Why Decolonization Means The Possible End Of Shakespeare In South Africa’s Schools
South Africa’s education authorities are reviewing the school curriculum. Basic Education Minister...
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Month: April 2017
“Guards at the Taj” at the Bush Theatre
The Bush is back! After a whole year of darkness, the West London new writing venue has reopened...
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Good Friday Essay: Passion Plays and The Ethics of Spectacular Violence
In 1985 Filipino carpenter Ruben Enaje fell three storeys and remarkably, survived. To give thanks...
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“Made in India” by Tamasha Theatre Company Tackles the Subject of Fertility and Surrogacy
Tamasha is a touring company that specializes in cultural diversity. It nurtures new writers and...
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Theatre Adaptation of “The Forty Rules of Love” Opens at Cairo’s Salam Theatre
The highly anticipated Arabic stage adaptation of Elif Shafak’s bestselling novel The Forty Rules...
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Complicite/Simon McBurney West Coast Premiere of “The Encounter” at The Wallis (Beverly Hills)
If your vacations haven’t been focused on interaction with indigenous shamans (as have many of...
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“Don Juan in Soho” Featuring David Tennant
Updating the classics is not without its pitfalls. How can a modern audience, which has a...
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“To the Steel-Helmet Wearers,” or, an Invocation of “Mother Courage”
To the Steel-Helmet Wearers, written and directed by Pejmān Abdi, is a tragi-comic fantasy about...
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Cyber Theatre in China: Performance or Action?
Twenty years ago, it was inconceivable for people to meet without a physical encounter. But today,...
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“The Hairy Ape”: A Comedy of Ancient and Modern Life In Eight Scenes
1000 yellow seats, tier upon tier — a sea of bright yellow rising to the rafters: this is the...
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Kick-off: The Opening Shots of Clowns de Shakespeare (BR) and El Galpón (UY)’s Coproduction of Fútbol a gol y sobras
From February 20th to 24th this year, I had the opportunity, along with Fernando Yamamoto and...
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Eugene O’Neill’s “Beyond the Horizon” Staged in Hong Kong by Theatre Horizon is Beyond Magical
Eugene O’Neill’s Beyond the Horizon by Theatre Horizon is a haunting production that transcends O’Neill’s first full-length play into a magical experience.
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The Festival Internationale Neue Dramatik (FIND) Opened in Shaubuhne Theater in Berlin
The Festival Internationale Neue Dramatik (FIND) just closed in Shaubuhne Theater in Berlin. From...
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How “Cutting Up” Shakespeare’s Plays Can Be An Act Of Creative Destruction
The Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) has been the site of many creative adaptations of...
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“Brotherhood: The Hip-Hop Opera” and The Art of Rap
Actor-musician-dancer Sebastien Heins delves into human redemption and fraternal love with his...
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#Not Pho Your Entertainment
Over the past year and a half, May Tran (writer, student and professional procrastinator of...
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“An Unjust Good Fellow” by Callas Cheang Produced by the Hong Kong Repertory Theatre
It is a blessing to see the recent Hong Kong Repertory Theatre production of Callas Cheang’s new...
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An India Classic Revisited: Waman Kendre’s “Mohe Piya”
Going beyond the usual Ghatothkach’s story, Waman Kendre’s Mohe Piya brings to fore the utter...
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Love: The Simplest, Hardest Thing to Talk About
It would be easier for North and South Korea to reunite under one flag than for two human beings...
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Out of Africa: Ancient Nigerian Tribal Culture Depicted Onstage
A group of African students took the audience on a journey to Nigeria. It’s celebration time...
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