August 2017 - Page 2 of 4 - The Theatre Times

New Shakespeare’s Globe Director Michelle Terry Promises the Bard Unplugged’

Posted by Adam Sherwin | 21st Aug 2017 | London, Management, News, United Kingdom

Michelle Terry, the new artistic director of Shakespeare’s Globe, has promised a return to the...

Drama and Betrayal: Hit Play “The Truth” Comes to Hong Kong

Posted by Zolima Citymag | 21st Aug 2017 | Hong Kong, Transcultural Collaborations

Why We Recommend It After success in cities across Europe, tragicomedy The Truth — which tells the...

Harvesting Theater (Part 2 of 2)

Posted by Kestrel Leah | 20th Aug 2017 | Devised Theatre

For Part I, click here. For many visual artists working in performance, it is theater’s...

Chinese Opera Festival: Showcasing Troupes from Across China

Posted by Zolima Citymag | 20th Aug 2017 | China, News, Theatre and Opera

Why We Recommend It A series of operas hailing from across China will showcase the diversity and...

Conversation with Simon Stephens About Teaching Playwriting – Part 2

Posted by Ana Candida Carneiro | 19th Aug 2017 | Interview, Playwriting, United Kingdom

For Part 1, click here. Ana: I really wanted to interview you because I think what is outstanding...

Interview With Jin Xing on Drama, Dance, Freedom

Posted by Wu Haiyun | 18th Aug 2017 | China, Interview, Theatre and Dance, Theatre and Gender

Jin Xing, one of China’s most popular TV hosts, dancers, and actresses, is returning to one of her...

Structured Flood: Challenges And Restrictions In The Work Of Choreographer Daniel Linehan

Posted by Kristof van Baarle | 17th Aug 2017 | Netherlands, Theatre and Dance

Choreographer and dancer Daniel Linehan places dancers in a hyper-structured environment. In this...

SummerWorks Round-Up: Cassandra Silver Reviews 6 Shows Closing in Toronto

Posted by Cassandra Silver | 17th Aug 2017 | Canada, Documentary Theatre, Festivals, News

Review: White Man’s Indian presents a new take on the coming-of-age narrative. Darla Contois’...

Rural America: Where Sam Shepard’s Roots Ran Deepest

Posted by John J. Winters | 16th Aug 2017 | Playwriting, United States of America

When Sam Shepard died on July 27 the world lost one of the greatest playwrights of the past...

Sexual Desires of People with Learning Disabilities are Taboo – It’s Why We Mishandle their Pregnancies

Posted by Sam Abdulla | 16th Aug 2017 | Scotland, Theatre and Disability

Mia: Daughters of Fortune is a play at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe about a young woman who falls...

What (Good) Examples Of Digital Technology In Theatre Do You Know?

Posted by Maren Day | 16th Aug 2017 | Germany, Theatre and Science, Transmedia

The Field Survey, Part 1: Seeing Summarizing the answers of the playful poll done at the...

How Does The (Digital) Theatre Of The Future Look Like?

Posted by Maren Day | 15th Aug 2017 | Germany, News, Theatre and Science, Transmedia

The Field Survey, Part 4: Dreaming What would you like to happen in the (near) future in relation...

“End of Imitation 2.0”: A Digital And Documentary Look At Humanity

Posted by Anastasiia Gaishenets | 15th Aug 2017 | Documentary Theatre, Transmedia, Ukraine

Work on a documentary performance called End of Imitation started last autumn. It was shaped by...

“Antigone”: Suicide Attack by Kamikaze Theatre Madrid

Posted by Carrie Klewin Lawrence | 14th Aug 2017 | Spain, Theatre and Politics

Miguel del Arco is a director who trusts his audience. And apparently, the respect is mutual....

Lucy Kirkwood’s New Drama, “Mosquitoes” at the National Theatre

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 13th Aug 2017 | London, Review, United Kingdom

The question that always needs to be asked of any example of science on stage, and there are now...

In Conversation With Simon Stephens About Teaching Playwriting – Part 1

Posted by Ana Candida Carneiro | 12th Aug 2017 | Interview, Playwriting, United Kingdom

As part of the research to write my book The Global Playwriting Workbook (Methuen Drama), I have...

How to Re-Learn Ways of Seeing, Listening, Reading, and (Story)Telling: “Flee by Night” by Danny Yung

Posted by Cao Kefei | 12th Aug 2017 | China, Essay, Hong Kong, Theatre and Opera

I had long heard of Director [Danny] Yung’s trilogy The Outcast General, Tears of Barren Hill, and...

“Shout Sister Shout!” at The Pasadena Playhouse

Posted by Christine Deitner | 11th Aug 2017 | Los Angeles, Musical Theatre, Theatre and Opera, United States of America

First founded in 1917 as the Pasadena Community Playhouse by Gilmor Brown, who began his career as a producer in a renovated burlesque theatre, The Pasadena Playhouse was named the official state theatre of California in 1937 after Brown and his company successfully produced the entire Shakespeare canon on a single stage (a unique feat […]