam Battye’s Strategic Love Play At The Soho Theatre: Mixture Of Laughter, Pain And Insight Into Contemporary Romance
Remember what a first date feels like? Awkward. Exciting. Awkward. Intriguing. Awkward. Difficult....
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“Writing Using:” Framing the Body’s Process of Liberation Through Contemporary Dance
Writing Using is the most recent work by Ahn Aesoon, one of the most renowned contemporary dancers...
Read MorePolish People Deserve Better From Irish Theatre…
In 2004, Ireland, as one of the first countries in the EU, invited Polish people to live and work...
Read MoreAll The Conflicts In The Social Theatre Today: Interview With Fabio Tolledi
Fabio Tolledi is a theatre director, and playwright of Astràgali Teatro, a theatre company founded...
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68th Sterijino pozorje: A critical dialogue
The 68th Sterijino pozorje took place earlier this summer in Novi Sad. Critics Borisav Matić and...
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Tim Fraser’s Candy At Park Theatre: Moving Account Of Gender Identity And Masculinity
Okay, let’s start with a definition: it is said that sex is what you have between your legs, and...
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Institutional Logic Of The System: Young Artists Are Excluded From Public Funding. An Interview With Franco Ungaro
Franco Ungaro works at the AMA – Accademia Mediterranea dell’Attore in Lecce (Italy), he has...
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“All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players” at Shakespeare Festival in Serbia
The tenth in a row international theatre festival “Shakespeare Festival”, whose...
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UNBOX ME! Live Theatre and the Virtual World.
UNBOX ME! Written by Simon Jones. Directed by Simon Jones. Dramaturgy by Sara Giddens. Bodies in...
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“Stumped.” Live Theatre In The Age Of Hybrid Realities.
Originally Shomit Dutta’s new play Stumped was screened online from 27 September 2022. Streaming...
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“A Mirror” at Almeida Theatre
This is a play about censorship in a totalitarian state — but, no, I’m not reviewing The...
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“Radio Man:” A Story of Connection and Bloodshed in Dystopian America
It’s no secret that I’m an advocate for feminist, queer theatre. Or that I enjoy worlds of the...
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Once Upon a Warning for Next Time
“We’re not here to make fairytales, we’re here to follow them,” quips the narrator (Adam Godley)...
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Edinburgh Fringe 2023: Overview
There is a show at this year’s Fringe called Distant Memories of the Near Future written and...
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The Echoes Of Lawino Reverberate In Uganda
When considering Okot p’Bitek’s perspective on African tradition, it becomes evident that change is inevitable. If African tradition is lived in the midst of the battle of life, then Lawino is not the character to focus on, as she refuses to acknowledge the possibility of change. Similarly, Ocol negates everything about himself to accommodate the other, but his transformation is ultimately revealed to be superficial. Opio and Clementine, however, require a more nuanced examination, as their experiences shed light on the agency of individuals in this exchange of aesthetics and epistemology.
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Lucy Prebble’s “The Effect” At The National Theatre: Non-White Cast Bring A New Energy To This Contemporary Classic
Success always opens doors. Ever since the HBO drama Succession was lauded as a huge international...
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Edinburgh Fringe 2023: “Lucy and Friends,” Pleasance Courtyard
Lucy McCormick used to do music gigs and re-enactments, but she has now put her past and her...
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Edinburgh Fringe 2023: #Danish Ed Fringe
There is a little red brochure going around the Edinburgh Fringe titled #Danish. It represents the...
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Big In Belgium At The Edinburgh Fringe 2023
It was exactly ten years ago that Big in Belgium – a season of work from Flanders – was first...
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Ukraine Fringe: Festival For The Brave To Be Held In Blended Form From August 21st To September 3rd
The first edition of Ukraine Fringe – under the slogan Festival for the Brave – will...
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Edinburgh International Festival 2023: “FOOD” By Geoff Sobelle
You would not have been wrong to expect a feast in this show set at a giant dining table, fully...
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Poland at The Edinburgh Fringe 2023: Lubuski Teatr’s “Gusła” And The Song Of The Goat’s “Andronicus Synecdoche”
Thanks to the early 20th century ethnographic research of Milman Parry and Albert Lord, the word...
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Edinburgh International Festival 2023: “Trojan Women” By The National Theatre Of Korea
There are multiple ways to admire this production of a Greek classic, directed by Singaporean Ong...
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Memorial To Professor Maya Harbuzyuk
It is with great regret and sadness that we have learned of the untimely and sudden death of an...
Read MoreMeeting The Public Is The Most Important Incentive For Those Who Do Theatre: An Interview With Walter Prete
Walter Prete is a playwright, author, actor, educator, dramaturg, and director. Born in 1991 in...
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Brian Friel’s Dancing At Lughnasa At The National Theatre London
The recent production of Brian Friel’s Dancing at Lughnasa at London’s National Theatre offers its...
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Interview With Ulviyya Heydarova
Ulviyya Heydarova: “I switch on my computer, open Word and put my heart and thoughts into...
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“Habitat” by Doris Uhlich: Performing a Landscape of Naked Bodies
In Ways of Seeing (1972), John Berger stated that “the way we see things is affected by what...
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Natalia Lizorkina’s “Vanya is Alive” Is Both A Play and Witness Statement
Vanya is alive; Vanya is alive and healthy; Vanya is alive and healthy and totally free. And we...
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“Beneatha’s Place,” Young Vic
Trauma is the source of identity politics. In the case of African-Americans, the experience of...
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Egypt Joins Jordan’s Open-Space Theatre Festival
Egypt is represented by one play and a jury member at the second edition of Jordan’s...
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Craft of “Downton Abbey” and “Gilded Age” Director, Michael Engler
American television and film director Michael Engler is extraordinarily skilled at both comedies...
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“Kiss” at the Wilma Theater
Directed by Fadi Skeiker with Wilma Hothouse Company favorites, the show’s physical and visual...
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Doulas as Resistance: The Anthropologists’s “axes, herbs and satchels”
Fifteen years ago, The Anthropologists came to be in New York City, a group of devisers born of a...
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