“Awareness Of Light:” Uncovering The Magic Of Light Behind The Curtain From An Asian Female Lighting Design Perspective
There are many theatre lighting design textbooks in the world; however, few female Asian lighting...
Read MorePosted by Wan-Jung Wang | 20th Oct 2017 | Asia, Books, Design, Japan
There are many theatre lighting design textbooks in the world; however, few female Asian lighting...
Read MorePosted by Donald Brown | 20th Oct 2017 | Review, Translation, United States of America
Thanks to Trump’s designation of the press as “the enemy of the people,” the question of what...
Read MorePosted by Jonathan Kalb | 20th Oct 2017 | Directing, New York, Review, United States of America
Maria Irene Fornes’s 1983 play Mud, widely considered a contemporary classic, is rarely produced...
Read MorePosted by Tomasz Wiśniewski | 19th Oct 2017 | Essay, Festivals, Poland
Gardzienice is one of the most innovative and influential theatre companies in Poland. Founded in...
Read MorePosted by Iveta Ditte Jurčova and Michal Ditte | 19th Oct 2017 | Dramaturgy, Festivals, Producing, Slovakia
We began in February with the first trip to Bratislava to see the S.T.O.K.A. theatre production...
Read MorePosted by William Peterson | 19th Oct 2017 | Japan, Review
The darkness of the human condition, where people are enslaved by their own desires in a kind of...
Read MorePosted by Nina Huang | 18th Oct 2017 | China, Essay, Playwriting, Producing
Meddling directors, confused actors, and pushy politicians are leaving the country’s budding...
Read MorePosted by Nobuko Tanaka | 18th Oct 2017 | Festivals, Japan
At the end of his speech in July announcing details of this year’s Festival/Tokyo running from...
Read MorePosted by Aida Rocci | 18th Oct 2017 | Iran, Playwriting, Review
Seven years ago, a new play challenged the role of the actor, the playwright, the audience, and the capacity of one individual to travel. The play was White Rabbit Red Rabbit, written by the mysterious Nassim Soleimanpour, an Iranian writer who encouraged the audience to email him with impressions about his play.
Read MorePosted by Jonathan Kalb | 17th Oct 2017 | Acting, Germany, Review
Richard Crookback is Shakespeare’s dazzling carnival monster, a showoff criminal who charms us...
Read MorePosted by May Selim | 17th Oct 2017 | Egypt, Festivals, Review, Theatre and Gender
Ten out of 20 plays at this year’s Cairo International Festival for Contemporary and Experimental...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 17th Oct 2017 | Dramaturgy, London, Review, United Kingdom
Some plays would now be completely forgotten if not for a scandal that makes them memorable. NC...
Read MorePosted by Jonas McLean | 16th Oct 2017 | Canada, Festivals, Review
Jonas McLean catches the first weekend of Ottawa’s Fresh Meat Fest, a self-described “playground”...
Read MorePosted by Katie Grant | 16th Oct 2017 | Theatre and Science
Going to the theatre can stimulate a person’s cardiovascular system as much as doing nearly half...
Read MorePosted by Adam Sherwin | 16th Oct 2017 | London, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom
Sir David Hare will return to the National Theatre with the latest addition to a wave of plays...
Read MorePosted by Julian Meyrick | 15th Oct 2017 | Australia, Playwriting
Two of Australian theatre’s most celebrated artists are scientists. Their CVs may not be...
Read MorePosted by Alvina Ruprecht | 15th Oct 2017 | Canada, Germany, Theatre and Dance
The ghost of Pina Bausch was no doubt fluttering with excitement around the NAC last month as the...
Read MorePosted by Mathias Daval | 15th Oct 2017 | Festivals, United Arab Emirates
A report on the 14th edition of the Abu Dhabi Festival.
Read MorePosted by Marcina Zaccaria | 14th Oct 2017 | Festivals, New York, Theatre and Opera, United States of America
It’s breathtaking, attending the 2017 BAM Next Wave Festival. Few opera houses have the majestic...
Read MorePosted by Karel Vanhaesebrouck | 14th Oct 2017 | Belgium, Playwriting, Transcultural Collaborations
How are we to live together in this day and age? Jan Lauwers, the ‘first among equals’ at...
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