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Do Not Get Your Acting Degree So That You Can Become Part Of The Payroll, Only To Satisfy Your Appetites
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Pandora`s Ritual: To “Kill My Darlings” On The Brink Of An Individual Existential Revolution
An interview with Wichi, a theatre director and actor, Athens, Greece Wichi was born in...
Black and White. Aleksandr Volodin’s “Five Evenings,” directed by Eduard Tolokonnikov, produced by Polina Belkina, in New York City (March 20-30, May 28-June 15, 2025)
Soviet nonconformist art was emerged in the 1950s when artists dared to transcend the official...
Re-imagining the City through Performance: “The Drifting Room”, Created and Performed by Stephen Bain
The Drifting Room, created and performed by Stephen Bain. The Performance Arcade 2024,...
On Kyoto Experiment’s Curatorial Vision
The interdisciplinary theatre, dance, and performance art festival Kyoto Experiment (KEX) wowed me...
On Creativity, Labor, and Uncertainty: An Interview with Taiwanese Playwright Yu-Chia Wei
Yu-Chia Wei is a Taiwanese playwright whose work has earned numerous accolades. Her two plays, A...
Euroregional Theatre Festival Timișoara 2024
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Coral Wylie’s Lavender, Hyacinth, Violet, Yew at the Bush Theatre: Tender And Original Debut About The Black Queer Experience
Diaries are dynamite — they hold secrets, and secrets can tear families apart. In Coral Wylie’s...
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Post-Colonial B-Horror: “The Visitors” at Volksbühne Berlin
This summer, Berlin’s Volksbühne presented The Visitors, a new work by the choreographer Constanza...
On Creativity, Labor, and Uncertainty: An Interview with Taiwanese Playwright Yu-Chia Wei
Yu-Chia Wei is a Taiwanese playwright whose work has earned numerous accolades. Her two plays, A...
Claire Dowie’s Why Is John Lennon Wearing a Skirt? at the Finborough Theatre: Pioneering Queer Theatre Artist Revisits Her Greatest Hits
Let us always remember the pioneers. Although there is a fair amount of relatively mainstream...
“The Cherry Orchard” By Benedict Andrews: A Stark Mirror For A Collapsing Present
Benedict Andrews’ reinvention of Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard at St. Ann’s Warehouse raises the...
Oscar Barney Finn and Paulo Brunetti Interview
I had the opportunity to interview frequent collaborators, writer-director Oscar Barney Finn and...
Electrifying Ensemble Performance and Political Satire in New Māori Play: “Unreel” by Helen Pearse-Otene
The stage explodes with ihi (essential force) and aroha (love, empathy) in Unreel, the new work by...
Philip Ridley’s Tarantula at the Arcola Theatre: Blazingly Emotive And Beautifully Poetic Account Of Trauma From A Master Penman
Even the best streamed theatre can’t compete with the live version. It’s simple — with this art...
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Catharsis in the Eleventh Row: The Aesthetics of Truth on Stage and an Audience That Is Not Afraid of the Dark
The time of frozen catharsis is now. But what kind of theatre refuses purification? Theatre...
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Terence Rattigan’s In Praise of Love at the Orange Tree Theatre: Rarely Revived 1973 Study Of Love In A Time Of Deception
Only the truth, we are told, can set us free — but there are times in love when the New Testament...
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Creating History, Changing the Future, or Enslaved in Eternal Present: 70th Sterijino Pozorje Festival
In honour of playwright Jovan Sterija Popović, Sterijino pozorje was held this year for the...
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Ekman / León-Lightfoot / Dawson – A Dance Evening of Excellence at Rome Opera House
Under the artistic direction of the étoile Eleonora Abbagnato, Rome Opera House (Teatro dell’Opera...
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Ubu Is The Symbol Of Rebellion Tyranny And Stupidity/Budget Cuts In Culture – A Serious Threat
An Interview with Chantal Boiron, editor-in-chief for UBU Scenes d`Europe/European Stages, Paris,...
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”The Village”, Revolver Copenhagen
There is a big screen hanging above the stage on which four faces in four individual frames are...
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“The Pillars of the Earth”: Bestseller and Musical. An Exclusive Interview with Ken Follett. Part II
For the first part of the interview go here. From the earliest musicals, one can trace the...
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“Hamlet”, Teatro La Plaza, Barbican
’To be or not to be’, that is a question with a completely new ring to it in Teatro La Plaza’s...
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“Rhinoceros”, The Almeida Theatre
This Guardian pick of the year 2025 recently closed at London’s Almeida theatre, but it is...
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A “Self-Portrait” By Davide Enia
Playwright, actor, director and novelist Davide Enia had his first success as a theatrical...
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Benedict Andrews’ reinvention of Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard at St. Ann’s Warehouse raises the...
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Conor McPherson’s The Brightening Air at the Old Vic: Wonderfully Numinous And Eccentric Account Of Family Life In 1980s Rural Ireland
Theatre needs mystery. In the darkened auditorium, with a crowd of strangers sharing your...
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A Play About Abortion – “Hypothetıcal Baby”
Hypothetical Baby is a one-woman show written and performed by Rachel Cairns, centered on her own...
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Five Young Performance Artists Unravel the Meaning of Tradition: A Review of “Practicing Freedom”
In the intimate setting of a small black box theatre, audience members find themselves not in the...
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Interview with Michael Salvatore Commendatore, Projection Designer for Disney’s Frozen at Children’s Theatre Company
This is a video interview with Michael Salvatore Commendatore, projection designer for Disney’s...
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Queer Surrealism in Two Sisters Find a Box of Lesbian Erotica in the Woods
Space Lesbians! Portals! Psychic Sisters! Oh my! These are just some of the elements introduced in...
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“Shards of Chaotic Memory in Multicoloured Ink”
At Milan’s Franco Parenti theatre, Shards of Chaotic Memory in Multicoloured Ink (Schegge di...
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Julia Grogan’s Playfight at the Soho Theatre: Superbly Punchy Teen Drama That Electrifies The Senses And Engages The Emotions
Coming of age stories are more or less all the same. But what distinguishes Julia Grogan’s...
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Uncle Actor
Andrew Scott’s Vanya—a solo show in which he plays all the roles in Anton Chekhov’s classic...
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Robert Icke’s Manhunt at the Royal Court Theatre: Terrifyingly Powerful Account Of Toxic Masculinity And Murderous Rage
Are we really in “a new era of male anger, societal discontent and rage”? This is what Royal Court...
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“Liberation.” Roundabout Theatre. Look Back to Know Where You Are
Did you knit your scarf? A woman asked me while we were waiting in the line for the restroom. No!...
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Violence Is Not Fate. Change Is Possible
Turkish writer, theatre critic, and academic Zehra İpşiroğlu’s book Woman Plays features...
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The Beauty of Cultural Specificity in “Bubble Schmeisis”
The room is thick with steam (ok, it’s smoke machine smoke), an accordion and clarinet cycle...
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I Am Not Afraid For The Future Of The Theatre
An Interview with Ms. Zeljka Turcinovic – dramaturg, editor of magazines: Croatian Theatre and...
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Underneath the Grass Roots
Alice Childress has been having a moment the past few years. This extraordinary Black playwright,...
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Chris Fung’s “The Society for New Cuisine” at Omnibus Theatre: Exceptionally Powerful Monologue About Grief And Mental Torment
Anxiety. Apprehension. Angst even. Yes, that’s the feeling that rises in me as I come into the...
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The Rebellious Power of “Liberation” at Roundabout Theatre Company
Much like the women it centers on, Roundabout Theatre Company’s Liberation is rebellious and not...
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Theatre “Haunts” People
An Interview with Mr. Horia Gârbea – Playwright, dramaturg, translator, Bucaresti, Romania Horia...
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Nikoletta Soumelidis’s Spent at the Old Red Lion Theatre: Intriguing And Suggestive Exploration Of Gender Roles
One of the joys of contemporary playwriting is its openness to flexible casting. In Ruby Thomas’s...
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Getting To an Emotional Truth With Padraic Lillis
Getting to the truth – the emotional truth and understanding. I think emotion more than ideology. It resonates with us is how we feel. I can understand that we can be in conflict, I have an emotional connection to both sides of an emotional argument. I not only resonate and feel seen, then I have a better understanding of the person whose thought was in opposition of me.
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Brave New Theatrical World or One Flew Over the 21st Century’s Cuckoo’s Nest?: “Nexxt”
The theatrical kamikaze that destroys all the mechanisms of the world and itself—that is, theatre...
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“The Pillars of the Earth”: The Evolution of Spanish Musical Theatre. An exclusive interview with Iván Macías. Part I
In November 2024, the world premiere of a new musical by composer Iván Macías, The Pillars of the...
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An Innovative “Romeo E Giulietta” In Milan
In February I caught Antonio Syxty’s staging of Romeo e Giulietta (Romeo and Juliet) at Milan’s...
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Woman Is A Changeling: Redefining Femininity In “Maiden Mother Crone”
But a woman is a changeling, always shifting shape Just when you think you have it figured out...
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Nick Payne’s One Day When We Were Young at Park Theatre: Time-Hopping Love Story Is Restrained By The Slenderness of the Plot
How long would you wait for your soulmate? In “The Demon Lover”, a short story by Elizabeth Bowen,...
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Victor’s Journey
Rarely have I spent such an intense ninety minutes watching a show, as I did the other evening at...
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The Showcase Is To Feed From Academic Research And Knowledge, But It Is Hands-On Job Rather Than Dry Research
Interview with Handan Salta – co-founder of the Istanbul Theatre Showcase – TheatreIST, theatre...
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2024 Dublin Theatre Festival – Subjective Report [Part II]
To read PART I of this report, go to this link. The line of Irish productions at 2024...
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2024 Dublin Theatre Festival – Subjective Report [Part I]
My carefully planned visit to the 2024 Dublin Theatre Festival started and ended in unexpected...
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Bridging Worlds: Bahram Beyzaie’s “Naqqali Trilogy” Wins The 2024 ASTR Translation Award Prize
In November, the American Society for Theatre Research (ASTR) awarded the 2024 Translation Prize...
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Review Of “Bernarda Albas Haus,” Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg, Première 2 November 2024.
Interpretations in cultures and languages external to Spain have been integral to the survival of...
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Giuliana Musso Performs Franz Kafka’s “The Ape”
In his short story, A Report to an Academy, written and published in 1917, Franz Kafka imagines...
Read MoreCoral Wylie’s Lavender, Hyacinth, Violet, Yew at the Bush Theatre: Tender And Original Debut About The Black Queer Experience
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Laura Horton’s Lynn Faces at the New Diorama Theatre: Surreal Gig Theatre Event Explores Coercive Control Through Comedy
British people are socially awkward: this explains why we talk about the weather, queue...
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Beyond the Canvas: The Art of Candida Alvarez
A leading figure in contemporary art, Candida Alvarez is an American painter and studio artist...
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